Video · YouTube
How to Get Started in Portrait Photography (7 Tips)
By Nick Roush
- Type
- Video
- Level
- Beginner
- Length
- 12 min
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2025
About this lesson
Seven tips for getting started in portrait photography: finding subjects, building a portfolio, gear, composition, posing and light, planning and collaborating.
Chapters
- 0:00Intro
- 0:18Why?
- 1:10Finding subjects
- 3:16Build a portfolio
- 4:45Gear
- 7:49Composition, Posing, & Light
- 8:15Plan
- 8:45Collaborate
- 9:51Practice
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