Capturing Authentic Portraits

It takes a true connection between photographer and subject to create powerful portrait photography. A portrait doesn’t have to be dramatic or glamorous to be compelling. In fact, the best portraits often showcase people expressing their vulnerability or discomfort. It’s the photographer’s job to evoke and capture authentic emotion by establishing a genuine rapport with the subject.

Join veteran portrait photographer Chris Orwig to learn how to take meaningful portraits and use them to make your transition from amateur to professional. 

In this class, you’ll learn:

• How to confidently approach a stranger and convince them to participate in a shoot.
• How to connect with and pose your subjects naturally
• Which lenses, camera settings, and light considerations to keep in mind during a shoot

Chris Orwig has created images for companies like Google, Adobe, and Patagonia, and his work has been published in Rolling Stone, Esquire, and Surfer Magazine. His experience has taught him how to keep a subject comfortable, authentic and engaged throughout a shoot. He has learned to deal with the technical demands of a portrait shoot - lighting, setting, constraints of time and budget - while also staying focused on the story he is trying to tell. 

• Course Introduction
• Why Portraiture
• Shoot Prep Overview
• Live Shoot Demo
• Shoot Review
• Concepts of Authentic Portraiture
• Light
• How It's Done
• Gear
• Mapping Out the Flow
• Directing Subjects
• Prefacing a Shoot
• Shoot with Non-Model
• Recap of Non-Model Shoot
• Shoot with Friend
• Shoot with Model
• Image Review part 1
• Image Review part 2
• What's Next
• Moving Forward