Lighting How To

Using a flash to shoot a portrait is not as hard as it may look. Getting your flash lighting on point, however, is essential to capturing a flattering photo of your subject.

Get it right, and your portrait will look gorgeous. Get it wrong, and they might look like someone from the Walking Dead.

In the below quick and easy tutorial from portrait pro Manny Ortiz, he shares "3 minutes of NO BS, straight to the point FLASH photography tips." Watch it to learn some simple ways to use your flash to shooting gorgeous portraits.

"You are going to learn the best and the worst ways on how to use a one-light flash setup in a studio with examples of everything and unedited straight out of camera photos," Ortiz says. "Remember this guys, light looks best when it comes from above."

Watch below as Ortiz shares his best flash photography tips while capturing portraits of his pretty wife Diana. Then go check out his channel for more fun photography tips and gear reviews.