Comments on: How to Take Better Portraits

By: 15 Photography Project Ideas to keep you shooting every day! | MostlyLisa.com | Photography tips & inspiration

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:16:02 +0000

[...] am most passionate about taking portraits. From candid street photos shots, to strobe light lit creatives, to magic hour back lit shots, the [...]

By: Overcoming the fear of high ISO, and shallow depth of field. « Optic Bard

Overcoming the fear of high ISO, and shallow depth of field. « Optic Bard — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:02:43 +0000

[...] lower than the recommened 5.6. When I did, I wasn’t happy with what I got. Recently I read on mostlylisa that for portraits you should use between F2.0 and F5.0. Why could she take such awesome [...]

By: european

european — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:05:21 +0000

hello

how about copyright on pictures which are published on internet.

When a person have a account and the picture is an animal there is no doubt

the difference appears when the picture is a person and the understanding of law
Common LAW — european law not english spoken countries

By: wedding photography sydney guide

wedding photography sydney guide — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:22:03 +0000

Hey there Lisa, greetings and like to add what an excellent and informative site you have created. Your tips are great and educational. Will bookmark this site! Cheers from Perry

By: Jason Collin Photography

Jason Collin Photography — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:52:49 +0000

Thanks Lisa for these short and to the point portrait tips. I will put into effect the shooting from above tip in my next shoot as my wife already has the exact same IKEA step stool that she uses in the kitchen!

I’ll ask for a reflector for Christmas….and an assistant too I guess!

By: Photography Techniques

Photography Techniques — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:20:17 +0000

[...] Lisa, who is mostly fabulous, has a great article on taking better portraits . She should know. She’s been in front of the camera as much as behind [...]

By: subcorpus

subcorpus — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:26:59 +0000

nice list of tips …
thanks for sharing …

By: ksuwildkat

ksuwildkat — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:41:25 +0000

Thanks for the great tips. My question – Do you ALWAYS blind your model with reflectors or am I doing something wrong? It doesnt matter how much or little light I am reflecting, my models feel blinded whenever I get the light “right.”

By: ram

ram — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:18:33 +0000

Hi,
Superb tips.I really enjoyed the post.Tip regarding aperture setting helped me a lot as it was new for me.Thank you for sharing..

By: Vivek Mohan

Vivek Mohan — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:36:24 +0000

Lisa…this is easily the best article i’ve read in quite sometime… am planning to try out portrait photography this weekend…it’ll be great if you can pass on your expert comments on the pics I would be sharing!