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Advance Your Portrait Photography Skills

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Learn the essential lighting and posing techniques for portrait photographers. Whether you are shooting business portraits, sport stars, or family photographs, this path will provide you with expert insight into best practices for posing and lighting your subjects.
  • Master the essentials of portrait photography.
  • Practice posing portrait subjects for flattering results.
  • Explore lighting techniques to best flatter the subject.

Syllabus

Courses under this program:
Course 1: Learning Portrait Photography
-From lighting to posing, learn simple techniques for creating great portraits.

Course 2: Learning Headshot Photography
-Learn the essentials for making great business portraits, from lighting and camera choices to interacting with your subjects and helping them look their best in front of the camera.

Course 3: On-the-Spot Business Headshots
-Get tips for taking great outdoor and indoor headshots, whether you're working without gear or with the best equipment on the market.

Course 4: Portrait Photography: Ten Styles with One Light
-Lighting is one of the most important aspects of portraiture. Learn ten ways that you can use just one light source to take great portraits.

Course 5: Lighting for Photographers: Portraiture
-Explore the techniques behind lighting for portraiture.

Course 6: Exploring Photography: Finding the Perfect Portrait Lens
-Learn how your lens choice and different shooting techniques can improve the quality of your portraits. Plus, get a review of popular prime and zoom lenses.

Course 7: Photoshop and Lightroom: Retouching and Color Correcting Portraits
-Get expert tips for fixing or enhancing skin using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.

Course 8: Retouching Headshots
-Discover how to retouch a professional headshot in Adobe Photoshop.

Course 9: Lightroom: Retouching Faces
-Learn how to retouch faces using the tools available in Lightroom.

Course 10: Douglas Kirkland on Photography: Natural Light Portraiture
-Well-known photographer Douglas Kirkland explains how he works with natural lighting and how to best take advantage of it for portraiture.

Taught by

Chris Orwig, Chris Orwig, Chris Orwig, Natalie Fobes, David Hobby, Chris Orwig, Lauren Enright, Erika Thornes, Douglas Kirkland and Douglas Kirkland

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