Family Photography: Capturing Connection

Lesson Info

Post Production: Book Concept Shoot Part 1

As children, our parents define how we understand love. As parents, we learn what unconditional love truly means – learn how to capture the all the emotions of parenthood with images that tell the story of family.

Family Photography: Capturing Connection with Julia Kelleher will show you how to tap into the hearts of your clients through fine art family photography.

Julia Kelleher will teach you from basic to advanced - posing for parents. Create images with great posing that elicit genuine connection and speak to your client’s journey as a parent. You’ll learn how to work with parents and their young children to get photographs that reflect the sweetness and intensity of a child’s first years. Julia will assist you with developing:

• Ideas for posing newborns, toddlers and children
• A clear set of family posing rules
• Lighting and post-processing technique
• How to apply your unique experiences in parenthood to your own work
• Storytelling strategies that promote your studio

Julia will cover the technical elements of family photography: lighting, posing, editing, and processing. She’ll cover artistic style and getting creative along with building a solid business foundation. She’ll also share the more intangible elements of a successful family image, and teach you how to connect the families you photograph and to capture that connection in camera.

Tumultuous, heart-warming, and joyous, parenthood defines who we are the moment our children arrive to us. Learn to capture the journey emotively in fine art images that transcend time and speak to your talent as a photographic artist — endearing your clients to you and giving them confidence to invest for life.

Lessons

Introduction
Psychology of Parenthood
The Power of a Story
Composition and Color
Psychology of New Parent and Connecting
Pre-Session Questionnaire
Posing Basics for Connection
Shoot: Parent Pose with Newborn Part 1
Shoot: Parent Pose with Newborn Part 2
Shoot: Toddler and Newborn
Shoot: Parents with Toddler and Newborn
Shoot: Parents with Four-Week Old
Connection with Yourself and Creativity
Your Inner Critic
The Five P's of Creativity and How to Steal
Parenting Themes
Prepping for Concept Shoot
Frozen Themed Shoot: Mother and Newborn
Frozen Themed Shoot: Mother and Daughter
Concept Shoot: On the Ground with Newborn
Concept Shoot: Mother in Water
Shoot: Dad and Newborn
Book Concept Shoot: Dad with Daughter Part 1
Book Concept Shoot: Dad with Daughter Part 2
Closing Thoughts with Q&A
Post Production: Skintones
Post Production: Liquify and Selective Color Part 1
Post Production: Liquify and Selective Color Part 2
Post Production: Concept Shoots - Winter Theme
Post Production: Book Concept Shoot Part 1
Post Production: Book Concept Shoot Part 2
Printing and Self Mounting Fine Art Piece
Photo Mounting Demo Part 1
Photo Mounting Demo Part 2
The Buying Mindset
Marketing Fine Art and Hospital Contracts
Pricing Fine Art
Wrap Up and Review