Alternative Income in Any Market
Lesson 44 from: Editorial Portrait Photography for High School SeniorsDan Brouillette
Alternative Income in Any Market
Lesson 44 from: Editorial Portrait Photography for High School SeniorsDan Brouillette
Lessons
Class Introduction
15:18 2How to Make Senior Photos Stand Out
05:48 3What is Lighting in Layers?
16:49 4Build a Lighting Foundation
18:28 5Layer One: Main Light
06:17 6Layer Two: Fill Light
08:29 7Layer Three: Accent Light
04:29 8Layer Four: Additional Light
11:46Outdoor Lighting Examples
15:56 10Outdoor Lighting Equipment
03:34 11Outdoor Lighting Camera Settings
09:31 12Outdoor Camera Settings Examples
14:32 13Outdoor Lighting Q&A
12:44 14Live Shoot: In-Studio Lighting
20:52 15Live Shoot: Metering
04:17 16Live Shoot: Large Soft Light Setups
12:13 17Live Shoot: On Camera Flash
14:07 18Live Shoot: 2 Light Set-up
16:29 19Live Shoot: Accent Light
05:06 20Live Shoot: Hard Light
11:30 21Live Shoot: Create White Backdrop
08:32 22Introduction to Direction
28:42 23Live Shoot: Photo Booth Direction
11:13 24Live Shoot: Basics of Direction
19:34 25Live Shoot: Beauty Dish Close Up
08:22 26Live Shoot: Subtle Cues through Direction
19:33 27Location Shoot: Senior Introduction to Shoot
11:33 28Location Shoot: Use Location to Your Advantage
29:43 29Location Shoot: Create Scenarios
19:50 30Location Shoot: The Walk Plus Variations
10:50 31Location Shoot: Outdoor Lighting
15:18 32Pre-Session Consultation
12:35 33Prep Clients for Purchase
06:47 34Get to Know the Client before Session
08:04 35Decide Clothing Options Prior to Session
13:14 36Client Interaction
09:14 37Pre Session Consult Q&A
12:35 38Image Workflow Overview
15:41 39RAW Editing Workflow
27:29 40Basic Photoshop Editing
13:58 41AlienSkin Exposure Color Toning
26:27 42Marketing to Seniors Overview
05:18 43Marketing to Seniors
16:24 44Alternative Income in Any Market
03:57 45High School Posters as Marketing
10:38 46Seeing Moments Differently
17:27Lesson Info
Alternative Income in Any Market
So the next thing I want to talk about is diversifying your income. This is all through photography. We're all wanting to be photographers, if we aren't already. For me, when I started the business, the senior thing gave me money as a summer job while I was in college. It was just enough that when I went back to school, I didn't have to work, but when I graduated, it became a full time job. It was do I want to go follow the path of all the other people I graduated with and go find that full time job, or do I want to make what I'm already doing as a summer job into a full time career. For that to actually happen, for you to afford everyday expenses and a be a real adult, you have to figure out how to pay the bills and do all that stuff, so for me it was how can I keep money coming in year round? What can I do to make photography my job so that it's not just a hobby. So what I do on the side, and by on the side I mean outside of senior portraits, is a lot of business portraits, a lot of ...
commercial and editorial work. Some examples of that would be business portraits for banks, hospitals, realtors, law firms. Companies that really use photography. And for me, finding companies that have lots of employees is always good because it's guaranteed income and stable jobs that keep coming back around as more employees get hired and things change, so that's who I target. For commercial and editorial work, I work with marketing and advertising agencies, locally and nationally for different campaigns and things like that. Editorial work is your magazine shoots. Those aren't as much the money maker, but they provide you with more of a creative outlet to show your skills and work with different things and get in situations that you couldn't normally get in to create new work and show, plus, at least for me, getting more commercial work, using that editorial work using shoots that were in magazines, to show other people what I can do on that side, with my own personal touch, can show what I can do for their brand, their corporation, et cetera. So it's kind of a full circle type of deal. Here's a couple samples, these are just basic business portraits. It's using the exact same lighting set ups we used in the studio earlier. This is just a three light set up, one to one ratio, of your big soft source, with a bell above the camera, an accent light on a white background. It's exactly what I do with the seniors, it's just a little different feel, a little different attitude. Something that is the exact same skill set, but I've had days where I've gone in and photographed 60 attorneys at a law firm, spent the whole day. It's not the most exciting thing in the world, but it definitely pays the bills, and you can make a great living doing it. And something like that, I already have the skillset and now a lot of you guys do too. You know what to do, it's just a matter of going out and finding the clients. Every area has companies that need commercial head shots. Between their business cards, their websites, billboard, anything like that, there's tons of photography. And then figuring out how to add to it, so from this same group of photos, came this. None of these people were even in the room at the same time, but it's the exact same lighting. Being able to put it all together, and then that's for the law firm. Again, something as simple as that can help you in the off season of your senior portraits, keep the same skill set and obviously going to those things, setting up those lights and tweaking with all the lights and messing with stuff keeps you sharp and keeps that experience level because things happen in those shoots when I need to adjust and it's always evolving. And just getting more smooth with how everything works and learning little things here and there.
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Ratings and Reviews
pete hopkins
awesome teacher and awesome technique. after soooo many webinars, it's really great to see someone break it down to the bare bones of lighting with exceptional quality results. i can listen to Dan all day. no pretense, no over the top emotional pleas, no drama! did i say awesome!!!! Plus, I'm a huge fan of the B! and B2 systems. Freedom is key. Now I can shoot anywhere, anytime. Thanks Dan.
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This is by far the best class on senior photography I have found on creativelive. Dan explains the technical aspects in an easy to understand format. He does a great job going through studio shots, outdoor shots, editing and marketing. He's given me some great ideas and inspired me to be more creative. I am going to rewatch the lighting set up for the "hero shot". It's super cool!
Tristanne Endrina
Dan was great. His class was very comprehensive but easy to follow. The slides he used weren't flashy. Instead, they were simple and he went at a good pace. I left feeling like I could really pull off the lighting techniques he taught. I'm excited to put what I learned into my photography. :) Thanks, Dan.
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