Children's Posing Guide
Children's Posing Guide
Class Description
TO RSVP FOR TAMARA'S NEW CLASS, Capturing Authentic Children Portraits, CLICK HERE!
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
- Introduction
- Posing Rules
- Clothing Review - Step 2
- Location - Step 3
- Mood Management - Step 4
- Point Lighting - Step 5
- Technical Settings - Step 6
- Composition & Framing - Step 7 & 8
- Details and Expression/Spirit - Step 9 & 10
- Urban Shoot Challenges
- Photograph Critiques from Students and Audience
- Shoot: Bedroom with Baby Desmond
- Shoot: Bedroom with Alexis
- Shoot: Bedroom with Joseph
- Shoot: Bedroom with Alexis and Mom
- Introduction To Lessons 17-23
- IntroductionComposition and Framing
- Relationship Dynamics
- Park Shoot Challenges
- Critiques of Students and Photo Contest Submissions
- Editing Urban Shoot Photographs in Photoshop
- Shoot: Rooftop with Madeline
- Shoot: Rooftop with Aiden and Angelina
- Introduction To Lessons 25-37
- IntroductionShoot: Rooftop with Destyn and Ursula
- Shoot: Rooftop with Rowan
- Shoot: Rooftop with Mom and Baby
- Shoot: Working with Motion with Destyn
- Business Scorecard - Part 1
- Business Scorecard - Part 2
- Shoot: Living Room with Ari, Eli, Zoe - Part 1
- Shoot: Living Room - Ari, Eli, Zoe - Part 2
- Shoot: Living Room with Baby Maria and Mom
- Photo Contest Top 20
- Contest Winners
- Workshop Overview & Photographs from Shoots
- 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!