Fashion Photography 101
Fashion Photography 101
Class Description
In this fashion photography course, learn every stage of a fashion shoot, from casting your styling team and model to the shoot day itself: shooting in-studio and on-location, lighting techniques, model direction, and finally, retouching, business, marketing, and social media advertising.
Whatever type of photographer you are and whatever your experience level, you can learn something from this fashion photography course -- the elements of fashion photography and how to integrate them with your own business techniques! Lara will instill you with confidence as she shares her personal experiences of her journey in the industry thus far, guiding you towards making your own mark within the industry.
Lessons
- Class Introduction
- What is Fashion Photography?
- The Fashion Photographer's Kit
- Elements of a Successful Shoot
- Day 1 Creative Team Q&A
- Shoot: Vintage (One Light, One Model)
- Shoot: Vintage (Two Models)
- Shoot: Natural Light (Two Models)
- Shoot: Mod Look (One Model)
- Shoot: Deck Lifestyle (Two Models)
- Shoot: Beauty
- Image Review
- General Q&A
- Testing and Personal Work
- Developing Your Photographic Style
- Interview: Haley Maybury, Editor of Papercut Magazine
- Day 2 Creative Team Q&A
- Shoot: Natural Window Light, Crown
- Shoot: Natural Window Light, Leaves
- Student Shoot: One Light Setup
- Shoot: Model Interaction, One Light Setup
- Shoot: Outdoors
- Image Review
- General Q&A
- Introduction to Retouching
- The Image Selection Process
- Beauty Retouching
- Dodge and Burn Technique
- Interview: Tim Paton, Owner of Balcony Jump Management
- Selective Color and Curves
- Retouching Q&A
- Black & White Processing
- Retouching an Outdoor Image
- Target Markets, Branding, and Marketing
- Submitting and Pitching; Business Q&A
- Pricing Your Work
- Social Media
- Fashion Portfolios
- Lara's Final Thoughts
Reviews
a Creativelive Student
It was an amazing class. I have seen many fashion photography courses in Creative Live and I find this one was one of the best and very easy to follow. Lara was very clear about the fashion photography industry, explaining the differences between editorial, commercial and advertising fashion photography and when/why you work for free, the process, the importance about experimenting solo or with a creative team. It was very inspiring and loved her!
James
Having dusted off my camera after a 3 year inspiration slump I decided to head toward the fashion/editorial/Fine art/Portrait route. I discovered this course and after researching Lara Jade's work and seeing the course content I decided to buy the course. I'm completely new to the fashion world having mainly shot personal stuff. Anyway, for anyone reading this review who might be thinking 'should I, shouldn't I book this course?' I'm only up to video 6 - the vintage natural light look. I've learned so much already, even if I'd paid the same and got the first 6 videos I'd have been happy. So far it's covered so much about planning shoots, directing models. I like the fact that Jade is a working professional photographer rather than a want-to-be-but-failed or a long time passed has-been. I like that she's British (as am I). I like how she teaches and how down to earth she is and how happy she is to answer questions. I like how humble she is. The content, the teaching style is nothing short of being an assistant on set and learning first hand. Don't think about buying this course, just do it. You will not be sorry, I promise you!
a Creativelive Student
Lara's course was very well put together. She covered so many aspects of her shoots, including letting her creative team have the perfect amount of input; so she demonstrated how important it is to surround yourself with the right people and consistently getting their input. I'd love to be able to work with her hair stylist and wardrobe stylist for future editorial shoots. For being as young as Lara is, she is beyond her years in preparedness, experience, and aptitude to instruct. I thought she handled situations, like some "dead air" during live shoots very well by explaining in detail what was going on. Needless to say, I was super impressed.