How To Take Portraits With Natural Light - 11 Tips With Alan Schaller

Alan Schaller July 23, 2025
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Alan Schaller

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Official channel of British photographer Alan Schaller, founder of the Irys Photo App. Want to work with us? Drop me an email at [email protected] to discuss.

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Join my Patreon to enter my portraits competition, including bonus videos, photowalks and more: https://www.patreon.com/AlanSchaller In this episode I explain 11 handy tips that I use to take interesting portrait photos, covering the key areas in perspective, lighting and lenses. If you want a chance to get your best portrait photo to be featured in our next episode, head on down to our Patreon where we're running a portrait competition for Patreon members only - good luck! Alan's Instagram - http://instagram.com/alan_schaller Directed, shot and edited by Biz Thompson - http://instagram.com/biz_thedirector Are you interested in sponsoring our videos? Get in touch here: [email protected] Thanks to Blackmagic Design for providing their kit for us to use in the making of this video, we used: Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K Full Frame. Da Vinci Resolve Mini Panel. Graded on Da Vinci Resolve. 00:00 Intro 00:57 3 Photos in 1 meter sq 02:22 Patreon Photo Competition 03:00 Perspective 04:31 Lighting 06:33 Lenses 09:06 Portraits of Tourists 10:35 Outro