5 Tips for Photographing Black Skin Tones | Portrait Photography Tips

Published: 03 February 2022
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Shotti NYC shares his 5 tips on how to accurately light black skin tones in your portrait photography, as well as the common mistakes some photographers make.

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0:00 Introduction
0:22 Understanding Varying Tones
0:57 Don't Under-Expose
1:36 Don't Over-Expose
2:07 Photographing Darker-Skinned Subjects
2:46 Hire Black People to Photograph Black Models
3:14 More from Shotti NYC

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