Digital Portrait Photography Set Everything Up Beforehand SUMMARY: If you are taking a formal photograph of a subject, try to set your lighting and environment up beforehand.   If you are doing a formal portrait, to as great as extent as possible, try to set up the environment and lighting beforehand. With outdoor shots, scout a photo location and clean it of loose twigs, leaves, etc., and test the lighting conditions. For indoor shots, set up the background and studio lighting and take a few test shots with a book, stuffed animal, pet, friend, or whatever or whoever acting as the subject. When your subject(s) arrive, you don't want them waiting around. The less your subject(s) wait, the less of a chance they have of fidgeting while you are taking the photo.   Add: Del.icio.us | Digg | Furl | My Yahoo!   Discuss This Tip Print This Tip Get E-Mail When New Tips are Online Return to the Digital Portrait Photography page.