Fashion shots are some of the most evocative — but usually get taken in a studio under controlled artificial lighting conditions. Many photographers fear stepping outdoors, including into the unpredictable weather and lighting conditions that go with it. At least, not without the help of a few friends — strobe lights, diffusers, and reflectors, in […]
When it comes to fashion photography, we immediately tend to think of high-end artificial lighting. In most cases, it’s true that fashion shoots have expensive studio lighting, since consistent lighting is what they usually need. But, it’s not that you can’t do fashion shoots using natural light. In this video, photographer Lindsay Adler with Adorama […]
What does it take to pull off a top-notch fashion-forward photoshoot? Over the years, F-Stoppers co-founder Patrick Hall has developed certain strategies to get through fast-paced assignments with a multitude of moving parts. In the following video, you’ll get an inside look at his approach step by step. From necessary gear to tweaks in post-production, […]
Fashion photography does not always have to be only about the dress or the model. You can create interesting fashion photographs if you play around with lighting and use it to complement the dress itself. Photographer Daniel Norton from Adorama demonstrates how you can use gels with lights to create graphical interest in fashion photography: […]
Magazines such as Allure, Vogue, and Vanity Fair are known to display some of the best fashion photography that you’ll ever come across. Fashion photography is a way of showcasing models wearing the trends in clothes, jewelry, sunglasses, hairstyles, necklaces, shoes, and other items. The first known record of fashion photography was the portfolio of […]
Brands and designers create collections of photos whenever they release their latest line of fashion. These collections are known as lookbooks, and they’re used for advertising and promoting products. If you have a prospective client in need of a lookbook of their own, the following video from Mango Street has some tips just for you: […]
Sequin fabric is great from a fashion perspective. However, shiny things make a photographer’s job very difficult. They bounce the light everywhere and create hot spots and sparkles that are hard to control. Photographer Gavin Hoey with Adorama has a solution for working with sequins: Hoey’s idea is to reflect light off of the shiny […]
Whether you’re a fan of portraits or fashion photography, you’ve probably heard of photographer David Bailey. His work transformed the way Great Britain viewed fashion photography. He is often considered the perfect mix of technical brilliance and sheer force of personality, and Bailey uses this to capture amazing and natural images that offer a total […]
Breaking into the photography industry can be tricky at best, and many burgeoning photographers want to know just how to do it. In fact, acclaimed fashion photographer Alexi Lubomirski says that it’s the question his students ask him the most: “How did you get started?” To answer this, Lubomirski goes on a rather whimsical walking […]
Fashion and music photographer Paul John Bayfield is the subject of this Cheap Camera Challenge. If you know DRTV you already know what the challenge is all about. They shove the ugliest, smallest, and weirdest camera in the hands of a pro photographer and watch them attempt to make something out of it. In most cases it’s a reassurance […]
