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Children's Posing Guide

 

Children's Posing Guide

 

Class Description

Children are not professional models, nor even enthusiastic about posing. While children are inherently beautiful, they aren’t naturals at sitting still. This creates a hurdle for photographers attempting to capture the personalities of younger, restless subjects. However, it’s not impossible to get a child to pose for the camera — you just have to speak their language.

After more than ten years of shooting, celebrated children's photographer Tamara Lackey has developed a language for effectively communicating with her younger clients. In this 3-day course, you will learn Tamara’s 10-point system designed to secure gorgeous, expressive images — including her formula for building to “the final shot.”

By the end of this workshop, you’ll be armed with a toolkit of tried-and-true methods easily adaptable to your own style of shooting, transforming your children’s photography practice into a seamless workflow.

Lessons

  1. Introduction
  2. Posing Rules
  3. Clothing Review - Step 2
  4. Location - Step 3
  5. Mood Management - Step 4
  6. Point Lighting - Step 5
  7. Technical Settings - Step 6
  8. Composition & Framing - Step 7 & 8
  9. Details and Expression/Spirit - Step 9 & 10
  10. Urban Shoot Challenges
  11. Photograph Critiques from Students and Audience
  12. Shoot: Bedroom with Baby Desmond
  13. Shoot: Bedroom with Alexis
  14. Shoot: Bedroom with Joseph
  15. Shoot: Bedroom with Alexis and Mom
  16. Introduction To Lessons 17-23
  17. IntroductionComposition and Framing
  18. Relationship Dynamics
  19. Park Shoot Challenges
  20. Critiques of Students and Photo Contest Submissions
  21. Editing Urban Shoot Photographs in Photoshop
  22. Shoot: Rooftop with Madeline
  23. Shoot: Rooftop with Aiden and Angelina
  24. Introduction To Lessons 25-37
  25. IntroductionShoot: Rooftop with Destyn and Ursula
  26. Shoot: Rooftop with Rowan
  27. Shoot: Rooftop with Mom and Baby
  28. Shoot: Working with Motion with Destyn
  29. Business Scorecard - Part 1
  30. Business Scorecard - Part 2
  31. Shoot: Living Room with Ari, Eli, Zoe - Part 1
  32. Shoot: Living Room - Ari, Eli, Zoe - Part 2
  33. Shoot: Living Room with Baby Maria and Mom
  34. Photo Contest Top 20
  35. Contest Winners
  36. Workshop Overview & Photographs from Shoots
  37. Q&A with Tamara and Final Thoughts

Reviews

Judi McCann
 

I really loved these videos and am grateful to Tamara for her clear teachings and her ability to relate her ideas in an instructional setting. She's extremely thorough in her explanations as to the how's and why's. She's got a super sense of humor, too, which is nice. I would very highly recommend this class.

Charlene Goldsmith
 

This is my first creative live course, and I was really sceptical that I would be getting my money's worth. But I can honestly say that this has been a brilliant investment. Not only is Tamara amazing, but the content is fantastic. I feel like I got more than I bargained for as I even learnt some things in Photoshop I didn't know. Big double thumbs up!

Mari Sierra
 

Tamara is so good at what she does... Plus funny! This class was great and I learned so much from her... It's one of my faves and in my wish list!