Tessy dogCongratulations to grae w, the winner of our night portrait contest, for his shot titled “Tessy dog.”

Another portrait with moody night lighting for our night-themed portrait contest this week.

Continuing on with our Night theme for the month of November, for this week’s contest we bring you moody portraits in the dark.

Add a little color mask for a quick and easy way to change what time of day your photos appear to have been taken.

“Arrgh, close-up photos ain’t jist fer babies, Matey!” Check out our Pirate encounter in the rough-waters of San Pedro. Arrgggghhhh.

We always talk about the wonders of using great light in photography, but don’t forget that you can also play around with that light to create interesting portraits.

Expensive studio lights can be fun, but using natural light is really such an easy way to bump up the caliber of your amateur portrait shots. Here are a few tips for making the most of the light mother-nature gave you!

John from SyncSpeed posted recently about getting closer to your subjects. I also want to reiterate how easy it is to get great pictures by doing this, especially of babies and kids. You can take an otherwise boring picture and make it pop by simply zooming in, walking closer to your subject or cropping [...]