In short, these are the keys to a successful outdoor fashion shoot: a unique artistic concept, well-organised logistics for the entire crew, appropriate camera settings to ensure qualify shots, creative posing ideas incorporating available props on location, and appropriate lighting techniques using both natural and artificial lights.

In general, the colour of what you wear should correspond to the lighting conditions, the location and the mood. The fit of the clothes would depend on your vulnerabilities and logistical considerations on set. The accessories to be careful of include hats, glasses and hairbands.

Here is the absolute basic set-up in shooting professional headshots at home:

1. A camera/ phone

2. Access to diffused natural light

3. A white, reflective flat surface

4. An artificial light source (eg. phone flash light, camera flash)

5. A plain background

6. An extra pair of hands (optional)

With a DSLR, you have an array of tools at your disposal to take great portraits. Shoot in RAW format, manually expose for the highlights, focus and recompose, and create framing using the depth of field. Preview your photos and check for defects.

There are two parts as to how to evoke emotions in portrait photography. First, identifying the emotion in your subject, and secondly, internalising your emotions and translate that into an image. Here are some quick ideas for emotive photography. You can start with photographing children, elderly and relationships.

Communicating an idea of a pose clearly so that your model turns the idea into reality, is daunting to many beginner photographers seeking to learn how to take portrait photography. Check out this guide on how to improve your posing direction skills and be a better portrait photographer!

People love street portrait photography. And they love it for a good reason. As photographers, we often find ourselves in a situation in which we need to think of street locations to shoot our clients at. In this guide, I share my thoughts on the popularity of street portraiture, which leads into my top tips for finding the best location for your client.

Here are some best tips on creating flattering compositions that produce amazing effects in portraiture. This is how you can begin to make your portraits more interesting - read on!