Description
Here is a confession, for the first year or so of shooting weddings professionally, this used to a pain point for us: How to take great portraits of couples on their wedding day. The things battled the most against us: the shortage of time, the lighting, and posing. It took us a lot of hard work to come up with shortcodes for taking great-looking portraits quickly while nailing the light, composition, and poses. Now, with quick fixes and lighting recipes, we can do them on the fly, be it the solo portraits of a bride or them as a couple.
Do you battle with these questions:
- How do I quickly read the light in a scene and think ideas for couple portraits?
- My portraits have begun to look alike, how can I make them unique for couples?
- How can I take great portraits irrespective of the beauty of the location and available light?
- My portraits are technically correct but they lack some secret sauce, how do I make that?
- How to take portraits in natural light?
- How do I create my own light for a quick portraits session?
We have the answers and we want to share them with you. Through the last 10 years of being successful wedding photographers and having spent countless hours shooting and editing portraits, we learned so many things by studying our own mistakes. We experimented a lot to come up with techniques and methodology to make quick recipes for poses and lighting.
We believe you can gain a lot by understanding it from us than spending time figuring it out yourself. This is not a course where we teach you how to make them pose and expect you to copy them, that’s a style you will develop on your own. This course will make you understand the nuances of posing, best practices, details you need to pay attention to.
After this training you will be able to:
- See the existing light and make it work to your advantage
- Be mindful of nuances of posing people individually or together
- Understand the differences in posing male form vs female form
- Gather various lighting recipes for stunning portraits
- Know how to use quick fixes such as gobos, reflections, transparent objects to declutter the composition
- Take your photos from looking good to great
Course Overview:
Duration: 120 minutes
Teaching mode: Live interactive online class
Lesson 1 – Lighting
- Understanding how to read the available light
- Natural light vs manufactured light
- Hard light vs Soft light
- Single flash vs multiple flashes
- Our 5 favorite lighting recipes for quick portraits
Lesson 2 – Posing
- The nuances of posing: Hands, gaze, feet, form
- Posing guide for brides
- Posing guide for grooms
- Posing couples
- Our favorite 5 ways to make couple poses dynamic
Lessons 3 – Composition
- Nuances of good a composition
- Wide-angle vs zoom lens
- Decluttering your composition
- Our 5 favorite tips for making compositions unique
Lesson 4 – GOBOs
- Look for Gobos on field
- Our favorite GOBOs to carry in your camera bag
FREE Bonus Resources!
Along with our professional training, you also receive our exclusive bonus resources!
- Downloadable PDF: Things to Keep in mind when Posing People for Portraits
- 10% Discount coupon on our 1-on-1 Mentorship program
- Digital Certificate of Completion
Meet your Mentor
Gaurav
As the founder of a successful wedding photography business, Gaurav thrives on challenging himself technically and artistically. Working with a wide range of clients, locations, and wedding styles, he has found the perfect balance of creativity and technical perfection to truly make stunning photographs. His mentor training focuses on how to upgrade your skills and storytelling abilities. His style of teaching is interactive and problem-solving – and he loves to be asked tough questions!
