Portrait photo shoot - start to finish

All aspects covered - planning, gear, choosing location, working with subject, editing and processing.

A long and detailed video that I hope will demystify the process and really help people get their head around how it works - or at least how it often works for me. In reality you will work out your own process with practice.

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[tday67]

Great stuff mate, stumbled across you when I was on Doms sight who is awesome as well. For this shoot did you mainly shoot using a large aperture or do you add blur?

[thatnikonguy]

@tday67 I dont add any blur. Welcome!

[ruckowner]

I didn't think it was long at all. You gave a lot of great hints and tricks. I for one would love to see more like this from start to finish.

[thatnikonguy]

@ruckowner cool, cheers

[carlosazuma]

Hey Matt, thanks a lot for posting those videos! I'm new in photography, so videos like this one, showing the real world daily work of a photographer, are very useful for rookies like me. Greetings from Brazil, keep the good job!

[thatnikonguy]

@carlosazuma thank you - nice to hear.

[thatnikonguy]

@windair66 my pleasure - this one took a lot of work to put together, I am glad it is helpful.

[windair66]

Great video, simple, clear and Real! grazie!

[thatnikonguy]

@scholesville software was lightroom, PS for more detailed work. Effect varies from shot to shot, as I show :)

[scholesville]

great video Matt, a thorough BTS look at your workflow...

though I would like to see more of your post-processing workflow on these projects i.e what software you use? what type of effect you are trying to achieve in each photos?