This week your photographic challenge is to take and share a ‘headshot’ portrait.
You’re welcome to photograph a friend, family member (adult or child), a stranger or even yourself – but we’re looking for something framed around head and shoulders but not much more than that.
There’s no wrong or right way to take a headshot and we’ll suggest some tutorials and resources to check out below – the key is getting your camera out and experimenting!
Reading on Taking Great Headshots:
- How to Take Perfect Headshots: Six Tips
- How to Shoot the Perfect Headshot (video)
- Lighting Headshots
Also don’t forget that Phil Steele currently is offering dPS readers 30% off his Headshots and Portraits Course.
Once you’ve taken your ‘Headshot’ image and have upload it to your favourite photo sharing site either share a link to it or – embed it in the comments using the our new tool to do so.
If you tag your photos on Flickr, Instagram, Twitter or other sites with Tagging tag them as #DPSHEADSHOTS to help others find them. Linking back to this page might also help others know what you’re doing so that they can share in the fun.
Also – don’t forget to check out some of the images posted in our last challenge – Transport challenge where there were some great images submitted.
Post originally from: Digital Photography Tips.
Check out our more Photography Tips at Photography Tips for Beginners, Portrait Photography Tips and Wedding Photography Tips.
Headshots: Weekly Photography Challenge

It’s the simple things in life that are often the best – so in this weeks photography challenge we’re expecting to see some great photos because the theme is ‘simplicity’.
Kitchens – we all have one (or at least should have access to something resembling one) – so lets make our kitchens the focus of this weekends photography challenge.![[365] 096](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3305/3475820366_96ab69304b_z.jpg?zz=1)








This week your photographic challenge is to take and share an image based on the theme of ‘Seasonal’.
In the last week on dPS we’ve posted a couple of tutorials that focus upon the ‘Sun’ in different ways with our posts Using the Sun as a Compositional Element and How to Use Sunset Light to Light Portraits.

















This week your challenge is to take a new photo and to share it with us on the them of ‘Delicate‘.
This week your photographic challenge is to shoot and share an image or two on the theme of ‘lines’.