How to take professional portrait photos

If you’re asked to shoot a subject in their workplace, you’ll need to work swiftly to get set up and capture your shots with the minimum of fuss. A home studio kit, with a couple of flash heads fitted with umbrellas or softboxes, is ideal. For a simple setup, position one light angled towards the background, and your main light in front of the sitter, above them and slightly to one side.