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Family and group portraiture: Posing tips

Published by Jim Heid, content manager | photography | Monday, March 19th, 2012

When you shoot portraits—whether of individuals, families, or business groups—are you posing your subjects to look their best?

In the latest lynda.com photography course, Family and Group Portraiture, author Natalie Fobes (former photographer for the Seattle Times and National Geographic) describes the techniques behind successful group portraits, including tips for posing individual subjects, large groups, and families. She also details how to work with subjects to minimize those things they’d rather not have committed to pixels.

Natalie’s new course is just one of our recent photography releases. If you’re interested in Adobe’s new Photoshop Lightroom 4, don’t miss the new Lightroom 4 Essentials series, with Chris Orwig. The first two installments are available now, with more coming very soon.

Happy shooting!

Interested in more?
• The full Family and Group Portraiture course on lynda.com
• All Photography courses on lynda.com
• All courses from Chris Orwig on lynda.com
• All courses from Natalie Fobes on lynda.com

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Tour Douglas Kirkland’s portraits of Oscar nominees

Published by Jim Heid, content manager | photography | Friday, February 24th, 2012

This year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided to commission portraits of each of the 20 2012 Oscar-nominated actors and actresses.

Who did they call? Renowned photographer (and lynda.com author) Douglas Kirkland, who has photographed hundreds of actors and performers in his storied career. The resulting portraits form an exhibit called Out of Character, which is on display at the Academy’s Beverly Hills headquarters until March 18.

Last Friday, Douglas gave a few of us an exhibit tour, during which he talked about the portraits and his process. We’re pleased to be able to share it with you. Check it out, then check out his Douglas Kirkland on Photography series.