Lessons
Class Introduction
09:12 2Favorite Family Group Poses
12:45 3Plan the Photo Shoot
04:08 4Meet Three Person Family for Shoot
04:02 5Shoot: Get Family in Front of Camera
15:23 6Review Images from Shoot
04:37 7Shoot: Get Family Comfortable
14:45 8Family of Three Shoot Recap
10:05Tips & Tricks For Family Group Posing
03:30 10The Art Of Unposing
02:46 11Using Furniture In Family Portraits
07:47 12Demo: Using Furniture
04:24 13Shoot: Family With Furniture
24:28 14Shoot: Combine Family Members on Furniture
08:01 15Shoot: Siblings Laying On Rug
06:21 16Shoot: Close Family Image on Furniture
08:48 17Creative Shooting Spaces
05:59 18Tips For Photographing With Dogs
05:54 19Demo: Studio Lighting
04:07 20Shoot: Introduction to Shooting With Dogs
09:17 21Shoot: Favorite Poses With Dogs
18:41 22Introduction to Generational Photography
06:23 23Large Group Posing Options
06:51 24Demo: Large Group Posing
11:29 25Shoot: Favorite Poses For Multigenerational Families
15:29 26Shoot: Incorporate Ring Light
09:05 27Shoot: Colorful Generational Family Images
13:38 28Shoot To Sell Products
05:52 29Photoshop®️ CC Efficient Workflow
06:09 30Post Processing Before The Sales
10:40 31Sales Templates in Photoshop®️ CC
09:06 32Post Processing After The Sale
06:31 33Concluding Thoughts
09:02Lesson Info
Meet Three Person Family for Shoot
That brings us to the photo shoot. And so what we're gonna do initially, I'm gonna get some of my gear. And we're gonna shoot over here with window light and some of these Larson reflectors, which I'll talk about a little bit later. We get 'em from a company called SweetLight and that's where we also get our Larson soft boxes we'll be using later in the other camera room and these reflectors. But we're just gonna be using the natural window light and these reflectors and some posing stools, keeping this very simple. Mom, Dad and one-and-a-half-year-old. And then that's where we'll progress the next shoot into adding the other siblings, and then the dog, then multi-generational. So, I'm gonna get my gear and stuff together. We can keep chatting while I'm doing that. I can show you some things. This I love. Do any of you guys have Spider holsters? Like, best investment I have made in years. I actually, over 20 years of shooting, could barely raise this arm up. It just is what happens car...
rying a heavy camera around. This is what I have on me all the time, all shoots. It gives me a safe place to set my camera. Which, I'm shooting Canon, I've got the 5D Mark III. But it just locks in right there. And I'm really a one-camera shooter, I don't shoot weddings for the most part. But I do have a spot, that if i needed two cameras, that I could do that as well as a little pocket that could even hold up to the 70 to 200 mm lens, my phone, other little things that I might use for a session. So I would say I typically would use the 70 to 200 lens when I'm shooting, or today I've got the length that I'm shooting, I've got my 85 one too. So first we'll bring the family in and do a little bit of demoing where I can talk to you. I'm not gonna shoot right away, just kinda talk to you about some of the things that I'm doing and why. And then we will go from there. Hi, Sophie! Here are our beautiful models. This is Sophie. And it's Chris and--. Keomi. Keomi. How old are you, Keomi? Almost two. Did you bring your puppy with you today? Is your puppy here? I know, what are you looking at? (baby talk) Oh, do you see coffee? You see coffee. Awesome. So I think, what I'm gonna do, let's bring you guys over this way. I'm gonna move a few things around. In fact, I'm actually gonna take my camera off for this first part. So you guys, yup, can hang out here for a second. So obviously we've got this window light coming in through the left side. I guess camera left. And then we've got these reflectors, which will be bouncing the light back. And so we've got this super shiny one, which I'm gonna use to separate the subjects from the background. You guys are actually gonna come up, yup, this background's gonna be--. These first ones are gonna be more up close. I love how you guys just are right there. And, oh, yup. Oh, that's okay, no, we're good. We're gonna roll with this and I might even just start shooting. She's doing good. I mean this is as simple as my setup is, honestly, in this type of a lighting scenario. Let me grab my camera. Awesome. And you know what, I do use a light meter. I will use the camera metering on location sometimes, but when I'm in a controlled lighting scenario, it makes the culling and editing process a lot easier to just have my camera set. So in this scenario I'm gonna be shooting at 1/25 at f4.
Class Materials
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Ratings and Reviews
CANCEL RUsso
All I have to say is - Vicki you are a saint. To handle four kids, dog and their parents too, not to mention a class of students watching...AND YOU'RE TAKING PHOTOS, GOOD ONES!! All I know is, I could not handle that as you have even though I was a teacher for 25 years (K-12, all of them) - and wonderful people like you are far and few between. May you stay healthy and happy and continue interacting with kids and parents - you really have a talent! (I had to turn the sound off on the vid because it was driving me crazy,, with kids, dog, etc etc!)
Marla GIbson
It was true to life and yes, a bit chaotic. But I enjoyed it, it shows the work that often does go into a session with all the multitasking. I got some great ideas for poses, and learned some new way to interact with younger children. Thank you for a honest session and not a perfect planned one.
Lee Boddington
Awesome class, really informative, and loved how you handled all the chaos. Great sales and promotional advice from your hubby too. Fantastic, well rounded :)