Wedding Photography: Capturing the Story

Wedding Photography: Capturing the Story
Class Description
Join Rocco Ancora and Ryan Schembri for this in-depth class on wedding photography and powerful storytelling.
- The fundamentals of shooting a wedding - lighting, exposure, composition
- How to maximize the use of natural and artificial light to create the mood
- What to do once the wedding is over - image culling, album development, and sales
Lessons
- Class Introduction
- Define the Goals of Wedding Photographers
- The Importance of Wedding Photographers
- Shooting Philosophy
- How to Build a Shot List - Bride, Groom & Formals
- Tye the Wedding Story Together
- Capture Stories in Wedding Pictures
- Get the Right Exposure
- The Theory Behind Lighting
- The Power of Short Lighting & Backlight
- Shoot with Low Ambient Light Indoors
- Seven Fundamentals of Pose
- Continuous Light Sources for Indoor Photography
- Use Available Light for Indoor Photography
- Flash for Indoor Photography
- Outdoor Photographing with Available Light
- Group Posing & Lighting Techniques
- Groom and Groomsmen Posing & Lighting Techniques
- Couple Together Posing & Lighting Techniques
- Creating a Memorable Client Experience
- The Power of a Same Day Slideshow
- What do Couples Look For in Wedding Photographers?
- How to Successfully Interview a Couple
- The Importance of Wedding Photography
- Example Couple Interview
- A Workflow That Works in Lightroom
- Workflow Overview in Lightroom
- Manage Wedding Images in Lightroom
- Export Pictures to Animoto
- Color Correcting Images in Lightroom
- Optimize Images Through Lightroom
- Color Management in Photoshop
- Rocco's Skin Retouching Technique
- Image Toning to Create Distinct Looks in Photoshop
- The Value of a Wedding Album
- Traditional Design Elements in a Wedding Album
- Magazine Design Elements in a Wedding Album
- What Makes a Good Wedding Album?
- How to Sell the Wedding Album to Your Clients
- Wedding Album Workflow
Reviews
Jerry Willis
Ryan & Rocco, in my very humble opinion, are THE best wedding photography instructors in the entire industry! I've been watching their work for years now, which just so happens to win a most grand-scaled competitions, and they somehow continue to keep getting better! I first drilled Ryan at WPPI inquiring about what made his workshop different from all the others. His response, me paraphrasing, "If you're looking for tools to learn, come to my workshop. If you're looking for inspiration and smoke blowing, don't come." That's exactly what I needed to hear. Straight tools, no fluff. THE BEST photography workshop I've EVER taken, by far. You want the best photography education, learn from the best. This CreativeLive workshop is the PERFECT complimentary refresher and companion to what I learned! Thank you so much for having them! It's not the same as the workshop, which it shouldn't be, but they ARE reinforcing many things that have slipped my memory! I'm for sure buying this! :-)
Neeraj Arora
WOW!!! I have started a few CL courses but not finished as I got distracted by "life" and it took me a while to get back and finish them. But these guys!! They were simply superb. I finished this course really fast. Amazing artists, they explain things so well, Ryan is such a charmer and engaging teacher, Rocco is a fountain of knowledge. I am an enthusiastic photographer with aspirations to start my own business soon. I learn't so much from this class that will help improve my photography even if I don't become a professional wedding photographer. Great job guys, keep it up. I will need to come back to the lessons and I very much appreciate the key note pdf. All CL courses should include the slides like they did here. Thanks CL.
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I am a newborn photographer by trade, but I really want to venture out and photograph more weddings so I decided to purchase a wedding class on creative live. Of course when I typed in wedding, quite a few classes came up. But when I saw the image and title "capture the story" I was definitely intrigued. I've always been touched by the photographs that have emotion and that's what I'm passionate to photograph! Always a little nervous when you purchase a class because you don't want to feel like it was a waste of money, but this knocked it out of the park for me! Thank you to Ryan and Rocco for explaining so much, showing the pull backs, and moving your subject and explaining why! This has opened my eyes so much to how beautiful photographing a wedding can be and not so terrifying as I've been making it out to be. I'm really so thankful to hopefully being a great wedding photographer and making more income for my family, while having fun creating something beautiful