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Here’s How You Get Wind Whipped Hair in Your Portraits

Chris Gampat
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07/12/2017
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Last Updated on 07/16/2017 by Chris Gampat

Photographer Chantal Routhier recently did a short tutorial on how to get that wind whipped look in your hair for portraits that everyone loves. One of the biggest secrets: put the hair half back and half in front. Of course, this tutorial works best with longer hair and with more of a blustery day. Chantal has some excellent tips in her post but, to add more to this, the higher your elevation is, the better the chances for you to get more wind. Additionally, going to a waterfront will work wonders. Chantal speaks about this and states that you should go behind rocks.

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If you’re in a big city, alleyways tend to work better because the air streams and focused down specific paths. This adds to what Chantal says as she believes that finding places with a bit of shelter can create more whirlwind effects in the hair. Personally, I also like to ask my subject to move all their hair onto one side. The reason for this is because it creates better control and you can usually get a clearer shot at the person’s face when doing so.

But the video from Chantal offers up a whole lot.

Now here’s Chantal

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Here is a little video on my best practices to get that wind tousled look to rock the Halifax mermaid look! Hope you enjoy this video as much as we enjoyed making it for you!  Also, hit the share button to let your friends see this too 🙂

Maggie is a uber talented model here in Halifax. She is a rockstar at posing and she amazing to be around. You are definitely going to remember her from this dark and moody shoot, and this Alice in Wonderland shoot.

Thanks all for watching and seeing more photography tips 🙂

Halifax Wedding Photographer Tutorials peggys cove

Halifax Wedding Photographer Tutorials peggys cove

Halifax Wedding Photographer Tutorials peggys cove

Halifax Wedding Photographer Tutorials peggys cove

Halifax Wedding Photographer Tutorials peggys cove

Halifax Wedding Photographer Tutorials peggys cove

Halifax Wedding Photographer Tutorials peggys cove

Halifax Wedding Photographer Tutorials peggys cove
This is a syndicated blog post from Chantal Routhier. All images and content are being used here with permission.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.