Studio photography tutorials.

This introductory tutorial looks at the main differences between photography in natural settings and studio photography, the habits and reflexes you'll need to break, and the most common camera settings.

Portraiture is undeniably a distinct photographic genre, even if the photos that fall into this category can vary considerably, whether in the studio or on location, spontaneous or posed, editorial, selfies or Studio Harcourt-style portraits, all these images share one thing in common: the subject is a person. This tutorial focuses on studio portraiture, and more specifically on lighting for a studio portrait.

For a fashion or portrait photographer, it is essential to direct the model's pose, particularly if the model is inexperienced. The photographer is in the best position to see the flaws in a pose: shadows cast on the face by a hand, poor positioning, etc. This series of tutorials will help you to quickly identify the main faults in a pose, and to correct them immediately. It's often enough to move an arm or turn the shoulders slightly, but the result can be greatly improved by these details.

Lighting sources in a photo studio offer total flexibility in terms of positioning and adjustment. It can therefore be difficult to reproduce exactly a configuration that has already produced excellent results in a previous session. With this in mind, it can be a good idea to record the layout of the light sources and their settings on a lighting diagram, thus eliminating the need to find these parameters again and again.