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"What makes or breaks a portrait?" ponders professional photographer Paul Wilkinson

By Paul Wilkinson Published

Opinion Is it lighting or love? Artistry or humanity? You need a bit of both – but it's all about capturing the connection between subject and photographer

Opinion
Man twiddling his mustache
"Photographers must be problem solvers, not robots" reckons Paul Wilkinson

By Paul Wilkinson Published

Opinion Do this, do that… but WHY? Portrait photographers have a rulebook that they invariably follow, but rules are made to be broken

Opinion
I’m a portrait expert, here’s how I avoid the red-eye effect ruining my photos

By Wendy Evans Published

Tutorial I explain what causes the dreaded red-eye effect in portrait photos and my top tips to avoid it altogether

Tutorial
Man next to microscope
"Think like a scientist and learn from your mistakes!" urges pro portrait photographer Paul Wilkinson

By Paul Wilkinson Published

Opinion If you don't experiment and only stick with what you know then you'll never develop as a photographer

Opinion
"I was setting everything up for a cover with Slash and Ozzy Osbourne, and Slash walked into the studio, saw me, and went, ‘Oh, it’s you!’ – I remember thinking ‘Slash knows me. Slash knows me!’"

By Ariane Sherine Published

Interview Paul Harries, rock star photographer, tells me how he got to photograph artists like Dua Lipa, Ozzy Osbourne and Slipknot

Interview
Allan Gayner, 80 from Tyne and Wear
Photographer Rankin adds his skills to a health campaign to reduce preventable amputations

By Leonie Helm Published

NEWS Healthcare experts at Abbott, which has spearheaded the campaign, say that 80% of diabetes amputations are preventable

NEWS
Pirelli / Ethan James Green
Studying behind-the-scenes photos helped me master lighting for portrait and fashion photography

By Kalum Carter Published

Opinion BTS photographs from world leading photographers can provide the best lessons in photography lighting – it's like an apprenticeship without being on set

Opinion
Interview: Behind The Crown
Behind The Crown: confessions of Getty's royal photographer

By Kim Bunermann, Digital Photographer Published

Features Chris Jackson talks about what it takes to be the photographic companion of the British Royal Family

Features
Interview: Richard Koek
Sometimes, I let my subjects know I was photographing them, sometimes I didn’t. It was a constant battle of choices, but as an outsider, I was often forgiven for my rudeness

By Kim Bunermann, Digital Photographer Published

Features Richard Koek on his photographic portrait of a city with fascinating contrasts

Features
A girl stares at the camera
“Black subjects are depicted by Black photographers; their gaze is mutual and consensual"

By Leonie Helm Published

From 1930s Harlem to contemporary Toronto – compelling photographs from the African Diaspora

Portrait Photography
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