Incredible Engagement Photography

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Couples want to capture their commitment to each other in high-quality, creatively shot photographs. They also expect their bliss to appear natural and evocative. Photographers who are trying to build their engagement photography portfolio need to be able to juggle both technical and creative expectations. Pye Jirsa’s Incredible Engagement Photography will teach students how to strike this balance with basic equipment.
In this course, you’ll discover how to:

• Use simple on- and off-camera flash lighting
• Communicate effectively to devise creative, meaningful poses
• Develop post-processing and overall workflow 

Drawing on lessons taught in Pye’s other courses (Photography 101, Lighting 101, and Lighting 201), you will learn how to adapt to a variety of different lighting situations – indoor and outdoor, natural and urban. You’ll also gain a sense of the importance of storytelling and of developing a disarming interaction style for putting couples at ease during a shoot. 
Conducting an engagement photography shoot requires a delicate mix of technical and interpersonal skills – but not an abundance of expensive, demanding equipment.

• Class Introduction
• Posing Guidance for Him
• Posing Guidance for Her
• Foundational Posing
• Posing Touch Points
• Couples Body Language
• Posing Three Point Check
• Posing Tips with Demo
• Verbal Cues for Posing
• Mood Board Tips
• Posing Questions
• Camera Settings Quick Overview
• Location Scouting
• Seeing the Light
• Shoot: Natural Light in Studio
• Homemade Soft Box
• Shoot: Wrapping Natural Light Around Couple
• Shoot: Flat Natural Light
• Special Effects Intro
• Shoot: Backlighting
• Shoot: Using Sparklers
• Shoot: Sparklers and Spray Bottle
• Shoot: Backlight with ND Filter
• High Speed Sync vs ND
• Shoot: Fog and Spray Effects
• Simple Lightroom Workflow
• Processing Black and White Images
• Culling and Presets
• Editing Using Presets
• Post Processing Q&A
• Flash + Ambient Balance
• Photographers Need to Practice
• Outdoor Engagement Location Scouting
• Meeting the Clients
• Basic Engagement Shots
• Getting into the Creative Shots
• Using Photo Mechanic to Cull
• Culled Edits in Lightroom
• Editing After Using Tilt Shift Lens
• Photoshop Editing for Print
• Engagement University Shot
• Daylight + Flash
• Engagement Picnic Scene
• Composite Street Shot
• Day For Night Engagement Shot
• Natural Flash/Bounce
• How to Make GIFs
• Simple Composite - University
• Intermediate Composite - Downtown
• Simple Background with Reflector
• Final Thoughts