One-size-fits-all filters don't always cut it. Learn how to create your own black and white film look.

Hard midday sun can be brutal on portraits. It’s high contrast and very bright so not only do you have hard shadows on the face to contend with, but it can also be very difficult for models with light coloured eyes, who struggle to keep their eyes open!

Beauty retouching is an essential skill for portrait and fashion photography.

When your model is backlit, you can use these neat lighting tricks.

In this tutorial, we go behind the scenes as Gina shoots and directs a portrait of Hannah, who is not a professional model.

Valerie Khoo takes you on the road with Gina in the markets of Cebu in the Philippines. See Gina in action as she engages with strangers and brings out the best in them to snap truly stunning images.

Join Valerie Khoo as she goes behind the scenes with Gina at a beachside location on a shoot for a surfwear client. Working with professional models, full sunlight, make-up artists, horses and drones, it was an intense day.

Adding a Vignette is just a really fancy way of saying adding a darker border to your image.

This technique will completely revolutionise the way you process your images because it allows you to selectively adjust areas of your images.