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9:15 am - Student Shoot: Dave, Rooftop Catalog

Lesson 17 from: Working with Models

Matthew Jordan Smith, Yoanna House

9:15 am - Student Shoot: Dave, Rooftop Catalog

Lesson 17 from: Working with Models

Matthew Jordan Smith, Yoanna House

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Lesson Info

17. 9:15 am - Student Shoot: Dave, Rooftop Catalog

Lessons

Class Trailer

Day 1

1

9:00 am - Introduction

07:47
2

9:15 am - The Model Agent

26:23
3

9:45 am - The Model Go-See

21:28
4

10:00 am - Making a Team

18:31
5

10:45 am - Your First Model Test

28:52
6

11:15 am - Testing Q&A

20:15
7

11:30 am - The Value of Testing

23:34
8

1:00 pm - Expectations of Models and Photographers

17:30
9

1:15 pm - Test Packages

21:35
10

1:30 pm - Casting

13:23
11

1:45 pm - Booking Terms

17:01
12

2:00 pm - Photographer as Team Director

16:07
13

2:45 pm - Conditions on a Shoot

10:15
14

3:00 pm - Student Casting Session: First Student

18:19
15

3:15 pm - Student Casting Session: Second Student

15:01

Day 2

16

9:00 am - Shoot: Rooftop Catalog

17:01
17

9:15 am - Student Shoot: Dave, Rooftop Catalog

23:05
18

9:45 am - Student Shoot: Agnes, Rooftop Catalog

21:25
19

10:30 am - Connecting with Models

09:57
20

10:45 am - Morning Q&A

13:30
21

11:00 am - Reviewing Rooftop Images

33:09
22

11:30 am - Challenges

11:47
23

11:45 am - Assisting

14:16
24

1:00 pm -Shoot: Jewelry with Yoanna

26:59
25

1:30 pm - Student Shoot: Kumi, Jewelry Shoot

24:06
26

2:00 pm - Student Shoot: Todd, Jewelry Shoot

29:02
27

2:30 pm - Shoot: Matthew Working with New Models

23:39
28

3:00 pm - Personal Projects

18:42
29

3:15 pm - Standing Out

32:12

Day 3

30

9:00 am - Working with Multiple Models

50:05
31

10:30 am - Student Shoot: First Two Students, Benetton Ad

45:19
32

11:15 am - Student Shoot: Next Two Students, Benetton Ad

29:06
33

11:45 am - Benetton Shoot Q&A

23:41
34

1:00 pm - Shoot: Karaoke

08:17
35

1:15 pm - Student Shoot: First Two Students, Karaoke

30:15
36

1:45 pm - Student Shoot: Second Two Students, Karaoke

19:11
37

2:00 pm - Discussion of the Shoot and Matthew Shooting

17:18
38

2:15 pm - Student Shoot: Second Round of Karaoke

21:28
39

3:15 pm - Your Life Inspires Your Work

36:24

Lesson Info

9:15 am - Student Shoot: Dave, Rooftop Catalog

She's. All yours. All right, karen. Way. Wonderful, wonderful of love. It very nice. Okay. And if we go back into that, were you kind of like stepping onto the red carpet? You just kind of just owning it? You got everyone you've captured everyone's attention, lovely people do that again. Very nice, splendid, and we'll have you. We'll have you coming back that direction. Thank you, that's. Nice and getting her. Yes, let's. Keep her. Make sure she stays in. Her spot is ok, but that's, all right, love it. Beautiful, splendid day that's. Nice. His days, cameras tender as well. There we go. Very nice, maybe, perhaps begin to thank you one foot back. Great. And as you look towards me, almost like just kind of give that that look like you, I know something you don't know. So that's not that great you want executive sometimes good to stop and go and talk to him directly all right, get that connection closer to her you know, screaming back and forth okay, so take a moment to talk to a four seco...

nd comeback how you do it you're doing awesome just having a wonderful time here. Um so as we've kind of said that that that context so the elegance and sophistication we'll continue noble blood how you have your training that you have been given more reference like you you're not that big show are like an awards ceremony so I mean, everybody just just wants you there there's vying for so so good to me really like our house reading? Uh, I'm sure many of the ted playful, but maybe it just just kind of get that look a recording booth? Yes. Great. Yeah. Awesome sunday. Whatever you said to chris that works because now I can see a difference. Wonderful care. I love it. Hold on for one second. So senate for second. So what, you say they're just now? Well, I guess we try to change them a mood a little bit as we're gonna get kind of working that that that big type awards ceremony look but now she's like commanding everyone present it's just now that made a big difference by walking up to her and giving her that conversation versus being back here okay it's more intimate she gets a cheap his connection and changed the way she moved way back here talking hearing given direction it was one thing when you went there and talked to her that changed everything and I'm sure you just just now the last like five images are much better than the other ones thank you were building something that with great yeah what that connection to keep it going when there's a lot around like a client isn't the more important you and the model had that connection so take a break and go and talk to her if you're back here screaming at her it's like everybody is talking her when you walk to her and talk to her increase a bond and connection you'll get better images by between you and her okay thank you that was that was all right give me a couple more things like that so I like the feeling of that ok they want to change within the model okay thank you. All right let's continue with that you're doing so great. Yes yes and the reason for that is because your lights coming from this direction so as a model you want to always make sure you are aware where the lights coming from so this is blocking that son that we don't want and this has become your new son so wait, she ever falls back into like a motive posing okay thought her right away and come back and compassion and remind coalition used to be ok right now she's posing okay, so going back so karen is a new model. So working today with a brand new model she's not experienced she's just learning how to model so the talk has to work much harder to get the image so that means instead of just shooting over and over and over again there's a lot communication that's happening what if tougher goes in talks to her gets in a place thing, comes back and shoots if she goes back and deposing which way don't really want so much he'll go back and talk to her again and get her back in space she needs to be all right all right yeah way have enough on her. Okay that's good that's good. Thank you so much. You rock it instead of doing that, I'm going to talk to her and go up to her. I like the connection where you like oh, that was spent that's where you put the camera down and walk to her and say that because this is all you still do that connection because you'll be shooting her over and over again like that was fantastic thank you thank you, thank you and then you want the next girl so you get that bond going on because hopefully you're being a connection with the shooting here for the next ten years and doing campaigns, whatever. So, you're you're building a bomb the entire time with all these models, and they'll feel connected to you and talk about you, like who's. This guy, I'm gonna hire him, okay? It's always been in the bond of always doing the bomb. Thank you that was using you. I want you get better and better as well, yeah, your conference come up and start getting it way. Love that. If thanks here, go on to our next month, you're gonna shoot her, all right, so what you going, grab water, raven, how you doing? All right. Ray's radio came here, so we're just going to continue with that same buzz, that story. So okay, I think you're looking wonderful. So way we're looking at this morning is a mood of certifications. Uh, finally take on, uh, you don't see the kind of going for a marketing something she's in that right, son. Perhaps you're very attending a ball, uh, very high class, a function, and so, I mean, you're like the lady in there. They're vying to get your attention, and you, you have their ok, great. All right, so what's, the devil will be working right in this in this area. There's, a fisher mark here, way. Have our lighting coming from this direction. Okay, great, guys, that spot where? She's. Now we'll bring you overdo it just a little bit. Come over toward me right there. So this is a visual marker for you and for her. So you want also tell her about her spot used gaffer tape giving markers and for her so she'll know visually she goes out fives and use well, ok, so once the city has that's gonna have once he has the reading this that you know, this is the spot I direct her into the feeling and you'll know also when she's in right mark okay, so tell her with those four. Okay, so what we're looking at these air your mark in your area where you can work with you, I'll give you my a moment. Can you just kind of put yourself in that role in my set? Great. So now she has a tendency for eyes to frown, so you'll be aware of her weaknesses. Make sure if you saw still frown that you stop and talk to her often should be a little harder than our first model, so we're shooting her, take more breaks and talk to her, get her to stop thinking about the frank she thinks he's found when she's not thinking about it, you won't get out of that, have it okay, all right, let's go to work here, all right, and then I do want to kind of smooth people just come to get a little more frequently for you, so we'll have to kind of just a step kind of step into, uh, in this area and make a little more a little fluid. Um, just tryto uh, you just be a little carefree, like you're kind of being structured in the post. I'm just kind of have fun with you. Let me take you can take one or two steps now. All right, here we have a wonderful much, much better. So I said, you know what? When you're kind of thinking that the mood of sophistication, elegance comes up, that look, I guess you have arrived, you're not you're not here you go a little lighter. Look, but still, um here. Yeah, and welcoming and hard to hear. You talk a little louder. Okay, that was great. Just now. Even what you just did from the first frames, this last set was much better. The way you move and tell a change was much better. That was great. Very cool. Just ok. So this is really if you take one or two steps back, lisa just about right here on then we can use this area. Your eyes ears only ok thank you. That was very cool that was very cool this last set way she's moving was really nice all right way very often when I have a girl I'm shooting she started to fall back into the opposing elemental touches like you start to do that I'll start shooting faster than it should have time throw her off of her her uh I guess our timing of opposing so I'll shoot faster searches and have time to pose I'll break that rhythm that's right now she's in this rhythm polls polls polls is actually faster it breaks her rhythm and she can't do that so you wanna do that also by shooting faster sometimes just a break that rhythm all right all right here waiting for second guess what you see how brave and I like that a lot I want to be a little faster I like when he was doing that that little rock for second I want to it faster and I don't want to stop so it should be one continuous motion I like the face just give me also when you're moving continuously like the face even he shows with the energy that the body is perfect right now I want the change in the face of the engine the face so that's why I want you to do they bring this making a small adjustment here once it comes back up we'll start shooting and then I want to start moving and not stopping right here the same rock just make it faster and keep it going in the ages in the face I like sometimes you're looking at me and looking away. So if you looking away, look out toward the light here, get me right at me. All right. Thank you. That's. Gonna work raving bassett. Beautiful way. So when I put my camera down, I see the face almost get more happier. I wanted I still want to feel this energy in your face like all the movements working. But the face is like I'm not sure I don't believe myself. I want to be confident. I want to see confidence in your face. All right, same thing. That's. Better that's. Better that's it that's what I want. Nice, nice that's. Beautiful that's. Beautiful she's. Getting that she's getting that that's. What? I wanted to go to work. I won't believe it. Ravens, it's all here all here. I want to believe it as we get l again elegance! Sophisticated way getting their way. Have a new model. Take you more. Get her more comfortable. Way you have a new model. You've gotta shoot one. You would prefer shooting, uh, more experienced model. But you have to also give her more communication. So being on the during a shooting that all the same way work harder when your mom but I loved you did over early this fantastic way love what you did. But what? I really love that we get people come talk to you. You have this big smile and I want to see that we huge chu. Yes, absolutely, absolutely. That I love that. That energy from that smile says everything. So give me just give me a serious like that let's. See that? And sometimes models think like I can do that. I locked the new models like I'd like to do that in smiling into this. So given that reassurance, that could do anything. Okay, whatever is not working stopped them and change the energy change like that. Like that let's, go to work. Show me. Show me that's. Better that's. Better drop the hand down for me. Let's! Go to work! Beautiful, beautiful way just want to see in this light but that's a big difference that's a big big difference and each girl's different gonna find you got find the thing that makes her come alive and with her she's looking elegant was not having a smell it's not it's attractive that's beautiful also she's alive is fresh I believe that show me that again there's a beautiful beautiful absolutely let's go toe work beautiful there we are nice bring it back with a smile back again way love that nice way beautiful good there take a break for a second I really liked that last stuff but I also see you as you fall back into posing I don't want the polls at all it's just work through it but it was wonderful to take a break we'll come back again and we should have another photographer and I should keep working on that whole process of just getting comfortable being yourself letting this malcolm through all right that's great thank you so much training yes get enjoyed that repeated so you so that's cool man I think is a very, very cool get some great stuff there won't change photographers now but you're rushing again later on and you be watching these guys shoot so time to change the energy right all right, thank you so much thank you brother

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Ratings and Reviews

a Creativelive Student
 

This was more of a collaborative course with Matthew Jordan Smith and Yoanna House, and it is brilliant. I just finished watching this for a few hours straight. I own several Creative Live courses and this is definitely in my Top 3. Matthew's teaching style is so kind but to the point and informative. That's the kind of photographer I aim to be. He puts forth his knowledge here in a way that totally encouraged everyone involved. I loved Yoanna as well. She was very direct but friendly as well. I loved watching her direct the budding models and her experience showed quite well. This part is for John, the guy who commented on June 2017. I completely disagree with you that there were too many questions and that other people were talking much more than Matthew, and that that was a negative. Matthew's whole point was not just to get straight to shooting but to talk a bit about interacting with people in general. This wasn't just about technical stuff; this was about forming that connection between photographer and model/subject. This was as much psychology as it was about actual shooting, and I absolutely loved that. So I 100% strongly disagree with you as this is one of Creative Live's BEST courses that I've seen thus far. Thanks a ton, Matthew and Yoanna, and thanks so much again, Creative Live (I'm a huge fan of you guys!).

a Creativelive Student
 

So amazing !! Bought this and Lara jade Fashion Workshop and the 2 compliment each other really well. If you're interested in fashion photography these 2 courses are so inspiring. I Love the Matthews passion for the creative process, its inspiring and informative.

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