Capturing Authentic Children Portraits with Tamara Lackey

This course was really good! I specifically appreciated Tamara's insight into different children's personalities, how that appears on camera and how to work with each. I did find her comments about Adobe Lightroom were inaccurate, but that didn't take away from the course! I also really appreciated her critique of child portraits near the end--I took copious notes and am excited to try incorporating what I've learned into my next shoot.

Tamara Lackey brings amazing energy to her teaching and shooting style. She shared a ton of tips and tricks for capturing the true character and personality of each child in both individual and group portraits. I have always found it to be particularly difficult to capture portraits of multiple children that are composed to be both visually interesting and true to their unique story. I learned so much about directing and communicating effectively with child subjects, and how to use my gear and other tools to streamline the process and keep it all fun for the family. No matter how much you think you know about photographing children, this class is an asset that you will not regret! Thank you Tamara Lackey!

I love Tamara's tips for working with common personality types found in children. I also love that class allows you to be "fly on the wall" during her photo shoots. It's so helpful for me to see how other photographers engage their subjects (especially children). Tamara brings a ton of energy, excitement and playfulness to her shoots. It opened my eyes to how fun (and how exhausting) a photo shoot can be when you give it your all. Great class!

I really loved going beyond the theory and seeing live examples with dynamic situations in the studio. I feel much better equipped to assess my clients and get great looks from them now that I can recognize where their personalities are and adjust my approach.

I'm not even a children's photographer but this was so interesting I ended up watching the whole thing when it was streaming. I can see why it's fun photographing children. I've been trying to guess which of the 6 personality types the kids I know best fit into ever since I watched this!

I really like the way Tamara approaches the process of photographing kids. The way she explains things is really easy to follow and the child profiles are so helpful.

If you are going to be taking pictures of kids then this is the class you need. The first hour and a half alone is worth the price. Tamara clearly identifies 6 different personalities of children that you may encounter in a session, tells you how to work with that personality during the session and then shows you her method during a rapid fire shoot. Hands down one of the best classes I have watched on Creative Live.

Even if your style is more subdued that Tamera's, you can use the principles of what she teaches. I felt the class was worthwhile. It was very interesting to watch her working with the children.

I watched this class LIVE on 11/8 and found it very informative in all aspects of my business. Thank you Tamara!

This was an amazing class. Photoshop has been a huge learning curve for me during the past year and it was so helpful to see the quick and easy way you used levels to bring down brightness/hotspots. I will definitely be using it to improve the "ear" on the portrait that you critiqued. Thank you soooooooooo very much Tamara and CL for providing such great content!

I think people are just so mesmerized that they aren't posting reviews. All three classes were worth their weight in gold.