Theo Marchetti 
To take self portraits with a tripod, mount the camera at about belly-button to chin height, focus on a placeholder object sitting where you will stand, switch the lens to manual so it cannot hunt back to the background, then release the shutter with a 10-second self-timer, a wireless remote, or an interval timer. Once … Read more
To photograph newborns safely at home, work on a firm flat surface, keep one hand on your baby’s head and neck at all times, and shoot in short bursts while your baby is calm and warm. You do not need a studio, a backdrop, or a list of fancy poses. A window, a plain sheet, … Read more
Portrait lighting setups for beginners come down to one thing: where the light sits relative to the face. Start beside a window with a white board opposite, then raise a single light and push it further to the side to walk through butterfly, loop and Rembrandt patterns. All five recipes below can be practised in … Read more
To photograph a family of five without chaos, you fix three things in a fixed order: the arrangement of the people, the camera settings, and the order you add people to the frame. Get the order right and the session takes 20 minutes; get it wrong and you spend an hour chasing five kids who … Read more
Choosing a photography website domain name comes down to four filters: it has to be short enough to say out loud, easy to spell from memory, free of legal conflicts, and still relevant in five years when your business has grown. Get those right and the rest of the setup is mechanical. If you are … Read more