Portrait Photography Fundamentals

Want to be able to go into any situation with your camera and have the confidence to know you’ll get the shot? Award-Winning photographer Scott Robert Lim goes in-depth on the four foundational elements you must conquer if you want to develop your creativity and style.

Scott will give you the guidelines you need to master:

• Lighting
• Posing
• Composition
• Post-Processing

Once you master these fundamentals of portraits, you free up your mind to get creative and ultimately get the shot.

• Class Introduction
• 5 Shots That WOW
• Four Fundamentals of Photography
• Create a Visual Impact with Composition
• Importance of Foreground and Background
• Create Depth in Landscape Images
• Photos Don't Always Follow the Rules
• Composition Practice Exercise
• Composition Critique of Student Images
• Keys to Posing
• Shoot: Classic Elegance Female Pose
• Shoot: Modern Female Pose
• Shoot: Rollover Female Pose
• Female Hands & Arms Poses Overview
• Shoot: Hands and Arms Poses for Female
• Seven Posing Guidelines
• Headshots Poses with Male Model
• Shoot: Headshot for Male Model
• Shoot: Sitting Poses for Male Model
• Shoot: Leaning Poses for Male Model
• Shoot: Standing Poses for Male Model
• Keys to Couples Posing
• Shoot: Couples Posing
• Couples Transitional Posing Overview
• Shoot: Transitional Posing
• Keys to Group Posing
• Accordion Technique with Groups
• Shoot: Accordion Technique
• Shoot: Best Buds Pose
• Shoot: Talk with Your Hands Pose
• Shoot: Lock Arms and Hold Hands Pose
• Run at the Camera and Dance in Your Seat Poses
• Shoot: Pod Method Pose
• Posing Critique of Student Images
• Introduction to Lighting
• Soft vs Hard Light
• Difficult Lighting Situations
• Bright Light Techniques
• Overcast Light Techniques
• Low Light Techniques
• Lighting Techniques Q&A
• Drama Queen Lighting
• Laundry Basket Lighting
• Make it Rain Lighting
• Smart Phone Painting with Light
• Mini LED Bokeh Lighting
• Choose the Right Lighting System
• Hybrid Flash System
• Innovative Accessories
• Gear Overview
• Theatrical Post-Processing
• Ten Keys to Post-Processing
• Essential Skills to Post-Processing
• Headshot Post-Processing
• Bright Light Post-Processing
• Flat Light Post-Processing
• Low Light Post-Processing
• Introduction to Fine Art Post-Processing
• Light & Airy Fine Art Post-Processing
• Dark & Moody Fine Art Post-Processing
• Post-Processing Critique of Student Images