Posing Basics for Men

Looking for new ideas to use when you're photographing men? View a selection of poses from Michelle Perkins's Amherst Media book 500 Poses for Photographing Men. \ Michelle Perkins

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Digital Portrait Photography: The Avatar Studios Shoot

How do you pose and light a crowd of people in a beehive-shaped recording studio? Photographer Steve Sint explains the process of executing a tough group portrait assignment, from the planning stages through the final shot selection. \ Steve Sint

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The Image Frame

How does a viewer's eye navigate an image's composition, and how can photographers influence the process when framing the image? Michael Freeman goes in-depth on everything from aspect ratios to Fibonacci divisions in this excerpt from his Focal Press book. \ Michael Freeman

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Jim Zuckerman on Landscape Photography: Dominant Foregrounds

Photographer Jim Zuckerman explains how to use foreground elements to create engaging compositions in landscape photography. \ Jim Zuckerman

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Jim Zuckerman on Composition: Lines

Photographer Jim Zuckerman talks about the eight basic kinds of lines and how to locate them in a scene to create engaging images in the tenth article of his sixteen-part series on composition. \ Jim Zuckerman

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Jim Zuckerman on Composition: Moving into the Frame

Photographer Jim Zuckerman explains how the direction of a subject's movement in relation to the image frame can make a photograph more engaging in the eighth article of his sixteen-part series on composition. \ Jim Zuckerman

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Jim Zuckerman on Composition: Negative Space

Photographer Jim Zuckerman explains how to use negative space in the fifteenth article of his sixteen-part series on composition. \ Jim Zuckerman

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Jim Zuckerman on Composition: Foregrounds

Photographer Jim Zuckerman explains how to keep foreground focus sharp in the seventh article of his sixteen-part series on composition. \ Jim Zuckerman

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Jim Zuckerman on Composition: Patterns

Photographer Jim Zuckerman explains how to use camera techniques and choose shooting perspectives to capture patterns in the ninth article of his sixteen-part series on composition. \ Jim Zuckerman

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Jim Zuckerman on Composition: The Rule of Thirds

Photographer Jim Zuckerman explains how to apply this fundamental principle of composition to photographic subjects in the first article of his sixteen-part series. \ Jim Zuckerman

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