Portrait photography at home

Photography might not be right up everyone’s ally, but those who are looking into starting with portrait photography will definitely value this post. I will be sharing all the ins and outs to create portraits from a home studio. My partner and me started our photography hobby recently, while he takes the photos, I commit myself to finding the best lighting and editing. After all, teamwork makes the dreamwork.

Why a home studio?

If you are a person who enjoys photography, creating content or simply needs professional photos, a home studio will be your fix. I love to do a quick photoshoot with my partner, family and friends in the comfort of my own home. You decide the complete setup and process which gives you total freedom.

Tools

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To create stunning portraits you will need some tools. First of all, a high quality camera with the right settings is a necessity. Without a camera, there are no photos. We use the Canon EOS R6 system camera with an all round lens, absolutely wonderful quality! Second of all, you will need a memory card for your camera to save the photos on to. For the home studio you will need a clear background. Occasionally we use a white wall or curtains like a background, but since we got a white backdrop system we have only taken photos with that tool as the background. Not to forget is the extremely important lighting. I would highly recommend to get two large, rectangular soft boxes and a curved reflector for portraits. With this lighting setup the portraits will look flawless and flattered.

Editing

A very important part to a good portrait is the editing of the light and imperfections. No one is perfect and no one should be perfect, but sometimes a little editing can really level up a portrait. I edit all my photos in Lightroom. The paid subscriptions is definitely worth it and gives you freedom over your photos. I usually make all my photos cooler and brighten white tints, it is just my editing style. Whenever I feel like a photo needs more heavy editing, I will continue in photoshop. In photoshop I remove backgrounds, imperfections, dandruff, but to be honest the options are limitless. However, my photoshop skills definitely have their limit. I would highly recommend to search short tutorials on YouTube when you want to edit a small feature, just because Photoshop has too many options and it would take a month to figure it out on your own.

Modeling

A portrait is never complete without a model. For modeling poses inspiration can be found online and the best poses just feel natural. The model should just try different things for different shoot ideas. I uploaded some examples at the bottoms of this post!

Would you like a home studio?

Hope you have a wonderful week!

Xoxo Brenda

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