This course was created for all newborn photography enthusiasts and in it I share the methodology that I have built in 8 years of expertise and over 2000 sessions. Through 25 classes , and more than 4 hours of content , you will realize all the details of the strategy I use to develop my photography sessions. This course is subtitled to English. WHY SHOULD I SIGN UP? If you sign up for this course, you will benefit from all the processes my experience has led me to create and you will be able to accelerate your learning process and to avoid many of the most common obstacles and frustrations. ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW Before the session : client contact, studio and equipment preparation, hygiene and safety care, session plan; During the session : calming the baby, posing preparation, session sequences; After the session : image post-production, delivery strategy. VARIETY OF CONTENT These contents are presented throughout a sequence of videos recorded during one of the latest workshops I had the opportunity of organize and every class is complemented with informative slides.

If you are a beginner photographer or a more experienced photographer who would like to capture better classic portraits, this course is for you. Whether you are exploring a career in photography or would simply like to capture beautiful portraits, classic portraits are the starting point for furthering your creative skills. The Beginner’s Guide to Classic Portrait Photography is designed to provide you with all of the practical knowledge you need to create classic portraits. It is a gentle entry into the subject, beginning with a primer on basic photography concepts and gear, and then moving into specifics for portraiture, like gear choice, settings, editing, and working with your subject. In this course, you will… Discover the characteristics of a classic portrait, including the lighting , the posing and more. Develop your understanding of photography basics, like exposure , focusing and file types , and how to adjust each in your camera. Examine the gear that can be used for classic portraits - cameras and lenses , lighting, backgrounds and environments - including the benefits and drawbacks of each. This will allow you to determine what gear is right for you. Master specifics of working with your subject, including specific tips for building rapport , for posing, and for overcoming shyness. Identify how to set up a portrait studio , even if the “studio” is an outdoor location. Practice the basic edits that are typically expected in a classic portrait, and more advanced edits that can be done. Download a free trial of Adobe Lightroom Classic , a popular editing application. Suggestions for ways to practice your portrait photography. Discover how you can apply your own creativity and still retain the look and feel of a classic portrait. Classic portraits are fundamental for a portrait photographer’s portfolio, and they are a building block for more advanced portrait work. Master these, and you will have the know-how to expand your portrait photography with your creativity. In this course, you will also complete exercises that will help you build your photography knowledge and solidify your experience. As we work through classic portraits from start to finish, you will practice focusing and using different camera settings to see how they affect exposure. At several points in the course, you will be challenged to create a classic portrait of your own. As you move through the course, you will be able to see your improvement! I’ve designed this course to be comprehensive but practical, with low-pressure exercises to help you on your journey to becoming a portrait photographer. Photography is truly an art form, and it should be treated as such. Once you learn the mechanics, your creativity can lead you beyond to create your own personal style of portraits. So join me! Enroll now to master classic portraits.

The secret of creating striking portraits lies in natural-looking, seamless manipulation. Through hands-on work using five unique portrait edits, you’ll take a dive-deep into portraiture specific adjustments such as skin, body shape, eyes and hair enhancements. You’ll also learn how to work with light to create depth and intrigue in your images. Together we’ll study the way your subject is affected by light and its direction, and explore how advanced photo editing techniques can significantly enhance the the balance and beauty in your work. Sharpen Your Skills Non-Destructive Workflow Learn how to combine masks and adjustment layers to achieve your creative vision while at the same time maintaining tremendous flexibility. You’ll be able to create alternative versions of one photo in no time, or revisit your artwork in the future to bring new ideas to life with just a handful of strategic adjustments. Essential Portrait Enhancements Establish a solid base for any portraiture edit by first performing a quick clean-up and body shape correction with the Liquify tool, and then a background fix with the Stamp tool. You’ll immediately add impact to your portraits by bringing up the detail in the frame, including hair texture enhancement and intelligent eyes brightening. Counter Balance the Visual Weight Learn how to increase the distinction between your subject and the background. Draw your viewers into the frame and add a strong visual punch to get their attention. By bringing up the textures in the environment, you’ll create more dramatic, effective artwork. Master the Classic “S”-Shaped Curve Discover this extremely useful technique to target flat areas in your images. You’ll learn how to quickly and precisely add contrast to the scene. And you’ll also experience how to gain more control of your light and shadow contrast by combining “S”-Curve with Layers and Masks. Low Key Portrait Technique Play with balancing shadows and lights to build a moody, nostalgic atmosphere. You’ll work with complementary colors to create subtle grading with Curves, and discover how to inject a desired shade into selected luminosity ranges. Recompose Your Scenes Explore recomposing your frames so you can get your desired canvas ratio. And get creative by cropping images shot in portrait orientation to square, or recreate missing background elements to achieve a more compelling and seamless composition.

More than 2000 students have enrolled and have left over 45 5-star, rave reviews. After taking my photography course, your kids and perhaps even their friends will be begging you to take their portraits too! What You'll Learn: How to position your subject indoors and outdoors for the best lighting. Posing ideas for women, men, teens and younger children. How to choose the right camera settings for more attractive, professional looking portraits. The best types of lenses for portrait photography (for DSLR users). Background ideas How to edit your portraits in Adobe Lightroom This course will show you how to use the available light, without special lighting set-ups, to take amazing portraits of your kids. Outdoors, you'll learn where to position your subject and yourself in relation to the sun for the best lighting. You'll also get tips on taking indoor portraits without using your flash. You'll learn a basic formula for your camera settings that will help you take better portraits. You'll also get a general understanding of exposure and how aperture, shutter speed and ISO work together. What you won't get is a lot of super technical stuff. This is a non-technical photography course designed to get you up and going quickly. It's created for parents and others who want to go beyond taking ordinary snapshots and learn how to take better portraits and family photos without a lot of equipment. We've all taken those photos where the background looks great but your subject's face is so dark you can barely recognize them, or maybe you want to know how pros get the background to look all blurry in portraits. Many people are intimidated by using their DSLR or compact camera's manual settings and just don't know where to start. That Auto Mode is so tempting and easy. But getting out of the Auto Mode will open the door to more creative, professional looking photos of your kids. BONUS: You can go a step further and watch over my shoulder as I import and edit photos in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Lightroom is a popular, relatively inexpensive software program designed specifically for photographers. If you enjoy taking photos, you may want to consider this software. You can get a free trial at Adobe. With my course you get: Over 2000 happy students have already taken this course Over three dozen glowing, 5-star Reviews Unlimited lifetime course acces s at no extra cost All future additional lectures and supplementary material included for free, always Unconditional, no questions asked, Udemy 30-day money-back guarantee Your children are growing fast. You don't want another day to go by without capturing memorable photos of them, not just quick smartphone snapshots.

So, you like taking portraits, that’s great, but how happy are you with the results and could you do better? In this course you’ll learn many of the tips and tricks that professional photographers use for creating stunning portraits, and  in a varying assortment of environments, both inside and outside. At the end of the course you’ll be armed with so many ideas, that you’ll no longer need to worry about freezing up, or wondering what to do next with your subjects. ·         Learn the fundamentals of portrait lighting and lighting patterns ·         Discover new ways of taking photos of individuals on location in live sessions ·         Learn my relaxed methods for taking photos of families and children in live sessions ·         Laugh at my 17 tips for getting great expressions from families and children ·         Learn how I pose people to make them look relaxed ·         Watch and learn from my live maternity sessions with an 8 month pregnant mum-to-be. ·         Discover some specialist ideas for amazing portraits Content and Overview Suitable for beginners, intermediates and even advanced photographers, you’l learn  the fundamentals of portrait photography along with many tips and ideas for adding drama and creativity to your portraits. Rather than just using paid models, this course also has live sessions with friends, and families with their children. Some of these are typical location sessions where we just walk around in parks taking photos. This is an extremely varied course demonstrating both natural light and off-camera flash portraits, with some specialist ideas that you can easily replicate, plus many tips on composition You’ll see how I interact with people to make them feel more comfortable, which in turn helps to get better expressions. All videos on this course are downloadable On completing this course you’ll have the knowledge, know how and confidence to tackle many portrait scenarios.

** Voted by students as one of Udemy's outstanding instructors of 2014 ** Follow me on live photo sessions with individuals, couples, 'fuller figure' subjects, young and older siblings and large and extended families and watch how I pose them to overcome their natural tendencies to sit or stand like statues and to get some great portraits. Real life indoor and outdoor photo sessions Warts and all posing i.e. some of them don't quite work, and I say why! Mostly non-model real live people, like you and me, Create beautiful family photos by getting your lovely subjects into more natural, relaxed and flattering positions.. Practice the easy steps in this course and it will pay huge dividends in your portraits PDF crib sheets are available for most of lectures, keep them with you Models aside, the majority of us are not aware of our natural and unconscious body positions and so we don't usually present ourselves as well as we might. For example, most of us tend not to be concerned with where or how we place our hands and arms, tilt our heads, or position our feet. This course shows how I handle that problem, and how I position and pose people to get great results. Posing is a powerful skill that will transform your portraits, not only can you copy the ones demonstrated in the videos, but understanding the general basic dynamics of a good pose, will help you to create your own. Each video has a short introduction and summary of the photo session that just took place, it's then followed by the live photo session. Downloads are ENABLED for this course! This is a brand new course so no reviews yet Modesty almost forbids me publishing some comments about my teaching style, taken from reviews of my other two courses, but I overcame that, so here they are:- Bernie is really easy to listen to, and his videos were really entertaining and kept you listening. (I also like his accent!) Many online courses suffer from over prepared, monotonic boring voice overs but Bernie's style is a bit like having your mate round to show you how to do something. This even goes to leaving some bloopers in which makes it human and fun. Bernie is a hoot! He knows his material, presents it well, and is witty to boot. It's a great combination in a teacher. I love Bernie's approach. Such a great instructor, Bernie is an excellent teacher and his enthusiasm for photography is contagious. Bernie is a fantastic tutor, Love it, love it, love it!!

=== students reviews regarding this course === " This course really helps me to improve my photography knowledge and I would like to thanks all of those who help this to be a success. " -- Wijekoon " so far the course is about what i really want to learn especially about basic portrait photography. i learn a lot of new things from this course " - Fadila " Good for an absolute beginner. If you have just bought a DSLR camera and don't know anything about photography, it's good way to get your feet wet." -- Terry Taylor " thank you udemy. Really, thank you very much for the course. We actually learned new things in the world of image. Thank you " -- Akram Menari " I really grateful and would like to say Thank you to instructure. I got lots of idea, tips and knowledge through this course ." - Manan Patel Course Contents Introduction to Portrait Photography What makes a portrait look great? Recommended equipment for better portraits Compositional techniques for cool portraits Tips for better backgrounds in portraits Lighting skills for amazing portraits Bokeh and Blur Example of poses for better portraits Tips for child portraits Tips for corporate portraits and head-shots Tips for wedding and event portraits Tips for Indoor Portraits Tips for Outdoor Portraits

Welcome to the complete Portrait Photography for Beginners course! We are so excited to help you take better portraits. If you're a relatively new photographer, this is the perfect portrait photography course to help you with this new skill! You'll learn everything you need to know to take better portraits with any camera - DSLR, mirrorless, smartphone, or point-and-shoot. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN: Start with our 6 tips to photographing better portraits: Choose a better background and compose your shot Lighting your portraits Properly and creatively expose your photo Play with depth of field Think about colors Interacting and posing your subject You'll learn portrait photography with real world demonstrations! Join Will Carnahan, professional photographer and instructor, in a full demonstration to see how you can use our 6 tips in real life. Learn how to edit your portraits to look even better! Use free and professional photo editing apps on your phone, tablet, or computer. You'll learn how to use different apps to professionally make your portraits look even better. Share your photos on social media! Get modern tips for sharing your photos on Instagram and Facebook. Use these tips to advance your professional photography career - if that's what your goal is! COURSE BONUSES: Downloadable photos to practice editing with Tips for how to shoot weddings, headshots, and family portraits Premium support from your instructors WHY TAKE THIS COURES FROM US: So, why should take this course from us? There are plenty of portrait photography courses to choose from. But we believe that we've created a course that can truly help you take better portraits in less time. Video School Online has created some of the best selling online photography courses, and we always strive to help you learn new skills in a fun and engaging way! Lastly, we have a 30-day 100% money back guarantee! Try out this course, and see if you like it. There's absolutely no risk! We can't wait to see you in the course!

Featured Review: "It is just perfect, we have a lot of well explained information with lots of samples and also the PDF... just get it trust me." Thank you Carlos Albert Martinez Gomez! Welcome to our course “Posing Like A Pro: Create Your Best Portraits Ever”! This is Part 1 of our posing series and is a ‘classroom’ style course, covering the 200 page eBook 'Posing Like A Pro'. Make sure you download the PDF from lecture 4! I will talk through examples of great poses, bad poses, and things to look for - all supported by images and assignments from the book. It's the perfect precursor to Part 2 of our posing series: "The Ultimate Posing Flow", which is a live photography studio session, showing you how to implement the poses with real models. Here we focus more on the "do's" than the "don'ts" Why did I make this course? Whilst teaching workshops I realized that most of the attending photographers were really savvy about photography techniques and new technology but would freeze when they had to pose the Model or would run out of ideas very quickly. Nine times out of ten we had the following scenario: Student talking to the Model: “Do this! Do something completely different! OK good, let’s go somewhere else”. Me to the Student: “Why don’t you finetune the pose or develop it further?” Student: “Well, I don’t know how….I don’t know anything about posing!” So, that’s when I realized 2 things: First: It was time to write my own book about posing to really break things down as much as possible! And Second: Why not also turn this book into a tutorial so I could demonstrate all those poses and scenarios? Because THIS way my photography students could take the book with them to their shoots (for some guidance and reference) AND also watch me demonstrating all those poses (plus seeing overlaid images to understand even better why some poses work and some don’t) So, let me tell you a few things about “Posing Like A Pro”: In this course you will learn ALL the THEORY about posing STEP-BY-STEP. You will learn to design poses that flatter your Model and your Client. You will understand the importance of animating the Model’s body and why it’s critical to the Success of Storytelling . Being a great Portrait Photographer means being able to create memorable images continuously AND on the spot. And this is exactly the No. 1 WORRY for many new (and even intermediate) photographers: How can you guarantee your Model or Clients these amazing images, that make them look like a million dollars - time after time after time? (And without that you need to freak out!) This is why you will learn the following: How to Evaluate Your Location / Your Subject / Your Lenses How to Create Great Shooting Concepts How to Pose the Body to Look Effortlessly Slim How to Pose Your Model’s Hands in Flattering Ways How to Use Props to Enhance Your Story Learn the Difference Between Male and Female Posing How to Pose People with Weight Issues Learn about the Importance of the Right Light What to Do When Your Mind Goes Blank Why Different Photographic Styles Demand Different Posing And So Much More! At the end of “Posing Like A Pro” you will be able to flow through the poses, without your client looking stiff or unnatural and without your mind ever going blank. You will know all the tricks to accentuate your subject’s best features whilst integrating location, lighting and communication. Also - Our little assignments will help you to practice your photography skills actively to really deepen your understanding of pro and cons of certain poses. AND: In your course materials in Section 2 (Lecture 4) and again in the final Lecture, you will find a link to your own copy of “Posing Like A Pro” e-book (which includes even more secrets: For example the “7- ingredients-recipe” for producing outstanding photography!) Intrigued? Ready to Create Your Best Portraits Ever? Go ahead and watch our previews or - if you want to learn all our tricks right now: Enroll into “Posing Like A Pro” and let’s get started in creating your own posing flow! See you soon! Sandy _________________________ Some reviews: "I really enjoyed Sandy's course, friendly explained the "how-to" and "why" with no bla-bla (means: not boring) to get the most flattering pictures of/for your clients. I think it covers everything for posing as summary of the greatest books about posing out there. Additionally you get the whole thing as PDF inside the course to download. Very professional, highly recommended !" - Peter Leinfellner "amazing explanation and a phenomenal instructor" - Lisa Dubinsky "What a fantastic set of material from someone who clearly has a lot of experience photographing all kinds of people and models. I love how Sandy clearly explains each topic and is very easy to follow and implement. Seems like a lot of instructors talk very high level, but she goes into each detail about posing, and has done a lot of research on the matter. Highly recommended." - Will Perez

Featured Review: "It was definitely a good match. I am trying to set up my own home studio and it is the second course I take with her. I love how clearly she explain things with German accent and easy going smiling kind manners. I am learning a lot cause when I don't have a professional model but a couple, or a mum or kids or families, it is not so easy for me to pose them :) this course helps to still get the images you want" - Alexandra Grippa Hi and Welcome to our course The Ultimate Posing Flow For Portrait Photographers! This is Part 2 of our posing series "Posing Like A Pro" - join us in the photography studio for live sessions where we put everything you learned in Part 1 into practice! Or if you already have a little experience, then jump right in here. BONUS: Includes PDF sheets with almost 1500 poses for you to download and take to your shoots! Also: Closed Captions are available! In our photo studio we have led over 50 photography workshops so far, specializing in creating conceptual photoshoots. And knowing how to pose a model or client is a big part of a successful shoot. I realized that most of my students were really savvy about photography techniques and new technology but started to freeze when they had to pose the model. One of the most important skills that you will need to develop as a portrait photographer is being able to direct your subjects into the right pose. It will make your model or client feel natural, and your photography session will flow. At the end of this course, you will know how to pose your clients and models for the most flattering pictures. If you watched my tutorial ‘posing like a pro’ or if you have already learned the foundations of posing for portrait photography,  this course takes those lessons even further by bringing you into my studio where you can watch how I put it all together into a real shoot to create the ‘posing flow’. To give you a real life experience, I will show you how I work with a model versus a couple that never stood in front of the camera. None of the shoots are rehearsed with the exception that I briefed our model Rebecca to bring some different wardrobe items for variety. This means you will see realistic posing problems and questions that your client or model might have, and how I communicate with them to bring them into the right pose. The entire tutorial is shot from my point of view, so you are more than just a fly on the wall - you see everything almost exactly as if you were behind the camera! Each time I take a shot, the image is overlaid so you can see the result straight away. There is no post production on them - they are ‘SOOC’ - straight out of camera with the exception that they are cropped in ACR. Sometimes I’ve also adjusted the white balance because different styles of image look best when they are warmer or cooler in tone. In this course you will learn: How to pose models and clients - females, males, and couples. Standing vs sitting poses, and tips for slimming bigger clients How to quickly create different styles to offer more variety and enhanced sales: from headshots, beauty, dreamy, fashion, edgy, and more. Getting creative with concepts such as my trademark ‘lying on the floor’ setup How to modify your communication style for experienced models vs regular clients How to create an amazing experience and have fun while still getting the shot One point to keep in mind as I will be covering a lot of detail that may seem impossible to get right all the time: don’t worry about the perfect pose, because it’s hard even for “super-pros” to achieve a “100%” perfect result - and if in doubt it’s always ‘Emotions Over Posing”. However if you are interested in knowing why a client maybe didn’t buy certain images due to things they didn’t like about themselves then our tutorial will tell you all about how you can best flatter your client. This course is for the beginner to intermediate portrait photographer who is looking for a practical hands on approach to learning how to create a posing flow so that they will never run out of ideas again! So if you are interested in seeing me in action, go ahead and watch some previews! Or if you want to develop your posing flow to the highest standard: Enroll now and let’s get started in creating your best pictures ever! See you soon! P.S : Closed Captions are available, so you can either listen or read (or both) to my posing instructions! Have fun!