PRO SECRETS for SHARP PORTRAITS! Aperture, Shutter Speed & ISO

Have you ever had portraits that weren't quite sharp? We know the answer - yes - because EVERYONE does. Portraits are a struggle to find the right shutter speed, aperture, ISO, and lighting to create crisp, sharp pictures without being unflattering. In this portrait photography tutorial, Chelsea & Tony Northrup show you several techniques (with before and after photos) to get sharp pictures EVERY TIME.

[Zacheldridge]

Ahhh I love when you post educational material. Everything seems to be so gear focused on all my channels lately.

[tomlew]

Good video. When I shoot wedding parties or groups I have each person about a quarter step closer going away from the center. Reason for that is to try and keep each subject the same distance from the lens. That way I'm able to use a wider aperture and have better DOF for background blur. Much easier to get everyone in focus. Works for me over the years.

[TheMontanafew]

F1.4?? I can’t afford that. I’ll give ya f1.8.

[RalfTenbrink]

I bought your book a few years ago and I am still referring back to it as there is so much information. Its a book that I am recommending to every beginner and to most advanced photographers as well.

[JanneRanta]

Tony is a natural bobblehead doll. Another hidden talent.

[johncarey]

It' not just at f5.6 that Tony looks sharp, he's always looking sharp!

[shotbyzac]

Thank you, you all are one of my favorite YouTube channels

[gabrielandrade]

Tony out focus looks like Colonel Sanders. Can’t unsee it 🙈

[Linealo]

Can you do the 60mp with the kit lens Vs the 24mp with the pro lens? This should support your last point in to what to upgrade when you upgrade: Body or lens first?

[roseaurora-artstudio]

Can't stop smiling when you are together. Love watching when you are working together, such a beautiful couple and I learn alot... I haven't used my Nikon 750 for a number of years and now I am panicked because I need to take great photos at our son's University Graduation.... Some of his friends cannot afford their parents there nor a photographer... so I am hoping to give them some joy by photographing them on the grounds. They are amazing young men and women and our son is so happy we can go and attend and take some photos. I feel silly feeling so nervous as I was in the R&D group of people who worked on the first digital Fujix Camera in 1994 which launched in Chicago after spending time in Fuji Japan earlier that year as an application & color specialist. I helped calibrate our algorithm for the North American market. The total camera weighed 35-lbs and I was at 110 lbs! Now I'm trying to muster up enough guts and info for a graduation photo shoot! How funny is that. Cheers to all grads 2024 and their loving well-meaning parents. Wish me luck! Thanks again for your wonderful work.

[JJ-ewlq]

New to photography, I was shooting birds outside my office window. The images were never quite tack sharp when zooming in. After 3 weeks of futzing around and watching YouTube videos, I finally realized I should probably open the window rather than shoot through the glass. Zooms were still not tack sharp. I finally got a measuring tape and realized the birds in the tree where closer than the minimal focal distance for my telephoto lens. Who'da thought. Things are going much better now...

[dunnymonster]

Tony's wiggle makes him look like a Thunderbirds puppet lol

[stans]

LOL 3:36 - Chelsea - "Help me"

[raiderbest]

Wow! It is possible to recognise a contact lens in Tony's eye. Indeed sharp portrait :)

[iComplainer]

When Chelsea's teaching from behind the cam 🙌

[gasdive]

That "lean in" tip is gold. Thanks.

[raulcruz]

Tony coming into focus from the back is the stuff of nightmares.

[StarOasis]

Thanks Chelsea and Tony, you made it so easy to understand. Ordering Stunning Digital Photography now, gotta do Amazon. Merry Christmas 🎄🍸

[hagenhenke]

Hi Chelsea, in studio with flash the shutter speed is not from the camera so much but from the flash. Take a picture without flash and if it is all black then the light is from the flash only. That means the flashing time ist what normally is the shutter speed. Scaling down the flash decreases the flashing time in many cases but it depends on the flash system. If the flash has a row of power units inside it may not. Scaling down an on camera flash to it's minimum can mean a flashing time of something like 1/20000 of a second, really short. Remember: The permanent light of studio flashes is dimmed down to zero when you take a picture. In a studio for photos the apperture is used to get pictures brighter or darker as well as the control on the flash and of course the distance flash to object. Light diminishes in the square: Double distance means only a quarter of light. Greetings from Meissen, Germany. I love everything you do.

[ksilvs]

Love love the outtakes at the end. You two are so entertaining and educational. So Fun together!