Portrait Photography Fundamentals

Portrait Photography Fundamentals
Class Description
Want to be able to go into any situation with your camera and have the confidence to know you’ll get the shot? Award-Winning photographer Scott Robert Lim goes in-depth on the four foundational elements you must conquer if you want to develop your creativity and style.
Scott will give you the guidelines you need to master:
- Lighting
- Posing
- Composition
- Post-Processing
Lessons
- Class Introduction
- 5 Shots That WOW
- Four Fundamentals of Photography
- Create a Visual Impact with Composition
- Importance of Foreground and Background
- Create Depth in Landscape Images
- Photos Don't Always Follow the Rules
- Composition Practice Exercise
- Composition Critique of Student Images
- Keys to Posing
- Shoot: Classic Elegance Female Pose
- Shoot: Modern Female Pose
- Shoot: Rollover Female Pose
- Female Hands & Arms Poses Overview
- Shoot: Hands and Arms Poses for Female
- Seven Posing Guidelines
- Headshots Poses with Male Model
- Shoot: Headshot for Male Model
- Shoot: Sitting Poses for Male Model
- Shoot: Leaning Poses for Male Model
- Shoot: Standing Poses for Male Model
- Keys to Couples Posing
- Shoot: Couples Posing
- Couples Transitional Posing Overview
- Shoot: Transitional Posing
- Keys to Group Posing
- Accordion Technique with Groups
- Shoot: Accordion Technique
- Shoot: Best Buds Pose
- Shoot: Talk with Your Hands Pose
- Shoot: Lock Arms and Hold Hands Pose
- Run at the Camera and Dance in Your Seat Poses
- Shoot: Pod Method Pose
- Posing Critique of Student Images
- Introduction to Lighting
- Soft vs Hard Light
- Difficult Lighting Situations
- Bright Light Techniques
- Overcast Light Techniques
- Low Light Techniques
- Lighting Techniques Q&A
- Drama Queen Lighting
- Laundry Basket Lighting
- Make it Rain Lighting
- Smart Phone Painting with Light
- Mini LED Bokeh Lighting
- Choose the Right Lighting System
- Hybrid Flash System
- Innovative Accessories
- Gear Overview
- Theatrical Post-Processing
- Ten Keys to Post-Processing
- Essential Skills to Post-Processing
- Headshot Post-Processing
- Bright Light Post-Processing
- Flat Light Post-Processing
- Low Light Post-Processing
- Introduction to Fine Art Post-Processing
- Light & Airy Fine Art Post-Processing
- Dark & Moody Fine Art Post-Processing
- Post-Processing Critique of Student Images
Reviews
Vitor Rademaker
This course is amazing! Scott is extremely straightforward. He goes directly to practical problems, tips and etc. He explains every thing very clearly, and he is also very funny and charismatic, making you laugh as you learn. He shows that you don't need a lot of expensive gear to make very nice pictures. So I have saved some money as well, cause I was about to buy some gear that I wouldn't need right now. It is for sure one of the best photography courses I have ever attended to! I highly recommend! Thanks a lot Scott! You are the best!
user-9994d2
I have purchased a number of classes, this being one of them. The quality of the information was good and the level at which Scott spoke was appropriate for me. Having a course sylibus would add greatly to the value, which usually is not part of the programs I've purchased including this one, unless I've missed it. I believe the speaker should be required to provide one. After watching the videos, much of material can be recaptured by seeing it in writing. I would like to hear back from Creativelive their thoughts. In sum, good topic, good speaker, good technical audio and video quality by Creativelive
user-b48fe5
Another fantastic class with Scott Robert Lim! The combination of his knowledge, willingness to share, passion & entertaining personality makes him a top choice for photography education. Learning not only the "what", but the "why" & "how" can transform one's entire approach towards MAKING pictures. A constant inspiration to get better & better through practice.