This course is FULLY HRDF Claimable
Topics covered in this FULL-Day real life-class:
COURSE OUTLINE:
• Introduction to Portrait Photography - Overview of topics & sub-topics
• The Comfortable Side - Learn the fundamentals to pose any subject
• Posing the arms, hands fingers, shoulders and heads
• Posing Men & Women
• Making your subjects Younger, Slimmer & Taller in photos
• Portrait Crops - Learn the correct portrait croppings and when to use them
• The Actual Front - Learn how to make your subject look more friendly & engaging
• Coded Smiles - Getting the suitable smiles for your subjects
• Camera Settings - Setup your camera correctly for portrait shoots
• Portrait Lighting - Learn how to shoot your portraits using Natural lighting & Induced lighting
• Calculating your lights - Get perfect lighting values in every shot using a Lighting Power Formula
• Lighting Different Faces - Matching the correct lighting to different facial structures
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Participants will learn step-by-step how to:
• Pose a model comfortably using the concept of “Comfortable Sides”
• Use different poses for Men & Women
• Tweak their subject’s posing for fingers, shoulder & head
• Set up the lights to favor the subject’s facial features
• Set the correct camera settings for portraits
• Shoot at angles that would make their subjects younger, slimmer & taller
• Craft different lighting styles creatively
