This is a really great portrait photography trick that requires no special equipment: use a black marble to see how the light hits on the eyes of the person you want to photograph:
Our first shooting challenge got off to a cracking start. Here are some of your best portrait shots taken this past week.
Everyone’s got at least one digital camera these days. But how well do you use it? Welcome to The Gizmodo Shooting Challenge, where Giz readers get to pit their photographic skills against each other for the admiration of their editors on a dedicated theme each week. This week’s challenge? Portraits.
This picture of Barack Obama is the first official presidential portrait ever taken by a digital camera. The details are in the EXIF data.