portraits

As I set up my makeshift studio in the Mines Advisory Group training base in Kurdistan, Iraq, I expected to photograph somber, conservative Yazidi women whose culture was shrouded in mystery and bizarre rumors. Instead, I found myself directing a TikTok-inspired pose from a Yazidi woman in full traditional dress, complete with ornate headwear and golden adornments - and Adidas sneakers peeking out from underneath.

As I am a commercial photographer in Arizona, I often get the call to photograph baseball players during spring training. This work is unique and different from any other mid-season sports photo shoot -- including baseball. They are the kind that I cherish because of the calmness on set.

Last year, IKEA brought on Annie Leibovitz as an "artist in residence" and gave her the task to better visually represent how media presents the reality of life at home. Two photos have been released as a sneak peek, and the full series will be unveiled on February 29 in France.

While most smartphone manufacturers are focusing on software to make portraits better, Vivo's new V30 improves its flash system, making it smarter and more able to adapt to light level, subject distance, and color temperature.

British documentary photographer Edward Thompson released an infrared medium-format photography book, The Unseen: An Atlas of Infrared Prints, in 2016 and is showing selected works from the book at the Saatchi Gallery in London until March 3.

Sarah Stup is an award-winning autism advocate and author who is working on her latest book, tentatively titled "My Autism, My Journal."

Have you Googled “headshot photographers" lately? The results are pretty eye-opening. Right before I sat down to write this, my Google search resulted in 4 sponsored ads, right at the top, for AI headshot generators. If that doesn’t concern you, it should.

Irix has announced a new series of black mist filters that it says will lower the contrast and overall highlight intensity while also reducing the visibility of "skin defects" in portraits.

The Andy Warhol Foundation has listed 50 of the late artist's photos, books, portraits, and prints for sale on eBay, the proceeds from which will go to benefit its philanthropic work.

Loop lighting is a very common style of portrait lighting that is seen very often in portrait photography. In fact, if you’ve spent much time at all shooting in a studio, you’ve probably employed loop lighting without specifically trying to.

The legendary British photographer Rankin has shared an interesting piece of practical advice for photographers.

Headshot photography is an exciting and lucrative niche in the photography industry, and if you're looking to make a name for yourself as a headshot photographer, this article is for you.

Photographer Imran Nuri has driven 15,298 miles in 12 weeks to speak to 1,019 strangers and seek life advice in the lower 48 United States.

Great portrait photography is so much more than just about knowing how to work a camera. You can memorize your camera’s entire manual and still not be confident in a portrait shoot because most portraits require posing. Luckily, this is the right place to learn how to pose and become a better portrait photographer.

We all know that headshot photography is all about capturing the essence of our subjects - their personality, character, and unique qualities that make them stand out. As headshot photographers, how do we really capture that magic?

LiloPhoto bills itself as the world's first professional self-portrait studio where anyone can get high-quality portraits taken without needing a photographer.

The Scandinavian furniture and housewares chain IKEA has named Annie Leibovitz its latest Artist in Residence with the goal of better representing how media presents the reality of life at home.

Butterfly lighting has long been a “go-to” setup for fashion close-ups as well as other portraits where one wants to emphasize cheekbones and frame the face in shadows from below the chin.

These are the portraits of some of the men and women who attended the infamous Bethlem Royal Hospital, better known as Bedlam, in the 1800s.