Portrait Photography with Simple Gear

Portrait Photography with Simple Gear, available at Free, has an average rating of 4.2, with 93 lectures, based on 1273 reviews, and has 55580 subscribers.

You will learn about Beginning photographers will be able to increase the quality of their portraiture greatly with each class Intermediate photographers who are not familiar with fill flash, or adding small strobes to location portraiture will find the confidence they need Use small strobes and speedlights to do studio type work no matter where you are working Blend ambient light with strobes in nearly any light – and be confident that the results are exactly what you want Natural light enthusiasts will find it easy to see how strobe can be used to enhance an otherwise natural light shot Beginning Beauty and Fashion photographers will find ways to add to their headshot arsenal Fully understand the many different ways to make portraits with natural light, enhanced natural light, and strobes This course is ideal for individuals who are Beginning photographers who have a basic understanding of their cameras or Intermediate photographers who may need some understanding of using flash and ambient or Budding fashion and beauty photographers who want to explore some new ways of shooting portaits or Anyone who wants to make a lot better portrait without spending a ton of money on gear they may not need or People photographers who want to understand the portrait process better or Anyone who wants to make interesting photographs of people It is particularly useful for Beginning photographers who have a basic understanding of their cameras or Intermediate photographers who may need some understanding of using flash and ambient or Budding fashion and beauty photographers who want to explore some new ways of shooting portaits or Anyone who wants to make a lot better portrait without spending a ton of money on gear they may not need or People photographers who want to understand the portrait process better or Anyone who wants to make interesting photographs of people.

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Summary

Title: Portrait Photography with Simple Gear

Price: Free

Average Rating: 4.2

Number of Lectures: 93

Number of Published Lectures: 92

Number of Curriculum Items: 93

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 92

Original Price: Free

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Beginning photographers will be able to increase the quality of their portraiture greatly with each class
Intermediate photographers who are not familiar with fill flash, or adding small strobes to location portraiture will find the confidence they need
Use small strobes and speedlights to do studio type work no matter where you are working
Blend ambient light with strobes in nearly any light – and be confident that the results are exactly what you want
Natural light enthusiasts will find it easy to see how strobe can be used to enhance an otherwise natural light shot
Beginning Beauty and Fashion photographers will find ways to add to their headshot arsenal
Fully understand the many different ways to make portraits with natural light, enhanced natural light, and strobes

Who Should Attend

Beginning photographers who have a basic understanding of their cameras
Intermediate photographers who may need some understanding of using flash and ambient
Budding fashion and beauty photographers who want to explore some new ways of shooting portaits
Anyone who wants to make a lot better portrait without spending a ton of money on gear they may not need
People photographers who want to understand the portrait process better
Anyone who wants to make interesting photographs of people

Target Audiences

Beginning photographers who have a basic understanding of their cameras
Intermediate photographers who may need some understanding of using flash and ambient
Budding fashion and beauty photographers who want to explore some new ways of shooting portaits
Anyone who wants to make a lot better portrait without spending a ton of money on gear they may not need
People photographers who want to understand the portrait process better
Anyone who wants to make interesting photographs of people

This is an ongoing photography course: New work and assignments will be added to this workshop as it becomes available or as needed for explanations. If you have something you want to see, or a lighting idea that you would want me to explore, let me know.

(Two New courses added May, 2013. Location Portraiture)

Once purchased, you may access the class and lectures whenever you want. There is no limit or time frame to access.

This is a class that can be started at any time, by nearly any level of photographer.

This course is created for the beginning to early intermediate photographer who wants to use simple gear to make much better portraits. We will examine fresh ways to use natural light, augmented natural light, strobes with both natural light and as the main lights only and how to create our own reality with only a single speedlight.

Over Seven and a half full hours of video tutorial on creative portrait photography: shooting, explaining, shooting and Photoshopping. Fourteen + downloadable PSD files in layers to see exactly what we did with the Photoshop work… and use them to understand the Photoshop videos you are watching.

With over three and a half hours of bonus material, including class webinars, this course continues to grow. All members are welcome to our webinars that feature ideas, Photoshop tips, lighting schemes and more.

We show the setup and how the image is put together, adding fill cards and additional tools as necessary to make the images WE want to see.

Follow along as I set the lights, find the exposure, work with the models and build the image to what I want it to be.

Understanding how to use light to make the portraits you want means you can make creative portraits at almost any time you want.

Some of the things you will learn are:

Using the small flash for lighting portraits
How to make traditional 'Beauty" portraits
Using a single light to produce extraordinary results
Working with models and subjects
How to blend ambient daylight with your strobes – and do it easily
Using modifiers like umbrellas and softboxes and knowing which you want to use
Adding strobe to bring the subject into a very contrasty situation
Adding contrast with a wink of strobe in very flat lighting
Creating your own reality with lighting
Methods for making the most beautiful natural light headshots you can

In addition we show the post production of the images in Photoshop so you can learn to use some basic, and yet very useful tools in post to make the shots pop even more. We include the PSD files in layers for you do download and view as we are doing the Photoshop demonstrations in the videos.

Learn how to add small amounts of "light" to an image
Simple moves with the Curves Adjustment can make so much difference
How to simply retouch faces to eliminate blemishes
Using layers for more control
Adding depth with contrast and attention to detail

There will be several scheduled live sessions to discuss your images, and to answer any questions you may have. In addition, there will be additional shoots added one per month until 12/31/2012.

If you are familiar with your camera, and would like to be able to make better portraits without spending a ton of money on gear, check out this set portrait photography tutorials.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Overview

Lecture 1: Introduction to the Portrait Course

Lecture 2: Sample Workbook (LO RES) for this Portrait Course

Lecture 3: An Introduction to Simple Tools for Portrait Lighting

Lecture 4: Using the Flash (Speedlight)

Lecture 5: Building The Rope Meter

Lecture 6: String Meter Information Doc

Lecture 7: How I Use My "Standbagger"

Lecture 8: Angle Of Incidence Document

Lecture 9: Heart Of Portraiture by Don Giannatti

Lecture 10: Workbook for Portrait Course (Revised 12/27/12)

Chapter 2: Free Lightroom / Photoshop Tutorials

Lecture 1: Working in Lightroom

Lecture 2: Working in Photoshop

Chapter 3: Ivy Natural Light Headshot

Lecture 1: Natural Light Intro

Lecture 2: Ivy Natural Light Introduction

Lecture 3: Assignment: IVY Outside

Lecture 4: Ivy Outside Headshot: The Photoshop

Lecture 5: Ivy Outside Headshot Photoshop File

Chapter 4: One Light with Reflector Fill Card

Lecture 1: One Light Reflector Overview of the Style

Lecture 2: One Light Reflector Intro

Lecture 3: Briana One Light W Reflectors

Lecture 4: One Light Reflector – Bri – Photoshop

Lecture 5: Bri Sunshot Photoshop File for working with the Previous Lecture

Chapter 5: Traditional Beauty Portrait with One Light

Lecture 1: A Traditional Beauty Image with Ivy- Lecture One

Lecture 2: Beauty Lighting Overview

Lecture 3: Traditional Beauty Portrait One Light – Example One

Lecture 4: Example of the Fill Cards (With / Without)

Lecture 5: Adding Fill Cards to the Single Light Traditional Beauty Shot

Lecture 6: Photoshop of Ivy Traditional Beauty Headshot

Lecture 7: Photoshop File for Ivy Traditional Headshot

Lecture 8: Using a Small Softbox for a Traditional Beauty Headshot

Lecture 9: Photoshop of Ivy with Traditional Beauty Softbox

Chapter 6: Mixing Strobe with Natural Light for a Subtle "Sunny" Look

Lecture 1: Natural Light And Strobe: an introduction to the process

Lecture 2: Speedlight for Sun Introduction

Lecture 3: Adding the Speedlight to a Natural Light Shot

Lecture 4: Briana with Speedlight Sun Photoshop Post Processing

Chapter 7: Blending Ambient with Strobe in an Interior/Exterior Setting

Lecture 1: Blending Ambient with Strobe in an Interior/Exterior Setting

Lecture 2: Blending Ambient Light Interior/Exterior Shot – Photoshop

Lecture 3: Briana Photoshop PSD File

Chapter 8: Three Point Portrait Lighting

Lecture 1: Amanda and Three Point Lighting

Lecture 2: Amanda Gray Background Photoshop

Lecture 3: Amanda PSD

Lecture 4: Amanda White Background Photoshop

Chapter 9: Shooting in High and Low Contrast Scenes

Lecture 1: Adding Light to a Scene with a Lot of Contrast

Lecture 2: Photoshopping the Image of Briana in the Forest

Lecture 3: Briana PSD File for Photoshop Demo Above

Lecture 4: Iveena In Forest: adding contrast to a flat light scene

Lecture 5: Photoshop of Iveena in the Forest

Lecture 6: Iveena PSD File for Photoshop Demonstration

Chapter 10: Natural Light Beauty: Five Examples

Lecture 1: Natural Light Extravaganza – 5 Portraits in Natural Light

Lecture 2: Jasmine Photoshopped

Lecture 3: Jasmine Photoshop File

Lecture 4: Iveena Photoshopped

Lecture 5: Iveena PSD File for Photoshop Demonstration

Lecture 6: Miranda Photoshopped

Lecture 7: Miranda in Layered Photoshop File

Lecture 8: Aliza Photoshopped

Lecture 9: Aliza PSD in Layers

Lecture 10: Briana Photoshopped

Lecture 11: Briana PSD File for Photoshop Demo Above

Chapter 11: Miranda at the Lighthouse: Creating a New Reality

Lecture 1: Miranda at the Lighthouse: Creating a New Reality

Lecture 2: Photoshop Processing on One Strobe Image

Lecture 3: Photoshop on Image with Two Strobes

Lecture 4: PSD file for Photoshop Lecture Above

Chapter 12: September Bonus Class

Lecture 1: Abby In Corn

Lecture 2: Abby in the Corn (WMV)

Lecture 3: Abby And Fence

Lecture 4: Abby and Fence (WMV)

Lecture 5: Abby Fence Photoshop

Lecture 6: Abby And Fence Photoshop

Chapter 13: Using Lightroom / Camera Raw for Post Processing

Lecture 1: Camera Raw Basics

Lecture 2: Lightroom Basics

Lecture 3: Using "Smart Objects" to get a more "Grungy" look

Chapter 14: Extras and Bonus Materials

Lecture 1: Abby: The Book

Lecture 2: Paige: Environmental Headshot

Lecture 3: Paige: Photoshop of Headshot in Red Jacket

Lecture 4: Photoshop of Paige in Blue Dress (Extra – See Workbook for Image)

Lecture 5: Photoshop Extra: Grab Shot made Good.

Lecture 6: Morning Webinar: January 12, 2013

Lecture 7: Afternoon Webinar: January 12, 2013

Lecture 8: Webinar, March 9

Lecture 9: Large, Soft Sources with Small Lights

Lecture 10: Brittany and the Hose

Lecture 11: Brittany and the Hose Supplemental Shots of Setup

Lecture 12: Bonus: Webinar, May 25, 2013 – Discussion on Lighting and being "Deliberate"

Chapter 15: Location Portrait Shoot

Lecture 1: Location Portraiture – A Study

Instructors

Don Giannatti
Photographer, Designer, Author and Educator

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 28 votes
2 stars: 57 votes
3 stars: 185 votes
4 stars: 378 votes
5 stars: 625 votes

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