Professional Portraits: Moving Beyond Headshots
Professional Portraits: Moving Beyond Headshots
Class Description
Professional portraits go beyond the standard headshot. With the age of social networking upon us, businesses often have the need for environmental and editorial portraits. Not only will you understand individual portraits, but you will also learn to execute large group posing for corporate clients. By adding these to your client sessions, you can add to your business plan AND widen your target client outreach.
Lessons
- Class Introduction
- Tips for Professional Portraits Part 1
- Tips for Professional Portraits Part 2
- Portrait Client Q&A
- Marketing: Social Media Part 1
- Marketing: Social Media Part 2
- Marketing: SEO
- Marketing: Networking
- Marketing: Pricing
- Combination Posing for Women
- Combination Posing for Men
- Individual Posing Q&A
- Combination Posing: Groups
- Combination Posing: Demo
- Large Group Posing Q&A
- Location Gear: What you Need & Why
- Location Gear: Pelican Bag
- Location Gear: Lighting
- Studio Gear: Modifiers
- Studio Gear: Demo
- Dynamic Portraits in Studio: Women
- Dynamic Portraits in Studio: Props
- Dynamic Portraits in Studio: Men
- "Wall of Light" Set Up
- Shooting on Location: Low Ceiling, Tungsten Light
- Shooting on Location: Small Spaces, Mixed Lighting
- Shooting on Location: High Speed Sync, Balancing Light
- Shooting on Location: Working with Available Light
- Shooting on Location: Q&A
- Student Headshot Demo Part 1
- Student Headshot Demo Part 2
- Posing Large Groups Demo
Reviews
Savannah
Gary is super knowledgable, yet down-to-earth and relatable. I love how he explains the exact gear he uses but also describes ways to accomplish the same look using DIY and less expensive alternatives. The segment where he demos a live shoot in multiple, difficult lighting situations is worth the cost of the class alone! Bonus: He's super funny. He could probably double as a comedian on the side, but I digress. This class was informative, funny, and very practical for any photographer that wants to increase their profit and expand their business into the professional world. He gives all his prices and workflows so you can get up and running in 2 days! :) Awesome class overall, and it's a great sequel to his professional headshot class (which I also bought and loved.)
Richard Blenkinsopp
I love Gary's straight teaching style, and appreciate him demonstrating with regular people, not models. This is the real life of a regular photographer! I wish Creative Live could show more from the photographers viewpoint, so that when he's posing and moving lights etc, we see exactly what he's changing, and can analyze why... not sure how they'd achieve this in a live environment though. Loved his going around to less than ideal locations and finding the place that works. My favourite course on Creative Live so far.
Raquel
Gary makes taking editorial portraits look simple and fun. I want to start shooting heads! I love Creative live and Gary is really doing a great job. I got to buy the class next. Thank you.