Live Encore: iPhone Portrait Photography
Offered By: Skillshare
Course Description
Overview
Capture stunning portraits of your family, friends, and loved ones with just the phone in your pocket.
Want to learn to capture professional-level portraits, but feel like you don’t have the equipment or know-how? Photographer Sean Dalton is here to prove you wrong. In this 45-minute class—recorded using Zoom and featuring participation from the Skillshare community—he’ll share everything you need to know about using the power of your phone’s camera to take stunning portrait photography.
First, he’ll walk you through everything you need to know about planning your shoot, from choosing the location to prepping your model. Then, he’ll share best practices for lighting, posing, and composition to use while you’re shooting to create truly unique photos. Finally, he’ll do a live editing session using Lightroom Mobile to show you how to quickly make your final product shine. While many of the insights he shares are valuable for portrait photography using any kind of camera, he’ll also share some tips and tricks along the way specific to making the most of the iPhone’s camera.
Perfect for photographers of all levels, you’ll finish class excited to grab your friends, your family, or even your pets and get out and start creating your own portraits!
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While we couldn't respond to every question during the session, we'd love to hear from you—please use the class Discussion board to share your questions and feedback.
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Planning Your Portrait Shoot
- iPhone Camera Overview
- Lighting Your Portrait
- Posing Your Subject
- Composing Your Photo
- Shooting Tips in Action
- iPhone Editing Overview
- Quickly Editing in Lightroom
- Organizing in Lightroom
- Final Thoughts
Taught by
Sean Dalton
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