Lessons
Day 1
1Simple Posing: Young Girl
18:36 2Simple Posing:Young Boy
18:30 3Group Posing: Two Girls
17:59 4Backlit Shots: One Girl
08:58 5Shooting in the Shade
08:24 6Using the Rule of Thirds
03:35 7Review of Selected Images
07:20Working with Self Consciousness
09:20 9Training to Photograph Authentically
19:06 10Talking Through Self Consciousness with Subject
18:06 11ProFoto Strobes: 2 Light Sources with Pre-Teen Model
09:55 12Stylize and Prep for a Shoot
16:27 13Simple Family Poses
06:01 14Use Props and Backdrops During Family Posing
08:48 15Family of 5 Indoor Couch Scene
26:32 16Natural Light and Strobes
24:49 17Image Review of Family Photos
07:25 18Use the Right Light for the Right Occasion
16:04 19Ice Light Demo
08:01 20Constant Lights Demo
08:38 21Speedlight Demo
07:18 22TTL Demo
09:20 23Reflector Demo
05:24Day 2
24Pose Children in a field
16:58 25Build on your shots
18:41 26Capture Motion in a Wide Open Field
19:42 27Capture Splashing in a Lake
20:20 28Photograph Movement with Fast Moving Subjects
08:13 29Top Tips: #1 Simplify The Shot
22:05 30Top Tips: #2 Small Posing Shifts for Maximum Effects
17:01 31Top Tips: #3 Direct The Feel & Energy
05:47 32Top Tips: #4 Be the Destination
06:12 33Top Tips: #5 Mix it Up. Vary Everything
05:22 34Top Tips Q&A
03:50 35Family poses in a field
22:03 36Posing: Family of 5
25:32 37Dads and Daughter Family Shoot in Field
18:08 38Posing: Parent/Child Pairings
17:14 39Why Tamara Was Drawn to Family Photography: Beautiful Together
19:17 40Adoption Interview with Vicki Taufer
21:16 41Lackey Family Adoption Experience: FAQs
36:16Day 3
42Tamara's Gear: Cameras
08:43 43Tamara's Gear: Lenses
17:06 44Tamara's Gear: Accessories
08:26 45Mylio Demo
26:27 46Digital Album Design
12:21 47Sales Prep Process
24:30 48Photo Review With Client
37:30 49Selected Images and how to sell them
07:08 50Closing out the Sale
04:56 51Professional Photography Pricing
19:23 52Start Your Business
28:39 53How to Market Yourself
24:33 54How to Stay Inspired
02:06 55Photoshoot Recap
12:31 56Tamara's Top Tips Recap
12:56 57Tamara's Tools Recap
19:30 58The Importance of Family Photography
04:51Lesson Info
Reflector Demo
Okay reflector I don't talk about reflector because as much as I used it as much as you see me using it or might be using it there's a versatility to it that's outstanding for being a eighteen twenty dollars tool the's larger ones of course are more expensive who is not modeled for us yes come on in sit down and then um in this situation exactly I'm gonna go ahead just use that light back there is my main light source similarly if I was outside and being in the sun on dh I want to show you this because we were talking earlier about what side to use a lot can you give me the white on deck? Is it all in here? Do we have another one way have to sit up okay? So that's a good point right there by the way I really like if I'm going to be out doing a lot of shooting to have two separate reflectors s o either because a lot of the reflections air just white silver and then you're just really easy and ready to go if I know I want to use the gold and and it comes with a situation like this that I...
'm gonna have to reflectors because doing this all the time is going to slow me down and I don't want to be slowed down especially investment fantastic happening over there in the wrong light so just paying an extra thirty bucks or twenty five bucks and having the two of them to just grab as you need an interchange that much is fabulous but I'm going to go back down to show you all the options here I would start with the my address my reflector um I would start with the white side of the reflector and give us something like this and so do me a favor look just straight out to the audience and then if I'm doing here I'm not really getting much reflection back I'm gonna have to add the silver in but you could see a little bit right? You definitely do see it we were talking about how to find the light sometimes it's really really evident and other times you've got a kind of it's the subtle ist movement especially got a sliver of light toe work with could make a huge difference so we can start with this and since we're here I said I wouldn't father better my as well, this is our nice to fuse your panel you see how simple and sheer this is also called a scrim I could hold it up to this light to manage the light hitting him and you'll see how it softened right and based on how I go in or close to him it's going to have an effect as well you didn't introduce yourself I'm jury used from seattle era nice all right, so let's get this guy back up let's get him closed before I do that too part of having the black side this is the flag so this is blocking light and I don't think we covered that much today um the ability to black light it's called the flag is a tool you use so it's a either a black metal thing or it's the black side of a reflector you can do it literally as flag have seenem where it's kind of a post with a black flag like off the side of it but all you're really talking about is anything that blocks the light my friend kevin cambodia remember hearing him say that if you think about anything that blocks the light an elephant could be a flag yeah, I guess that's true eso in this case being able tio if you have a lot of light coming in and if I wanted to reflect him really well but his shirt was super bright white I might put the flag or an elephant between to see how the light blocking the light so that I don't have that being overexposed. So if I have for instance darker skin and a lighter shirt and I want tio to have it displayed usually and I don't want to overexpose the shirt that's exactly what I'll do I'll block the light on the brighter part of the images to manage it all right so we've got this and you look you see that pretty evidently right and you can actually see the light moving for here were you could see that light moving and the gold see the skin tone change so the gold the only time I use this again is if I really want that soft warm look but other than that I'm going to find it to be just adding way too much color to my image if I wanted to make all of this more pronounced we'd have a much brighter light to reflect against that's how it's gonna work which is why I'm hardly ever using the silvers or the gold in a bright light because it will like just wound you with its brightness but they go thank you and that is the any of the question of the reflector that's pretty straightforward, right? The biggest reasons I think people don't use reflectors is because they feel like they don't know the impact it can have on your images and it can be in credible or they find it very difficult to navigate when they're out and about especially in a bright sunny area yeah, I mean I think it's more about when you're by yourself and trying to navigate using it and shooting at the same time is yellow are how do you put on your foot or what have you been like literally I have put it on logs on I wedged into trees. I put on the back of chairs. You can get the ones where you hand hold up with the whole on the edge of the reflector. You can hand hold him like a triangle that's. Another wonderful way to use it by yourself. To that. Could you hold many course and using reflected by yourself?
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a Creativelive Student
Thank yo Tamara Lackey and Creative Live for such an amazing course. Every tool that is needed to maintain a successful business is in this course. Tamara's appreciation for love and family are so apparent in her style of interaction with people and methods of photographing them. In this class she shares everything from the basics of connecting with your clients to the importance of in person sales sessions and how to do them without being uncomfortable. I love Tamara's energy and sense of humor. She really emphasizes how important it is to be self confident and love what you do. This class is amazing. I can barely sit still through a movie these days, but I was entranced through 3 consecutive days of highly valuable information. I am thankful to have this class in my CL library. I am sure I will refer to it often.
Abbeylynne
Thank you! Thank you for bringing Tamara back to Creative Live! She is one of my favorite teachers! She has a bubbly effervescence as she teaches. I like her teaching style and never tire of her message in photography. Tamara has a way of working with her models/ clients that makes you want to just jump through the screen to participate in the process! Her portrait stories share her zest for life. She has great business ideas as well as for life and family. A truly balanced instructor for the beginning photog as well as a seasoned professional. Refreshing concepts about how to deal with challenging situations with lighting, posing, and interaction with her families. It's hard to pick a favorite section - the entire class was just great! A wonderful resource for your library to refer back to time and again. Keep up the great work Tamara. You inspire me to get out and shoot!
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What can I say- it's Tamara Lackey, so of course it was AMAZING! I learned so much, about relationships, self awareness, lighting, portraiture, posing, gear, marketing, products, I could just go on and on. Tamara has an incredible ability to truly connect with her clients (and her students)- and she taught us how to do it! I admire Tamara on so many levels and I appreciate how much of herself and her own business practices she was willing to share. Her new organization Beautiful Together is inspiring. I will be watching this course over and over. Thank you Tamara Lackey and thank you CreativeLive.