TOP 5 PORTRAIT TIPS FOR BEGINNERS

In today's video, I'll share my top five portrait tips for beginners! These are tips that you'll wish you knew sooner to get great portraits. If you enjoyed this video and found it helpful, make sure you leave a like and subscribe to my channel. I have lots more helpful content on the way soon!

Newbies, we all start somewhere. Over a decade ago I decided to step out of the corporate world to become a portrait photographer; it was one of the best decisions I've ever made! Save yourself a lot of time and learn real techniques to take better portraits in 2023 and beyond.

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[MiguelQuilesJr]

For those of you starting out, what do you find to be the biggest challenge in taking a great portrait? Let me know and I'll address it in an upcoming video!

[braindeadfirefly]

as a former model, it's very true what you said about filtering yourself but this is not only a problem with experienced this with photographers who are in the field for decades.

[okeefest]

Your thoughts on how to filter yourself to get the best out of others goes beyond photography. People should apply that practice to all parts of their life. Great video.

[rafawisniewski]

I found Your channel few hours ago, I watch some movies and I can say that's one of the best channels about portrait photography!!! Oh man... Great job ;)

[hermanlopez]

Great pointers and thanks for your videos

[jasongreenwood]

Thanks Miguel! Good stuff.
I think my OCD keeps me from outsourcing...I like to control every aspect. Also... Until I start making more money doing this I'll need to do it myself. My location also keeps me from charging enough to validate outsourcing.

Luckily, I am my own worst critic, so I am always trying to get better every day!

[josephchan]

Good recommendations. I will have to update my profile picture. Thanks.

[ivankrizan]

Excellent video and all advices, thank you 💪

[juanrmartinez]

Great tips, my biggest challenge is still lighting. What I see is sometimes not what I think I saw.

[CHILLINWITH_LUKE_KEV]

Thank you for this video... I found it very helpful

[miguelangelfm]

Hola amigo gracias por los buenos consejos bendiciones

[strippedlist]

Miguel, i like you a lot...but in US to be successful you have to choose always amazing models....and people will admire you for that . I never seen a youtuber from US that is known with "regular" people portraits...in Europe is about the story, the feeling, a message....

[MH_]

Gonna direct some of my students right here to your channel. I think they can learn a lot here.

[charliejg]

"Adopt a student mindset" to me is very important as my learning style best fits the mentor/apprentice model. Question: I've thought about approaching a working photographer to ask if he/she would be open to having an assistant who would be paid with free learning by watching. Is that a reasonable thing to ask? I'm also going to apply to work for a studio that does school photographs and things like HS senior portraits, etc so I can learn studio and lighting techniques. Does that make sense? Thanks for your input.

[wendystumbaugh]

Your videos are a class act. Great tips, and such polish.

[Gtrbshd]

thing for filter your self, is so import to have model trying to be the best version of it self :)

[geraove]

Hola Miguel muy interesante tus consejos, tienes razón cuando dices que hay colocarse en el lugar de un estudiante porque la vida siempre es un aprendizaje, hay una chica que se llama hilda Lizarazu y ella era fotografa de las bandas de rock en los 80 o lo que pasaba en ese periodo llamado new age y después este mundo que capturaba con su lente hizo que traspasara al otro lado y se convirtiera en vocalista y posteriormente la famosa cantante de los 90 MAN RAY complementando ese mundo artístico, donde uno captura la esencia o la esencia lo atrapa a uno; igual que un bello paisaje. Perdón lo extenso🖐️

[PrimeRsoul]

I can agree with most you said, but one topic seems a bit off to me. You're talking about outsourcing, but that's maybe something a newbie shouldn't do at all (please keep the title of your video in mind here). Apart from someone being new(ish)) and not having the funding to outsourcing to begin with, it is important to know the entire process. Not just clicking that button and then handing it off to someone else. Even if you turn out not to be great at editing and the whole process that takes place after you transfer the footage to a computer, it is still valuable to spend some time to know what actually goes on. It can give you more insight in what was good about your footage, but more important, what needs improvement or what you shouldn't do at all. Yes, it takes time to dive into it, ... but knowledge is a valuable investment.

[robnew]

Have always like to learn from your video's. Always easy to watch and learn from you.Thank you sir.

[kiranmathure]

I am having Nikon d 5300 is it possible to take portrait like you do in this camera would like to have tutorial from you