Author
Released
3/26/2013- Crafting a vision with the bride
- Choosing gear
- Scouting the location
- Photographing details
- Working with window light and open shade
- Refining the subject's poses, posture, and poise
- Knowing when to make eye contact
- Reviewing images from the shoot
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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- Welcome, my name is Chris Orwig. I'm a photographer, author, and teacher, and welcome to this course, Wedding Photography for Everyone: Bridal Portraiture. In this course, we're gonna focus in on how we can capture beautiful, artistic, and stunning portraits of a bride using natural and available light, and we'll do this by starting off by talking about some of the things we want to consider when planning ahead for a shoot. Next we're gonna go on location to the Santa Barbara History Museum, and there we'll do a live shoot, and throughout that live shoot we'll encounter different scenarios which will help us learn a few things that we can then integrate into our own workflow.
For example, we'll talk about light and how we can use different types of natural and available light in order to craft or create different types of photographs. And we'll also talk about how we can work with a location. For example, we'll look at how we can photograph a bride in front of an old wall or perhaps in front of an old fountain. And we'll look at how we can integrate props into our workflow in order to add personality and fun, whether the prop is something that the bride can hold or perhaps it's something they can stand in front of like an old vintage truck. And we'll explore how we can create different types of photographs, whether those are quirky and fun or elegant, simple, and strong.
You know, the goal for this course is that it will help you to become a better wedding photographer, which in turn gives us the opportunity to become better photographers in general, because bridal portraiture, it's all about seizing those opportunities in order to craft and create compelling portraits. Well thanks for joining me in this course. Let's begin.
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 35s
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1. Preplanning for the Shoot
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Crafting a vision2m 27s
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Choosing your essential gear4m 22s
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Considering other gear2m 6s
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Working with an assistant2m 45s
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2. Working with the Location
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Introducing location1m 41s
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The art of previsualization5m 40s
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Scouting the location5m 28s
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3. The Early Stages of the Shoot
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4. Crafting the Bridal Portrait
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Using natural locations1m 20s
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Working with window light2m 32s
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Working with open shade2m 3s
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Sitting versus standing2m 24s
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5. Going Beyond the Basic Bridal Portrait
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Introducing props2m 46s
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Working with props3m 28s
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Working with a backlit scene3m 20s
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6. Creating a Rhythm and Flow for the Shoot
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7. Reflections and Lessons Learned
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Working with the bride1m 20s
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8. Reviewing the Photographs
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Reviewing the film images3m 45s
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Comparing before and after7m 29s
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9. Final Summary and Resources
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Exploring the next steps1m 29s
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