Run at the Camera and Dance in Your Seat Poses
Lesson 32 from: Portrait Photography FundamentalsScott Robert Lim
Run at the Camera and Dance in Your Seat Poses
Lesson 32 from: Portrait Photography FundamentalsScott Robert Lim
Lessons
Class Introduction
04:10 25 Shots That WOW
14:08 3Four Fundamentals of Photography
08:05 4Create a Visual Impact with Composition
07:04 5Importance of Foreground and Background
08:30 6Create Depth in Landscape Images
18:09 7Photos Don't Always Follow the Rules
02:11 8Composition Practice Exercise
10:41Composition Critique of Student Images
05:28 10Keys to Posing
05:37 11Shoot: Classic Elegance Female Pose
14:46 12Shoot: Modern Female Pose
09:04 13Shoot: Rollover Female Pose
08:10 14Female Hands & Arms Poses Overview
19:52 15Shoot: Hands and Arms Poses for Female
08:58 16Seven Posing Guidelines
04:18 17Headshots Poses with Male Model
14:59 18Shoot: Headshot for Male Model
06:45 19Shoot: Sitting Poses for Male Model
10:03 20Shoot: Leaning Poses for Male Model
06:43 21Shoot: Standing Poses for Male Model
03:32 22Keys to Couples Posing
10:31 23Shoot: Couples Posing
06:17 24Couples Transitional Posing Overview
14:28 25Shoot: Transitional Posing
15:25 26Keys to Group Posing
07:12 27Accordion Technique with Groups
07:46 28Shoot: Accordion Technique
04:11 29Shoot: Best Buds Pose
04:54 30Shoot: Talk with Your Hands Pose
02:33 31Shoot: Lock Arms and Hold Hands Pose
04:34 32Run at the Camera and Dance in Your Seat Poses
04:13 33Shoot: Pod Method Pose
17:58 34Posing Critique of Student Images
09:32 35Introduction to Lighting
05:38 36Soft vs Hard Light
17:10 37Difficult Lighting Situations
05:52 38Bright Light Techniques
18:16 39Overcast Light Techniques
10:34 40Low Light Techniques
10:27 41Lighting Techniques Q&A
14:58 42Drama Queen Lighting
06:26 43Laundry Basket Lighting
09:44 44Make it Rain Lighting
03:48 45Smart Phone Painting with Light
07:53 46Mini LED Bokeh Lighting
08:22 47Choose the Right Lighting System
13:30 48Hybrid Flash System
06:42 49Innovative Accessories
05:35 50Gear Overview
06:19 51Theatrical Post-Processing
06:07 52Ten Keys to Post-Processing
08:37 53Essential Skills to Post-Processing
08:25 54Headshot Post-Processing
24:53 55Bright Light Post-Processing
09:45 56Flat Light Post-Processing
14:46 57Low Light Post-Processing
08:24 58Introduction to Fine Art Post-Processing
09:06 59Light & Airy Fine Art Post-Processing
27:34 60Dark & Moody Fine Art Post-Processing
13:36 61Post-Processing Critique of Student Images
36:56Lesson 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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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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