Overview
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Photographer, author, and teacher Chris Orwig shares his creative insights for creating natural-light bridal portraits.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- A roadmap overview to the course
- The art and craft of bridal portraiture
- Crafting a vision
- Evaluating the gear: Is it good enough?
- Choosing your essential gear
- Considering other gear
- Working with an assistant
- Introducing location
- The art of previsualization
- Scouting the location
- Getting ready and capturing candid moments
- Photographing the details
- Setting the tone with a conversational approach
- Using natural locations
- Working with window light
- Working with open shade
- Sitting versus standing
- Working with poses, posture, and poise
- The importance of authentic eye contact
- Using the bouquet in the shoot
- Working with multidirectional natural light
- Capturing images that are quirky and fun
- Introducing props
- Working with props
- Taking images with a vintage truck
- Working with the makeup artist
- Looking at the dress and veil options
- Working with a backlit scene
- Understanding the rhythm of the shoot
- Wrapping up the shoot
- The quality and feeling of natural light
- Working with the bride
- Reviewing mistakes and lessons learned
- Reviewing tips for working with natural light
- Reviewing what worked and what didn't
- Reviewing images from the beginning of the shoot
- Reviewing images from the middle of the shoot
- Reviewing the end of the shoot
- Reviewing the film images
- Comparing before and after
- Making selects: A few words of advice
- Reviewing final tips for bridal portraits
- Exploring the next steps
