Commercial Fashion Photography

Are you ready to break into the magical, vibrant world of fashion photography? Join renowned fine art and fashion photographer Miss Aniela for this class on everything you need to know about creating vibrantly artistic and commercial fashion images.

Miss Aniela will:

• Take you step by step through a location photo shoot
• Show both lo-fi and high-production budget approaches to a fashion set-up
• Walk you through her post production process 
• Share her insight into the business of fashion photography 

You will learn how to concept, produce, and style a shoot — including finding inspirational details and creative locations.
After reflecting on the shoot and reviewing the raw images, Miss Aniela will walk you through her compositing process. You will learn how to choose images that both highlight your personal style and appeal to stylists, editors, and commercial clients. Miss Aniela will also reveal her own professional journey, explaining how she turned her Flickr stream of amateur self-portraits into a thriving fashion photography career. 

• Defining Fine Art & Fashion Photography
• Why & How to Channel Your Passion
• When Passion Meets Business
• Method in Madness of the Right Brain Photographer
• Right Brain Needs a Left Brain/Shooting Planning
• Gear Overview
• Test Shoot Setup: Location, Lighting, Styling
• Simple Test Shoot vs Couture Test Shoot
• Inspiration vs Imitation & Having Moodboards
• Creating a Pitch
• What Makes it Fashion or Fine Art
• Sourcing Locations On a Limited Budget
• Submitting Work to Magazines
• Lo-Fi (Small Production) Shoot
• Lo-Fi Shoot Continued
• Couture Fashion Shoot - Part 1
• Couture Fashion Shoot - Part 2
• Couture Fashion Shoot - Part 3
• Team Q & A
• Reviewing Images from Shoots
• Tackling Anti-Photoshop Debates
• Image Selection & Simple Editing
• Compositing Process of Hi-Fi Image
• Possibilities for Surreal Storytelling in Images
• The Purpose of Finding Your Style
• Acknowledging Your Photography Journey
• Marketing & Social Media Audience
• Preparing for Job Offers & Dream Job