Professional Portrait Photography

Delivery method
Classroom based, maximum 5 delegates

Course description
[b]Introduction

Digital capture[/b]
• Getting the best from your camera
• Understanding file formats
• When to use different ISO settings
• f-stops: shutter speeds explained
• Understanding colour temperature
• Setting the white balance

[b]Lighting techniques[/b]
• Direction, form and quality
• Ambient and natural light
• Lighting with flash
• Lighting techniques for portrait
photography
• Bracketing your shots
• Primary and secondary reflectors
• Achieving a colour light bounce
• Controlling contrast

[b]Crafting images[/b]
• Composition
• Movement
• Colour and black and white

Suitable for
A one day course for those with no formal photographic training but who need to take professional quality portrait photographs as part of their job.

Requirements
No formal photographic training is required. You will need to bring a digital SLR camera capable of being used in fully manual mode. We will provide lights and reflectors.