Intro to Portraiture
$480.00
DESCRIPTION
Dive into the captivating world of portrait photography with our 7 week “Introduction to Portrait Photography” class, designed for beginners eager to capture the essence of their subjects through the lens. This class is the perfect starting point for aspiring portrait photographers.
This class will guide you through the fundamentals of creating compelling portraits, covering essential concepts such as lighting, posing, and editing.
- We’ll explore the variety of portraiture including everything from headshots to fine art to conceptual to environmental and all the ‘flavors’ of portrait in-between!
- Explore some of the history of portraiture and discover a new seminal portraiture photographer each week.
- Dive into equipment and settings.
- Understand working on location (outside and indoors) and in a studio.
- You’ll learn how to work with both natural and artificial lighting to capture your subject’s best features, along with how to create and capture tone and mood.
- This includes learning basic studio lighting (constant and strobe) for 1 and 2 light setups specifically for portrait photography.
- Delve into posing and how to work with your subject to make them comfortable and relaxed to make the most out of your sessions.
- We’ll cover editing, using Lightroom and discuss a few other software programs to get you started.
Classroom learning and hands-on sessions will provide ample opportunities to practice with various techniques and settings, and fostering your creativity and confidence behind the camera.
By the end of the course, students will have a good grasp of the genre, gain confidence in working with lighting and subjects, and be on their way to developing their voice and style to within portrait photography!
Join us and embark on a journey to capture the beauty and personality of every subject you photograph.
Prerequisites
Photo I & Photo II
Multiple Instructors
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This was a great class with Kambua! Every week, I left feeling more comfortable with portrait lighting and studio work! My classmates were fun to work with and I hope our paths continue to cross! Kambua’s expertise was so helpful!
This is a great class! Not only did I learn a great deal about posing models, talking to subjects to relax them, lighting portraits (and other photos), but I had tremendous amounts of fun. Kambua Chema was my instructor, and her enthusiasm for the subject is infectious and her desire to impart her extensive knowledge to her students is obvious. Don’t miss it.
Kambua’s seven week into to portraiture course has been a ride – I feel so much more comfortable behind the camera while shooting a single subject, changing settings for the kind of lighting I am using, figuring out which sort of lighting set up would work best for the picture I am envisioning, using Lightroom (as well as other software available) to touch up/edit my photographs, AND learning tips and tricks of the trade! Kambua spends so much time in class giving great advice about the creative and the professional side of portrait photography. I would highly recommend this course!
Knowledge, Expertise, and Joy! These three words describe what Kambua gave me and my fellow classmates. Over seven weeks, my knowledge through the understanding of the technical and artistic aspects of portraiture grew well beyond my expectations. Kambua gave clear explanations of all aspects of capturing a subject’s portrait. Through classroom and in-studio shooting exercises with professional models, workshops, and shooting assignments along with positive and constructive critique of my assignments, I gained the expertise and confidence to achieve consistent professional results. Kambua’s effervesce made every aspect of this class joyful, fun and a great experience for learning with her sharing all aspects of becoming a professional photographer without sugarcoating. I finished this course inspired. Inspired to photograph more with joy!
I really enjoyed this class
This class was absolutely amazing. Highly recommend this to anyone interested in Portraits! Kambua is an amazing instructor and has so much knowledge to share. I learned so much from this class.