Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Tony & Chelsea Northrup provide guidance on taking outdoor portraits using both smartphones and traditional cameras. It emphasizes that technique is more important than gear.
Key topics covered include:
Location: Choosing safe, quiet locations with multiple spots for photos, and being aware of permit requirements.
Background: Opting for clean, simple backgrounds, and checking for distractions. Zooming in can reduce distractions and blur the background.
Expression: Encouraging natural expressions by creating a friendly environment and using motion.
Posing: Discussing different posing techniques, including headshots versus full-body shots.
Composition: Considering horizontal and vertical shots, leaving room to crop, and paying attention to camera height.
Natural Lighting: Aiming for ideal lighting conditions but being prepared to deal with challenging light. Using reflectors or walls to bounce light.
Artificial Lighting: Utilizing off-camera flash with umbrellas and remote triggers.
Camera Settings: Covering manual mode, ISO, f/stop, and shutter speed for background exposure, as well as HSS and flash brightness for flash settings.
Gear: Listing necessary equipment, including video gear, mics, diffusers, reflectors, cameras, lenses, strobes, sandbags, and light stands.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Introduction
0:23 Location Scouting
1:19 Meaningful Locations
1:33 Choosing a Background
1:59 Focal Length & f/stop
2:47 One-eye Rule
3:15 Composition
3:54 Facial Expression
4:46 Evoto Promo
5:25 Posing
7:10 Camera Height
7:36 Using a Diffuser
8:10 Using a Reflector
8:39 Evoto Promo
8:59 Backlighting
9:10 Strobes
11:45 Summary
Get 5 free credits for Evoto AI at SDP.io/evoto and use coupon TONY15 for 15% off.
Tony & Chelsea Northrup provide guidance on taking outdoor portraits using both smartphones and traditional cameras. It emphasizes that technique is more important than gear.
Key topics covered include:
Location: Choosing safe, quiet locations with multiple spots for photos, and being aware of permit requirements.
Background: Opting for clean, simple backgrounds, and checking for distractions. Zooming in can reduce distractions and blur the background.
Expression: Encouraging natural expressions by creating a friendly environment and using motion.
Posing: Discussing different posing techniques, including headshots versus full-body shots.
Composition: Considering horizontal and vertical shots, leaving room to crop, and paying attention to camera height.
Natural Lighting: Aiming for ideal lighting conditions but being prepared to deal with challenging light. Using reflectors or walls to bounce light.
Artificial Lighting: Utilizing off-camera flash with umbrellas and remote triggers.
Camera Settings: Covering manual mode, ISO, f/stop, and shutter speed for background exposure, as well as HSS and flash brightness for flash settings.
Gear: Listing necessary equipment, including video gear, mics, diffusers, reflectors, cameras, lenses, strobes, sandbags, and light stands.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Introduction
0:23 Location Scouting
1:19 Meaningful Locations
1:33 Choosing a Background
1:59 Focal Length & f/stop
2:47 One-eye Rule
3:15 Composition
3:54 Facial Expression
4:46 Evoto Promo
5:25 Posing
7:10 Camera Height
7:36 Using a Diffuser
8:10 Using a Reflector
8:39 Evoto Promo
8:59 Backlighting
9:10 Strobes
11:45 Summary
