As a rule, the BIGGER the light source you can light a subject with, the more flattering the image will be. Swivel that flash to 3 o'clock or 6 o'clock positions to find walls to bounce light onto your subject, rather than hitting them squarely with the flash head, which effectively is a much smaller light source than a wall. An alternative is to point the light straight up at a ceiling, which if low enough will be better than the...

Here's a nice tutorial showing how to construct an interesting image using one light and several simple DIY light modifiers and reflectors.

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tors at [Framed] interview Shannon Sewell, a family portrait photographer from Portland, OR. Rather than creating a cookie cutter portrait sesion , she uses hand craft and brings other unique elements to her Child portraits. The interview covers her artistic approach, and even gives us a sneak peak at how she works in post.

Here is a resource to download some free photoshop brushes

I've been looking in my catalog for images that go well together, so here are three images with a deliberate cropping to make this 4 panel image. In two panels I want to draw attention to the texture of the bridge, in the other two I want to balance the attention between the horizon lines and the bridge.