FASTEST Route to Build a Portrait Portfolio From Nothing

<p>How do you find models for your portraits? How did you get started in building your portfolio? These are two questions I get asked a lot. As a photographer my primary focus is portraits. At this point, I&rsquo;m doing several portrait shoots a week and people are consistently reaching out to me to take their photos. But it wasn&rsquo;t always this way. In this article, I&rsquo;ll teach you the top three ways I built my portrait portfolio.</p> <p>Everyone has to start somewhere. I didn&rsquo;t have any experience shooting portraits when I decided I wanted to build a portfolio. I had no roadmap or guidelines on how to get started or where to find models.</p> <blockquote> <p><em>So I started reaching out to friends and setting up portrait shoots with them</em>.</p> </blockquote> <p><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:770/1*kFmfbqse5DxblfgNWL18bA.jpeg" style="height:467px; width:700px" /></p> <p>Portrait of Hayley Liebenow (Instagram:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/hayliebenow/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">@hayliebenow</a>)</p> <h1><strong>1. Reach Out to Friends, Family and Acquaintances</strong></h1> <p>This is the easiest, most effective way to build up a body of portrait work from scratch. Shooting with friends, family and acquaintances relieves the pressure to deliver world-class photos. People who know you will be more patient and know that you are learning. And unless you&rsquo;re a total jerkface, they&rsquo;ll be happy to help you out.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@danbullmanphotography/fastest-route-to-build-a-portrait-portfolio-from-nothing-ba762c13eabb"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>