I wanted to share with you today really 6 tips that have really worked for me over the years and helped me build my creative skills and become a better portrait photographer
if you’ve ever had a client come to you on set and ask you to try something new and out of your normal comfort zone, and it scared the hell out of you, then these 6 steps will help you bring down your stress levels on set, get through that creative challenge to the other side and then do your best work.
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It’ll also help you sort of realize your creative vision and your dreams and do the work that you want to create and not just struggle, which is something that a lot of us do when we start out doing portrait photography. I’m also going to ask everyone to share in the comments, how they have gotten through these challenges, and how this might then help out you as well,. So please share your experience in the comments.
The first thing that I want to talk about today which I think is a big hurdle for new photographers when they’re exploring portrait photography, is understanding exposure. Not knowing how shutter speed can affect the shot when it comes to freezing action or how you might choose to have light in the scene of creep into your flash photos in environmental portraits or understanding how you might want to eliminate ambient light all together in order to freeze a dancer is really important. Another thing you will need to know is how ISO affects your pictures and how hight you go up. The other thing to
realize is how the aperture that you choose affects the depth of field…
00:00 – Introduction
01:22 – Understanding Exposure
03:44 – Post Production
05:57 – Lights over Camera
07:10 – Make Sellable Work
08:18 – Imput power doesn’t matter
09:57 – Play it safe
11:28 – Today’s Takeaway
