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Editorial Portrait Photography for High School Seniors

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Overview

Create images beyond the “traditional” senior shoot and make your clients feel like they stepped into an editorial campaign.  Knowing the basics for lighting in-studio and outdoors, as well as how to make your clients feel involved in the creative process can make your business stand out and thrive in a crowded market.  Dan Brouillette is a successful editorial photographer, who molded his studio to reflect his commercial work.  Each senior gets to help with the creative process of finding a shoot that fits their personality and Dan uses his knowledge on lighting and posing to make every shoot look as if it belongs in a magazine.  In this course Dan will teach:

  • Pre-session tips for preparing your photoshoot
  • What lighting equipment works for successful in-studio and location shooting
  • How to light in layers to create a portrait that is dynamic
  • Tips for posing and directing your seniors that make them feel comfortable and excited for the shoot
  • How to get involved in the local high schools so that students are familiar with you and your work
  • How to edit and cull through your images for a simple and time efficient workflow

  Create stand-out photography that excites seniors to organically market your business to their friends and simultaneously grow your portfolio beyond the high school senior market.  Dan Brouillette has taken his knowledge from working with magazines like ESPN, Time, The Wall Street Journal, and Men’s Health and utilized it to build his successful high school senior photography business while shooting in a style he loves and growing his portfolio.

Syllabus

  • Class Introduction
  • How to Make Senior Photos Stand Out
  • What is Lighting in Layers?
  • Build a Lighting Foundation
  • Layer One: Main Light
  • Layer Two: Fill Light
  • Layer Three: Accent Light
  • Layer Four: Additional Light
  • Outdoor Lighting Examples
  • Outdoor Lighting Equipment
  • Outdoor Lighting Camera Settings
  • Outdoor Camera Settings Examples
  • Outdoor Lighting Q&A
  • Live Shoot: In-Studio Lighting
  • Live Shoot: Metering
  • Live Shoot: Large Soft Light Setups
  • Live Shoot: On Camera Flash
  • Live Shoot: 2 Light Set-up
  • Live Shoot: Accent Light
  • Live Shoot: Hard Light
  • Live Shoot: Create White Backdrop
  • Introduction to Direction
  • Live Shoot: Photo Booth Direction
  • Live Shoot: Basics of Direction
  • Live Shoot: Beauty Dish Close Up
  • Live Shoot: Subtle Cues through Direction
  • Location Shoot: Senior Introduction to Shoot
  • Location Shoot: Use Location to Your Advantage
  • Location Shoot: Create Scenarios
  • Location Shoot: The Walk Plus Variations
  • Location Shoot: Outdoor Lighting
  • Pre-Session Consultation
  • Prep Clients for Purchase
  • Get to Know the Client before Session
  • Decide Clothing Options Prior to Session
  • Client Interaction
  • Pre Session Consult Q&A
  • Image Workflow Overview
  • RAW Editing Workflow
  • Basic Photoshop Editing
  • AlienSkin Exposure Color Toning
  • Marketing to Seniors Overview
  • Marketing to Seniors
  • Alternative Income in Any Market
  • High School Posters as Marketing
  • Seeing Moments Differently

Taught by

Dan Brouillette

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