Studio Photography: Introduction to Portraiture OfCourse
Price: USD 12
USD 25
  • Duration: Flexible

Course details

33 modules with 4.5 hours of video content
  • Understand how your lighting equipment works
  • How to understand key and fill lights
  • Choose… the best light setup for your model
  • Balance lighting contrast in a complimentary manner to the background
  • Techniques for simple photo retouching (everybody needs some)… 

Studio photography is very popular, fun, and in-demand! Many photographers enjoy creating beautiful portraits as a hobby and while others shoot for profit. If portrait photography is of interest to you, then this course will jump start you into creating fabulous portraits in a very short time.

Like so many other photographers, maybe you too have dreamed of one day opening your ownportrait studio or simply shooting portraits in your home as a side business.

This course will show you how to create beautiful portraits from headshots to full length, groups,families, and more. In no time you will have all the tools you need to get started shooting portraits either in the studio or in your own home. And this course is designed for the photographer with no lighting experience.

By the time you finish this course you will be able to shoot great portraits of family, friends, and even clients and on a shoestring budget.

Introduction to Light
  • Intro
  • Say hi to your fellow students!
  • Share your new course with your friends!
  • Understanding Light - Part 1
  • Understanding Light - Part 2
  • Understanding Light - Part 3
Fundamentals of Strobe Lighting
  • Aperture, Strobes, and Flash: Controlling Exposure
  • Shutter Speeds and Ambient Light: Controlling Exposure
  • Understanding Shooting Modes
Introduction to Lighting Equipment
  • Introduction to Equipment… 
  • Introduction to Lighting Equipment - Part 2
  • Introduction to Lighting Equipment - Part 3… 
Using Lighting Equipment
  • Light Stands
  • Backgrounds
  • Mono Boom
  • Modifiers
  • Understanding Key Light Fill Light
  • Wireless Triggers
Light Patterns
  • Portrait Lighting
  • Light patters
  • Key Fill
  • Understanding Lighting Ratios
  • One Light & Two Light Setups
  • Which Side of the Face to Photograph?
  • Full Length Portraits
  • A Guide to Accent Lighting
  • How to Light Your Background
  • Creating Knockout Backgrounds
Fine Tuning Your Portraits
  • Posing the Head
  • Posing the Body
  • Posing Hands and Arms
  • Portrait Retouching
  • Portrait Course Assignments
Quiz
  • Course Quiz
Updated on 14 October, 2018

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