Reddit reviews How to Create Stunning Digital Photography

Sorry you're not getting a very warm response here. I haven't done studio photography myself, but I can suggest some photography education.

Here is a portrait lighting tutorial from Tony and Chelsea Northrup, while it's not exactly fashion photography, many of the same principles apply.

I also wholeheartedly recommend Tony Northrup's book, Stunning Digital Photography. Starting at $10 for the ebook, available on his website or Amazon. Some of the videos from the book are available for free on their YouTube channel, such as the one I posted above.

The book eases into the technical knowledge while teaching about composition and lighting, which apply to all types of photography. They have specific chapters for landscapes, wildlife, portraits, and others. The portrait chapter would be most applicable to fashion photography.

They also do a live show where they critique viewer submissions, and they did one on fashion photography with Roxy Rodriguez (she was in a photography competition sponsored by Adorama) so perhaps you can get some inspiration and ideas from that.

Information that would be helpful to know: What gear do you have (camera, lenses, flashes, lighting modifiers, etc.)? How do you post process your photos, do you have Lightroom? How comfortable are you with the technical aspects of photography already (fstops, shutter speed, depth of field, etc.)?

100 percent this. The best investment you can make is $10 on a good photography book. For a no-nonsense and easy to use book, I recommend How to Create Stunning Digital Photography https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006KY2VZ2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_1znKzbFKX4TZJ

It's not perfect, but if you spend 1 hour reading and watching his videos, you can easily make your images 10x better than they are today with your existing equipment.

The keys for photographing kids are simple - great light (easily accessible outdoors in the shade), focused composition (a significant fraction of the photo should be occupied by the kid, hopefully with nice light in his or her eyes), and a good situation (kid joy at going down the slide, wonder at the big t Rex sculpture in the park, happiness at sitting on Grandpa's shoulders).

After that, shoot a lot of pictures and try out different techniques! Eventually you'll want to do some post processing, too - I recommend the free Snapseed app - but that's for after you're comfortable with the basics!

Edit: join us over at /r/photography if you like beautiful photos and/or photography gear addiction

I watched this a while ago but I probably could watch it again.

Northrup has a decent book on photography #2 in its category on amazon right now:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006KY2VZ2/

I bought http://www.amazon.com/Tony-Northrups-DSLR-Book-Photography-ebook/dp/B006KY2VZ2 best ten bucks I ever spent

Don't know if this book is any good, but the Kindle ebook is free on Amazon right now: Tony Northrup's DSLR Book: How to Create Stunning Digital Photography

d3300 with 17-50 sigma f2.8
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https://www.amazon.fr/Tony-Northrups-DSLR-Book-Photography-ebook/dp/B006KY2VZ2

don't buy some crappy point and shoot, cause you will have same result as a smartphone, and it has no point

Learn about Rule of Thirds and read this book: https://www.amazon.com/How-Create-Stunning-Digital-Photography-ebook/dp/B006KY2VZ2

You're not going to become the best from it, but it will make you understand how to make photos that are more interesting.

Tony and Chelsea Northrup's book is incredible and widely recommended. It's inexpensive and has a wealth of knowledge to help you understand what is necessary to make excellent images.

https://www.amazon.com/Tony-Northrups-DSLR-Book-Photography-ebook/dp/B006KY2VZ2

4.8 of 5.0 stars. 2,200+ reviews. It's solid.