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How to Shoot Overcast Portraits -Using Canon EOS R6 EF 35mm F1.4 L Mark ii (San Francisco 4-outfits)

caliallstaring

Jul 31, 2021
5 min

How to Shoot Overcast Portraits -Using Canon EOS R6 EF 35mm F1.4 L Mark ii (San Francisco 4-outfits)

In this blog post, I am going to walk through my San Francisco photoshoot with Rosina and explaining the location choices and how I used...

Photography Tips for the 35mm Portraits Planning Workflow (Composition Bonus Tips)

caliallstaring

Jul 20, 2021
4 min

Photography Tips for the 35mm Portraits Planning Workflow (Composition Bonus Tips)

35mm has been used by many photographers for environmental portraits. The advantage of the 35mm especially for the F1.4 is to have the...

Palette Cam - Using this app to prepare for portraits photoshoot & Instagram feed consistency

caliallstaring

Jul 17, 2020
2 min

Palette Cam - Using this app to prepare for portraits photoshoot & Instagram feed consistency

In this blog post, I am going to show you how I use Palette Cam to prepare for my portraits photoshoot and create a consistency Instagram...

Summer Beach Portraits Color Palettes and Composition Tips

caliallstaring

Jul 15, 2020
2 min

Summer Beach Portraits Color Palettes and Composition Tips

In this blog post, I am going to walk through some of my color palettes choices for summer beach style photoshoot. Below are the three...

Tips and Tricks on Summer Style Portrait Locations and Color Palettes

caliallstaring

Jul 13, 2020
2 min

Tips and Tricks on Summer Style Portrait Locations and Color Palettes

In this blog post, I am going to walk through some of my reasoning on why I chose particular color palettes and locations for my recent...

Sony 'striping' Issue with Backlight: Step by Step to Fix This Issue

caliallstaring

Jul 4, 2020
2 min

Sony 'striping' Issue with Backlight: Step by Step to Fix This Issue

Hi all, in this blog post, I want to document the step by step process to fix the Sony 'Striping" issue. DPReview reported this issue in...

Quarantine photography tips - How to get the best quality through remote lockdown photoshoot

caliallstaring

Jul 4, 2020
2 min

Quarantine photography tips - How to get the best quality through remote lockdown photoshoot

In this blog post, I am going to document couple of important things I noticed during my remote photoshoot session using Zoom Video App....

Instagram: 3 Questions to I would Ask Myself before Posting

caliallstaring

Sep 17, 2018
2 min

Instagram: 3 Questions to I would Ask Myself before Posting

Before my next post on Instagram, I would ask myself the following 3 questions: What's unique about this shot? Does it match my feed's...

Photography Tips - 10 Ways to Improve Your Backlight Portraits Instantly

caliallstaring

Sep 15, 2018
4 min

Photography Tips - 10 Ways to Improve Your Backlight Portraits Instantly

One of my favorite styles for portraits is backlit portraits. When I see the sunlight coming through my Fujifilm X-T2's view finder, I...

caliallstaring

Sep 14, 2018
3 min

Here is my @caliallstaring Photography Workflow

Introduction Hi all, I want to share with you my photography as a hobby photographer. I will show you my workflow from the beginning to...

Portrait Photography Tips - How I Pose Models

caliallstaring

Sep 13, 2018
4 min

Portrait Photography Tips - How I Pose Models

How do I pose models? I have been shooting portraits as hobby for 4 years and I want to share with you some of my pointers on how to pose...

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