Portrait Beginners' Guide
- Beginner
- 18 and older
- $375
- Online Virtual Classroom
- 6 hours & 45 minutes over 3 sessions
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Penumbra Foundation @ Virtual Classroom
Discover the history and techniques behind the art of portrait photography in this online workshop. Through discussions, assignments, and readings, you'll delve into the philosophy of portraiture and learn how to capture the essence of your subjects through the lens. Uncover the secrets of this art form and elevate your skills with the guidance of industry experts at Penumbra Foundation.
Apr 4th
6–8pm EDT
Meets 7 Times
Portrait Beginners' guide - Learn the dos and don'ts of Portraiture
Welcome to Portraiture! This workshop is a full guide to the fundamentals of portraiture. You'll learn: Posing, capturing the moments, Gestures, Body language, backgrounds, shooting angles, and directing and interacting with your subjects.
Additionally, you'll learn how to work with simple lighting, including natural light, window light, and simple home made lighting tricks that will efficiently enhance the look of your subjects. You'll also learn environmental portrait and gaining speed in shooting.
This course is highly recommended whether you are shooting candids, studio type portraiture, or street and environmental.
Requirements: Any digital camera including Phone cameras and mirrorless with Automatic OR Manual mode. Though not required, we highly recommend knowing the basics of your camera. This course will not cover camera settings and the basics of shooting.
Course Structure Suggestion: This course covers all of the basics and we therefore highly recommend that it is taken before any other Portrait course.
Notes on film cameras: While most content of this course is applicable to digital cameras, you are welcome to attend as long as your film camera has an automatic shooting mode. Should the assigned instructor become suddenly unavailable, we'll allocate a substitute.
This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.
Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.
Updates COVID-19: Most all classes except for Studio and Flash are offered as online Webinars when/as needed, until COVID-19 is no longer a concern. Students can request this option at any time during the course. There'll be a 48 hours refund policy for any courses starting after Mar 12, that need be canceled due to COVID-19.
We have a 24 hour notice (from the time of payment) no-questions asked refund policy. If you believe you are unable to commit to your booking, please notify us within 24 hours and we'll issue an immediate refund.
We have a 24 hour notice (from the time of payment) no-questions asked refund policy. If you believe you are unable to commit to your booking, please notify us within 24 hours and we'll issue an immediate refund.
NOTE TO CH AGENTS: For all cancellation requests, students are sent a form to fill, and the school will respond once they received the filled form. We should not directly cancel the enrollments. We should send the form to the students to fill and wait for the school response: http://www.photomanhattan.com/Articles.asp?ID=288
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