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Pets and People Photography

 

Pets and People Photography

 

Class Description

Discover a whole new market for your photography business: Pets! Vicki Taufer will teach you how to bring in new work by including pets into your child, family, and portrait work. This course will show you how to work with your clients and their furry (or feathery or scaly) friends to make fabulous pictures. Vicki will demonstrate how to bring in new clients with her Dog Days of Summer program, a charity event she runs to help local animal shelters. You'll learn how she created a new market for pet photography in her town, and how YOU can do the same in yours.

Lessons

  1. The V Gallery Evolution
  2. Selling the Experience
  3. Why Pets?
  4. You and Your Clients
  5. Pet Photography Intro Q&A
  6. Creating a Market: Dog Days of Summer
  7. Educating Clients about Dog Days
  8. Dog Days Q&A
  9. Props and Backgrounds for Pet Photography
  10. Prepping Q&A
  11. Studio Shoot: Two Dogs with Studio Lights
  12. Studio Shoot: One Dog with Studio Lights
  13. Studio Shoot: One Dog with Natural Light
  14. Studio Shoot: Two Dogs with Chair
  1. Review of Yesterday's Images
  2. Relationship Marketing
  3. Events & Limited Editions
  4. Sales Session with ProSelect
  5. Pricing Structure
  6. On-Location Shoot: Puppies on a Chair
  7. On-Location Shoot: Mother and Children
  8. On-Location Shoot: Children with Puppies
  9. On-Location Shoot: Owner with Puppies
  10. On-Location Shoot: Adult Dogs
  11. On-Location Shoot: Family Portrait
  1. Introduction to V Gallery Postproduction
  2. Creating and Using Actions
  3. Basic Retouching
  4. Making and Using Templates
  5. Making and Using Overlays
  6. V Gallery Workflow
  7. General and Postprocessing Q&A
  8. In the Doghouse: Work, Life, and Marriage
  9. 12:45 pm - Dog Days Shoot: Bichon-Poodle Mix, "Zeus"
  10. 1:00 pm - Dog Days Shoot: Cat, "Terry"
  11. Dog Days Shoot: Lab-Great Pyrenees Mix, "Jackson"
  12. Dog Days Shoot: Boxer-American Pit Bull Mix, "Muko"
  13. Dog Days Shoot: Part-Maltese Mix, "Teddy"
  14. Dog Days Shoot: Blue and Gold Macaw, "Tiko"
  15. Dog Days Shoot: Gila Monster, "Clive"
  16. Dog Days Shoot Q&A
  17. Giving Your Passion a Purpose

Reviews

a Creativelive Student
 

This was a great topic. I tuned in thinking I wouldn't be interested, and then, wow, it was fabulous. So fabulous I'm holding an event in two weeks time to launch my own pet photography and raise food for local homeless animals. Thanks so much CL team!

Carolyn Himes
 

Vicki Taufer is Brilliant as a person and artist. What an honor to experience her for the last 3 days. Thank you to Jed for your expertise and reminder that technology can help us all have time to play more and enjoy life more! Thank you creativeLIVE team....top notch!