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Portrait Photography Course: Creative Tips & Ideas for Great Images

person icon Bernie Raffe

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Portrait Photography Course: Creative Tips & Ideas for Great Images

Tips, tricks & Ideas for stunning portraits using natural light & flash. Live sessions with models, families & children

updated on icon Updated on Jun, 2024

language icon Language - English

person icon Bernie Raffe

English [CC]

category icon Photography & Video,Portrait Photography

Lectures -33

Duration -3 hours

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Course Description

So, you like taking portraits, that’s great, but how happy are you with the results and could you do better? 

In this course you’ll learn many of the tips and tricks that professional photographers use for creating stunning portraits, and  in a varying assortment of environments, both inside and outside. 

At the end of the course you’ll be armed with so many ideas, that you’ll no longer need to worry about freezing up, or wondering what to do next with your subjects.

· Learn the fundamentals of portrait lighting and lighting patterns
· Discover new ways of taking photos of individuals on location in live sessions
· Learn my relaxed methods for taking photos of families and children in live sessions
· Laugh at my 17 tips for getting great expressions from families and children
· Learn how I pose people to make them look relaxed
· Watch and learn from my live maternity sessions with an 8 month pregnant mum-to-be.
· Discover some specialist ideas for amazing portraits

Content and Overview
Suitable for beginners, intermediates and even advanced photographers, you’l learn  the fundamentals of portrait photography along with many tips and ideas for adding drama and creativity to your portraits.

Rather than just using paid models, this course also has live sessions with friends, and families with their children. Some of these are typical location sessions where we just walk around in parks taking photos.

This is an extremely varied course demonstrating both natural light and off-camera flash portraits, with some specialist ideas that you can easily replicate, plus many tips on composition 

You’ll see how I interact with people to make them feel more comfortable, which in turn helps to get better expressions.

On completing this course you’ll have the knowledge, know how and confidence to tackle many portrait scenarios.


Portrait Photography Course: Creative Tips & Ideas for Great Images

Curriculum

Check out the detailed breakdown of what’s inside the course

Introduction
3 Lectures
  • play icon Course Introduction 02:26 02:26
  • play icon Portrait Lighting Patterns 09:49 09:49
  • play icon Best camera & lens settings for portraits (repeated from another course) 11:47 11:47
Best camera & lens settings for portraits (repeated from another course)
3 Lectures
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Live, mostly natural light sessions, in a rural environment with Pippa
4 Lectures
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How to get great expressions and discussions on composition
3 Lectures
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Live, natural light portrait sessions in an urban rural environment with Emma
5 Lectures
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Natural light live family location sessions in a local park, posing tips too
3 Lectures
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Maternity Photography - How to photograph heavily pregnant mums-to-be
5 Lectures
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On-Camera Flash - A simple idea for getting better portrait lighting
1 Lectures
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Off-Camera flash - Beautifully lit portraits and ideas for dramatic images
4 Lectures
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Course Conclusion
1 Lectures
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Instructor Details

Bernie Raffe

Bernie Raffe


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