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It is challenging to assess our photography accurately. For some, the feelings associated with a particular image can make us see it as much better than we otherwise would. For others, we are so critical of ourselves that it's almost impossible to see a good shot we've captured when it's staring us in the face....
Earlier this year, photographer Sean Tucker started a portrait retouching tutorial video series on his YouTube channel. We've written about a couple of the portrait tutorials, including one on natural-looking skin and eye retouching, and a second video about how to utilize subtle dodging and burning techniques in...
Last month, we shared a couple of photographer Sean Tucker's videos about portrait photography. In those two videos, Tucker outlined how he retouches skin and eyes in his portraits. In his latest video about portrait photography, Tucker shows how he uses dodging and burning techniques to emphasize good light in his...
Photographer Sean Tucker is known by many for his great street photography. However, Tucker is also a very talented portrait photographer. Of course, the pandemic has impacted portrait photography, so Tucker hasn't posted many portraits over the last couple of years. However, this year, he has a renewed focus on...
Photographer Sean Tucker has a wide variety of content on his YouTube channel. He does some traditional photography content, like tutorials, but also creates more emotional and philosophical content. His latest video bridges that gap, even such a gap even exists, by interviewing documentary photographer Jim Mortram.
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When shooting portraits in bright sunlight, there are numerous ways you can make the light less harsh on your subject. You may like the overall light in the scene, but perhaps the light on your subject's face doesn't work well. In the video below, photographer Sean Tucker uses his Godox AD200 strobe to control the light...
Photographer Sean Tucker is asked many different questions by aspiring photographers, but one of the most common ones is "how do I define a style for my photography?" While he doesn't have a quick, succinct answer to this question, it is a topic Tucker has thought a lot about.
Tucker makes a point to not delete...
Over the past year, photographer Sean Tucker has been building up his portrait lighting kit to be powerful and portable. His kit comprises numerous strobes and accessories. In the video below, Tucker discusses the lights in his kit.
Whereas in the past, Tucker relied on big, heavy lights, he has since pivoted toward...
Photographer Sean Tucker generally focuses on modern photography in his videos, including camera and lens comparisons, behind-the-scenes videos, discussions on art and photographic technique and much more. However, his latest video is a look back and a look toward the future. Tucker was able to sit down with his...
When shooting, photographer Sean Tucker exposes for the highlights. This choice he makes to preserve highlights when capturing an image means that often, parts of his image are pushed far to the left on a histogram. There's a give and take in photography. If you protect your highlights, you're also going to need to...
Photographer Sean Tucker recently switched from shooting with Canon DSLR and Fujifilm X Series cameras to Sony mirrorless cameras. He discussed the switch in a prior video, but primarily he wanted to downsize his kit and felt that Sony mirrorless cameras were closer to a true hybrid camera and that he would be able to...
Photographer Sean Tucker headed to Iceland to celebrate his 40th birthday and took the time to reflect on his photographic career thus far. In the video below, Tucker shares his thoughts on what it takes to master photography.
Sean Tucker has had a very interesting and diverse journey. After wanting to rehabilitate big...
Photos that pop. It's what many of us want from our own images, we want something that jumps off the screen or off the wall. Photographer Sean Tucker is often asked how he creates images that "pop." For him, he believes it often comes down to mastering contrast. In the video below, Tucker outlines five different ways you...
Photographer Sean Tucker got his start with a Canon APS-C DSLR and did mostly portrait and food photography. As he became more experienced and started taking on additional work, he wanted to move up to a full-frame camera, so he bought a Canon 5D and started upgrading his prime and zoom lenses to higher-quality...
If you're a professional portrait photographer, you'll likely end up doing corporate headshots at one point or another, perhaps it'll even become your specialty. Corporate headshots come with their own distinct challenges. Your subjects are not always people who enjoy or even want their photos taken, for example, and...
Photography is all about light. No matter what kind of photography you do, light is of central importance. Learning how to recognize, utilize and create good light (and shadows) is a critical skill.
Photographer Sean Tucker has started a new video series on his YouTube channel about good light. If you capture images...
As a professional photographer, Sean Tucker spends much of his time behind the camera or working on images on his computer. For him, despite photography being his job, it's also his passion and one of his most important emotional outlets. Rather than spend free time away from the camera, he finds himself drawn to...
Light is the most important aspect of photography. After all, a photograph is ultimately just a recording of light. We regularly hear about "good light" versus "bad light," but how can we tell the difference and learn to recognize good light?
Photographer Sean Tucker hopes to help us with this in his latest video. It's...
Photographer Sean Tucker breaks down his entire portrait processing workflow in Photoshop, including retouching skin, dodge and burn, color toning, sharpening, contrast and more.
The tutorial video below does assume a somewhat advanced level of knowledge with Photoshop as Tucker does move rather quickly through some...
One of the most challenging aspects of photography is learning to create your own style. Ideally, someone can see your work and know immediately that it is yours. Obviously creating a distinct look can take a long time and a lot of trial and error, but a great place to start is with how you perform color edits. Color is...