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
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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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