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Run at the Camera and Dance in Your Seat Poses

Lesson 32 from: Portrait Photography Fundamentals

Scott Robert Lim

Run at the Camera and Dance in Your Seat Poses

Lesson 32 from: Portrait Photography Fundamentals

Scott Robert Lim

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32. Run at the Camera and Dance in Your Seat Poses

Lessons

Class Trailer
1

Class Introduction

04:10
2

5 Shots That WOW

14:08
3

Four Fundamentals of Photography

08:05
4

Create a Visual Impact with Composition

07:04
5

Importance of Foreground and Background

08:30
6

Create Depth in Landscape Images

18:09
7

Photos Don't Always Follow the Rules

02:11
8

Composition Practice Exercise

10:41
9

Composition Critique of Student Images

05:28
10

Keys to Posing

05:37
11

Shoot: Classic Elegance Female Pose

14:46
12

Shoot: Modern Female Pose

09:04
13

Shoot: Rollover Female Pose

08:10
14

Female Hands & Arms Poses Overview

19:52
15

Shoot: Hands and Arms Poses for Female

08:58
16

Seven Posing Guidelines

04:18
17

Headshots Poses with Male Model

14:59
18

Shoot: Headshot for Male Model

06:45
19

Shoot: Sitting Poses for Male Model

10:03
20

Shoot: Leaning Poses for Male Model

06:43
21

Shoot: Standing Poses for Male Model

03:32
22

Keys to Couples Posing

10:31
23

Shoot: Couples Posing

06:17
24

Couples Transitional Posing Overview

14:28
25

Shoot: Transitional Posing

15:25
26

Keys to Group Posing

07:12
27

Accordion Technique with Groups

07:46
28

Shoot: Accordion Technique

04:11
29

Shoot: Best Buds Pose

04:54
30

Shoot: Talk with Your Hands Pose

02:33
31

Shoot: Lock Arms and Hold Hands Pose

04:34
32

Run at the Camera and Dance in Your Seat Poses

04:13
33

Shoot: Pod Method Pose

17:58
34

Posing Critique of Student Images

09:32
35

Introduction to Lighting

05:38
36

Soft vs Hard Light

17:10
37

Difficult Lighting Situations

05:52
38

Bright Light Techniques

18:16
39

Overcast Light Techniques

10:34
40

Low Light Techniques

10:27
41

Lighting Techniques Q&A

14:58
42

Drama Queen Lighting

06:26
43

Laundry Basket Lighting

09:44
44

Make it Rain Lighting

03:48
45

Smart Phone Painting with Light

07:53
46

Mini LED Bokeh Lighting

08:22
47

Choose the Right Lighting System

13:30
48

Hybrid Flash System

06:42
49

Innovative Accessories

05:35
50

Gear Overview

06:19
51

Theatrical Post-Processing

06:07
52

Ten Keys to Post-Processing

08:37
53

Essential Skills to Post-Processing

08:25
54

Headshot Post-Processing

24:53
55

Bright Light Post-Processing

09:45
56

Flat Light Post-Processing

14:46
57

Low Light Post-Processing

08:24
58

Introduction to Fine Art Post-Processing

09:06
59

Light & Airy Fine Art Post-Processing

27:34
60

Dark & Moody Fine Art Post-Processing

13:36
61

Post-Processing Critique of Student Images

36:56

Lesson Info

Run at the Camera and Dance in Your Seat Poses

Along the lines with that shot, is that you can do this one, what I call run at the camera, we're not gonna do this, 'cause, (laughing) this gets a little bit crazy. You need a little bit more room. And so I have people, I am sitting here, like this. And I have a group of people and I say, I want you to run at me and pass me. So there all converging towards me, and they're running at me, and you get shots like this. So even if you have a family or whatever, you can still do this type of shot where it creates emotion. Now, I have never been in a situation where I made a person run and they didn't laugh. It's impossible to run and not laugh. Do you run like this? Right? If you're running, you're just naturally gonna smile, and that's a really good way just to break up that emotion and get that in there. And so if they're running towards that camera, you're using a wide angle lens, they're coming at you, you get just this different emotion, which really looks good, and you get this get ra...

ndom photo journalistic feel, and so this what I use to caught, so whether you're doing families, or you're doing seniors, or you're doing weddings, or whatever, you need a broad range of emotion and looks and feels. So, when I did the transitional posing, that was very model esque, oh my gosh, they look amazing, it's very posey, right? And it's very to the point and exact of where I want everything in the light. Then I need something opposite of that. Then I need the random feel, right? The extreme emotion with it. And so when you combine those things, where you're getting the random emotion and you're just getting the beautiful killer shots with the posed and to perfection, you are unstoppable. At that point you're gonna get over $10,000 a wedding, and get flown all around the world, okay? But you gotta capture a broad range of things, and so that's why you have to, in your session, build in these concepts, or else you're not gonna get it. You're gonna have inconsistency because some clients are gonna automatically do it for you, and some won't. So that's why it's very important to do this. I like doing a low camera angle here. Because I'm accentuating the height, especially if they're coming at me. And I also, if you're gonna keep them sharp, you gotta be at one 500th of a second, k? So stop walking, that's about of a hundred or so, so faster than that, usually one 500th is a pretty good estimation, just to keep everything sharp, k? Then I've got another one, we're not gonna demonstrate this either, because we don't have the right things. It's called dance in your seat, and this is capturing large action of lar-- I mean capturing action of large groups. Okay, so if you have a large group, let's say 20 people or so, and you wanna get some raw emotion, I use this particular shot where see how I got them at different levels? So I can see them, right? But to get them moving, their arms, and so forth, I'm just telling them to get the favorite song in your head and just start dancing, or you know, you can have them sing or whatever, but you really just kind of dancing in one area, it's controlled chaos, and then you can capture it, k? So that's the key, is like, you need to create chaos, but you need to control it, right? And so you can see that with them. That's why you lock arms, you're creating chaos, but you're controlling. That's why you're running at the camera, you're just not running anywhere, you're running at the camera, so you can control it. So you gotta learn how to control that chaos and create things where you can get this type of emotion built.

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Ratings and Reviews

Vitor Rademaker
 

This course is amazing! Scott is extremely straightforward. He goes directly to practical problems, tips and etc. He explains every thing very clearly, and he is also very funny and charismatic, making you laugh as you learn. He shows that you don't need a lot of expensive gear to make very nice pictures. So I have saved some money as well, cause I was about to buy some gear that I wouldn't need right now. It is for sure one of the best photography courses I have ever attended to! I highly recommend! Thanks a lot Scott! You are the best!

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Another fantastic class with Scott Robert Lim! The combination of his knowledge, willingness to share, passion & entertaining personality makes him a top choice for photography education. Learning not only the "what", but the "why" & "how" can transform one's entire approach towards MAKING pictures. A constant inspiration to get better & better through practice.

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I have purchased a number of classes, this being one of them. The quality of the information was good and the level at which Scott spoke was appropriate for me. Having a course sylibus would add greatly to the value, which usually is not part of the programs I've purchased including this one, unless I've missed it. I believe the speaker should be required to provide one. After watching the videos, much of material can be recaptured by seeing it in writing. I would like to hear back from Creativelive their thoughts. In sum, good topic, good speaker, good technical audio and video quality by Creativelive

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