Chapter Three. Shooting Portraits Like a Pro

More Tips to Make People Look Their Very Best

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SHUTTER SPEED: 1/800 SEC F-STOP: F/2.8 ISO:100 FOCAL LENGTH: 150MM PHOTOGRAPHER: SCOTT KELBY

Image Getting professional-looking shots of people is harder than you might think, for one simple reason: the pros hire really good-looking models, and as you know, models are models for one simple reason—they forget to eat. I’m joking, of course. They’re models because they photograph really, really well. So, what makes our job so hard is that we’re not surrounded by fabulous-looking ...

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