Overview
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Create portraits that will make your clients smile. Learn how to capture, edit, and share professional photographs of high school seniors.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Learn how to photograph high school seniors
- Understanding the art and business of portraiture
- Understanding the general guidelines for senior portraits
- Explore the light in various shoot locations
- Understanding the business of senior portraits
- Pricing for portrait shoots
- Set up a portable studio
- Understanding the minimum space requirements for a studio shoot
- Work with portable stands and backdrops
- Pose and photograph female subjects
- Discussing the interior shoot expectations with a student
- Pose and photograph a male subject
- Work with continuous lights vs. strobes
- Review the gear for the outdoor portrait shoot
- Review additional accessories for the outdoor portrait shoot
- Work with family members during a portrait shoot
- Discuss the expectations for the yearbook portrait
- Shoot a portrait, starting with natural light
- Take advantage of the golden hour for outdoor portraits
- Are mirrorless and smartphones good enough?
- Mirrorless lenses for the portrait photographers
- Built-in camera effects for portraiture
- Using smartphone portrait modes
- RAW vs. JPG for mobile devices
- Using the two-pass rating system with Lightroom
- Create a Lightroom collection for your selects
- Sort images with Capture One Pro
- Create a Capture One project for your selects
- Using keywords and filters for sorting in Photos
- Create a Photos album for your selects
- Inspect your images for sharpness
- Basic enhancements using Lightroom
- Using Lightroom for touch-ups
- Copy and paste adjustments in Lightroom
- Basic enhancements using Capture One Pro
- Using the Color Editor in Capture One for skin
- Remove blemishes with spot, heal, and clone
- Improve bags under the eyes in Capture One
- Advanced portrait techniques with Capture One
- Basic image enhancements using Photos
- Using Luminar and Photos together for portraits
- Export images out of Lightroom
- Export images out of Capture One Pro
- Export images out of Photos for macOS
- Deliver images to clients online
- Should I watermark my proofs?
- Next steps
