Author: Scott Bideau

Help-Portrait is a movement started by photographer Jeremy Coward. The mission is simple, but hugely impactful: find people in need, help them look their best with free hair and makeup styling, take and print their photo, then give them the photo for free. I participated in this concept a few years ago at a Kansas…

Just outside of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, the appropriately named Rainbow Ridge puts on a stunning display of colors each fall. Normally, this view and several more like it are conveniently accessed by a busy forest road that also kicks up quite a bit of dust and noise. But during October of 2011, the road was…

This year’s Ski 4 Yellow event in Steamboat Springs raised another $200,000 in the fight against cancer in conjunction with its summertime counterpart, Ride 4 Yellow. After a “yellow tie” evening gala featuring keynote speaker and former Denver Broncos running back Reggie Rivers alongside other NFL players like Kevin Clark having fun at the photo…

One of the first concepts I learned about in portrait photography was “Lens Compression.” The common assumption is that a telephoto lens will “compress” the foreground and background together. This produces a more pleasing portrait that doesn’t distort facial features while still drawing attention to your subject (and not the background). In this post, I’ll…

One of the first photographers I started following was Joe McNally. His Hot Shoe Diaries book is full of great info on how to make big light from small flashes, including a “creepy-guy-in-the-alley shot” that I recently enjoyed recreating.