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So, you like taking portraits, that’s great, but how happy are you with the results and could you do better?

In this course you’ll learn many of the tips and tricks that professional photographers use for creating stunning portraits, and  in a varying assortment of environments, both inside and outside.

At the end of the course you’ll be armed with so many ideas, that you’ll no longer need to worry about freezing up, or wondering what to do next with your subjects.

·         Learn the fundamentals of portrait lighting and lighting patterns
·         Discover new ways of taking photos of individuals on location in live sessions
·         Learn my relaxed methods for taking photos of families and children in live sessions
·         Laugh at my 17 tips for getting great expressions from families and children
·         Learn how I pose people to make them look relaxed
·         Watch and learn from my live maternity sessions with an 8 month pregnant mum-to-be.
·         Discover some specialist ideas for amazing portraits

Content and Overview 
Suitable for beginners, intermediates and even advanced photographers, you’l learn  the fundamentals of portrait photography along with many tips and ideas for adding drama and creativity to your portraits.

Rather than just using paid models, this course also has live sessions with friends, and families with their children. Some of these are typical location sessions where we just walk around in parks taking photos.

This is an extremely varied course demonstrating both natural light and off-camera flash portraits, with some specialist ideas that you can easily replicate, plus many tips on composition

You’ll see how I interact with people to make them feel more comfortable, which in turn helps to get better expressions.

On completing this course you’ll have the knowledge, know how and confidence to tackle many portrait scenarios.

First Up
Portrait Lighting Patterns

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Amazing!
Amazing course, learned many new ideas
LIONEL CADIOT

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Well presented
I learnt a real lot from this course. Well presented with comprehensive information.
PHILIP ADAM
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Loved it
Amazing!!! Loved every bit of it! It helped me a lot!
AMANDA AFFONSO
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Very beneficial
A very informative course and I've learnt a whole lot. I am going to practice the things that you did and this course also gave me ideas when I am shooting. Great job and this course is very beneficial to me.
EDNA MAE ROLLE
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Great Tips
Great tips and live examples, got a very good idea about on location and indoor portraits with and without flash. Will apply this on my next shoot. Bernie have great experience, he takes very good shots with much ease and can create a good pic from even very grungy outdoors. He understands the light & composition very well, along with posing techniques and good in explaining them to the students watching his videos.
JASPAL SINGH
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Helped me a lot
Helped me a lot in understanding different lighting techniques / angles, course offered more perspectives. Will definitely enroll more courses with Mr. RAffe
RAYMUND HARVEY VARGAS
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I'm a big fan
This is now my 3rd course with Bernie and I'm already a big fan of his open friendly way to communicate with people. And of course he has great tips to get the best of light and shadows for the portraits. What I really like in his courses is the possibility to take great photos with non-expensive equipment. Time to practice now for me 🙂
PETER LEINFELLNER