Learn the basics about digital photography from professional photographer, TV personality, and author, Erin Manning.
Photography lighting tip segment by Erin Manning, included in the new Photo Basics Home Studio Lighting Kit's educational dvd.
I’m really excited to tell you about my new partnership with FJ Westcott! We’ve teamed up to bring you the All In One, Home Studio Lighting Kit.Now you can create beautiful, professional-looking photographs in the comfort of your own home. It’s the first home studio lighting kit truly designed for the family photographer.What sets this lighting kit apart from others is the cool to the touch, florescent bulbs that are daylight balanced and provide a consistent light source – so you can use them...
We created this video for the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) to help people prepare for their presentations. From concept to execution - it's all here!
Whether it’s for social networking, a business website, or online dating, we all need a good portrait of ourselves. Now, with the Home Studio Lighting Kit and a few photo tips, it’s possible to capture a professional-looking portrait in the comfort of your own home.
This series explains, demonstrates and illustrates every phase of digital photography--from the basics of composition, exposure, and depth of field, to using a home computer to enhance your images, and creating quality prints on a home computer. Each episode is an all-inclusive lesson on digital photography so you'll have everything you need to get The Whole Picture!
Erin Manning's Top 5 Posing and Directing Photo Tips Some people are really uncomfortable in front of the camera, they aren't sure what they're supposed to do, and they're afraid they'll look bad. This can result in stiff, unnatural looking photographs. It's your job as the photographer to help your subjects feel comfortable and relax. You can do this by talking, interacting, giving them direction and encouragement. When you are photographing people, you are in a relationship, whether it lasts...
Portrait and Candid Photography Photo Workshop: Develop Your Digital Photography Talent (Photo Workshop)Taking great "people pictures" isn't a matter of luck. The secret is in observing your subjects and connecting with them, and then using your camera to its best advantage. Here's how to work with lighting, location, angle, composition, physical characteristics, environment, and a host of other variables, including the unique challenges of photographing babies, group activities, and action. A...
Sometimes a dSLR and professional camera bag with all the gear is just too much to carry around. Find out what Erin does to take beautiful pictures when she's traveling light.
Sometimes professional photography equipment is either out of reach or not in the budget. If you're shooting in natural light, you're going to need a reflector to lighten up dark under-eye shadows and brighten faces. There are many ways to reflect light, following is my favorite, money-saving way to do it.
Portrait and Candid Photography Photo Workshop: Develop Your Digital Photography Talent (Photo Workshop* Erin Manning, DIY Network host of The Whole Picture, tells aspiring photographers how to take outstanding photos of people in this full-color book filled with great images* Helps readers gain the skills and confidence to successfully use the digital camera as a tool to create and capture life's moments* Every chapter ends with an assignment that readers are encouraged to complete and then u...