Portrait Photography, Lighting, Posing & Technical Tips

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What's the difference between a snapshot of a family member and a photo portrait?

Follow the tips and tutorials on these sites and you'll not only know the difference, you'll be shooting portraits at your next get-together.

EPhotoZine - Portrait Photography - a practical guide - Portraits and people photography techniques, tips and advice are what they offer. Lots of info on lighting, setting up a shoot, and lenses should make your portraits more professional looking. Surf around the rest of the site for related resources on all types of photography.

A Photographer's Sketchbook - One of the differences between a snapshot and a portrait is the use of lighting. This site graphically leads you through several different lighting techniques and offers tips for homemade hangers.

Photo.net Portrait Photography - Comments from readers are the best part of the tutorials. The article provides good information and the comments add more. Links are not information packed.

PhotoLinks - The long lists of links do not offer much in the way of content. The resources are another story. This article on posing your subject for a portrait shot is very good. Several others are worth the trip, as well.

Photo Seminars - Most of the material on this site is limited to the students who register for US$39 fee, but every course and workshop has at least one section available for free. Take a look around and decide if you want to invest your money as well as your time... you'll get some good information from the free sections and the links are quality offerings.

Living Pictures - The question is how a photographer who has a great portfolio and provides great tips on setting up and posing subjects for portraits can set up a site with a background so distracting that the text is difficult to read. Be prepared for the intrusive backgrounds, but start getting into the tutorials and you'll soon forget about the annoyance.