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My husband and l have used Photoshop for most things, but

he recently purchased Affinity which l have not yet touched.
Where to shoot …. Even though he is Photoshop literate, he is an absolute

beginner with Affinity but he loves what it can do. The only
l preferred to do most of my portrait work on location, but you need to look
way you are going to be able to decide, (if you haven’t yet bought your
at the weather forecast for a shoot outside, whether it’s going to be at your
software), is to read up on all 3, and check out their courses. You can also find
clients home or a location elsewhere. If bad weather forces you inside, you’ll
material on YouTube, but this won’t be enough to provide you with the
need to make sure you have a lighting kit with you.
information you need to make a decision.
You can get away with window light when
Use a google search on whichever browser you prefer to look these up on.
photographing children, but for a whole family shot its
I’ll be adding information on my site about courses you can take, for as little
best that you set up your lighting in their favorite room.
as $20 a month. You’ll find some programs for $10, but it all depends on
There’s nothing to prevent you taking a backdrop if your
what you want, how far you want to go and how much
client has an empty studio or garage space either.
you want to pay. One thing l cannot help you with
here, is making the right decision for which program

is right for you, because we are all different in how we
Affinity, Photoshop Lightroom and/or Raw Editing.... learn, and the way we learn. So, whilst one photographer will insist that

Photoshop is the way to go, that does not necessarily mean that this is the
This is something that requires more thought than most would like.
right program for you. I’m afraid it’s trial and error on having a go with
You’ll find that some photographers will swear that the
whatever you can get, but try and take the free offers
only program you should use is Photoshop, and another
and have a play. Use your time wisely, and take full
who will tell you that it’s too complicated for a beginner
advantage of the free trials while you can. Also take
and you should start with Elements or Lightroom. Then
notes about how you felt using the program, what was easy, what was
there’s the new program that’s recently come out called
difficult. Are you still undecided? Don’t sign up for something like this,
Affinity: https://www.serif.com/en-us/
spend a couple of hours on it, find yourself doing other things, and then as

soon as you get a chance to return to the program, you notice your trial