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Step back in time as Jason Parnell-Brookes shows you how to shoot a portrait in the style of ‘old master’ painting

Have you ever tried to make a photo look like a painting? Perhaps you’ve opened an old photo in Photoshop and added some filters and textures to give the impression of brush strokes and art paper? However, rather than giving a photo the appearance of a painting, here we’re going to shoot a portrait in the style of some the great painters of the past, specifically the 17th century Dutch old masters.