Classes

So, you take a portrait, looks great in colour but, you think – this will make a kick ass black and white! But does it really? Often the things that make a nice soft colour portrait are the ones that make it look dull and flat in monochrome. So, why not learn the aspects in the planning, lighting and shooting stage that mean that your portrait will look good in colour and totally ping in black and white. You will go away knowing what does in fact make a great mono portrait from background choice, styling and considerations before post production. Hands on for you to try.

Concept to Print – A portrait workflow that is simple, seamless, colour managed and most of all easy to replicate. In 15 years of producing images for clients and for competition at the highest level I have come up with an easy to follow, easy to learn and most of all replicate. As an ambassador for Datacolor I will show you from capture the best way to prepare your files for a simple workflow, colour managed that takes from the camera, to raw conversion, to retouch, to output ready to print for you, client or competition. No point retouching in a way that cannot be printed and learn the dark art of staying within gamut to ensure that what you see on screen is what you will get back from your printers. Remember, it’s an image, not a photograph until it is printed 🙂

Learn from a studio photographer who has been there, seen it, done it in a Class that will elevate your Maternity Portraits to the next level. From Different lighting set ups to show you the subtle nuances that takes the light from ok to great, posing that will flatter your client and then a workflow that will show you how to polish the images to a high standard that clients and competition judges love. Let me really take these images for you to the next level.
Learn the triumvirate of Pose, Light and Refine to ease the worries that you have for producing these images.