Photography - Composition - Photography Lighting - Studio Photography - Portrait Photography - Street Photography

Do You Have A Love For Photography?

Do you want to learn how to take beautiful, powerful and compelling images with any camera?

Are You A Beginner Photographer?

Are you a beginner photographer that wants to master the creative side of photography?

Do You Want To Learn How To Master The Visual Language And Take Images That Impress?

Have you ever wondered why some people seem gifted at photography?

Do You Want To Learn How To Take Beautiful Portraits?

Using any light or even in a studio setting?

Do You Want to Become Gifted At Photography?

Well you can do all of this and more with this Masterclass on Creative Photography.

The Hidden Photographer

Inside each of us is a hidden photographer, that wants to express themselves, that knows what is beautiful and what isn't, but wants to get out, to reveal themselves.

In this course, we will teach you how to discover that hidden photography genius locked up inside you…

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The Course Comes In A Modular Format And Will Cover:

Creative Photography Part 1 - A Brief History Of Photography

Photography is it art or science?

Is it both?

Is it truth or fiction?

Should images be edited at all or left in their purest form possible thus begging the question are we taking an image or creating an image?

Why are some images better than others?

What does photography mean to you?

Learn What Undermines And Influences Photography

This course examines the relationship between the photography community and the art community and the concepts of objective and subjective beauty within art. Through learning these concepts you will be able to understand how to communicate better what it is you really wish to relay through your images so that it is more readily received by your viewers.

This course touches upon the elements of photography such as:

The Appeal To The Mind

Being The Mechanic

The Appeal To The Emotions

Observation Of Time

You will learn the interesting history of photography, how photography went from something enjoyed by the elite only, to something enjoyed by the masses. You will also learn about the great debate, how the historical different schools of thought of ‘straight photography’ and ‘pictorialism’ has influenced how we view photography even to this day.

Subjects Covered

Is it Art?

The Brief History Of Photography

The Great Debate
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The Art Of Seeing - Creative Photography Composition Masterclass Part 2

Did you know that Photography has it own visual language?

And that if you understand this language you will be able to create your own powerful and compelling images?

Did you also know you have an inbuilt beauty detector within you to recognise what is beautiful?

Would like like to learn how to take what is already available within you and train yourself to see and take great images?

Learn The Laws And Crack The Code

It does not have to be a mystery as to why some people are better photographers than others. The good photographers have learned the laws of composition which dictate what is considered a poor or great image.

This course aims to identify what these laws are in an ordered universe, such as laws of light and the impact they have when creating our images.

The course also aims to inspire you to appreciate the inbuilt beauty detector within yourself that intuitively knows what makes up good composition and knows what looks nice. By moving this from a subconscious awareness to a conscious awareness you can train yourself to recognise and create great images.

You will learn the stages of how a viewer consumes an image:

The Eyes

The Mind

The Heart

The Hands

You will also learn the three essential elements of an image:

Light

Subject

Background

Lectures included:

The Ordered Universe

Beauty Detector

Let There Be Light

The Photographer's Playground

Activities
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Seeing The Light - Creative Photography Composition Masterclass Part 3

Did you know that photography is all about being able to see the light?

Do you understand the different properties of hard light and soft light?

Did you know you can use these light sources to achieve very differing effects in your image?

Did you know that various lights actually have different colour temperatures which when used correctly can affect the mood of your image?

Learn To See The Light And To Embrace It

Seeing the light is the single most important skill a photographer can learn, it is the very foundation of photography.

All good photographers have learned to be observers of light, they have learned to be light hunters. If the light isn’t right a good photographer won’t even raise their camera.

In this course we will explore the properties and uses of both Hard Light and Soft Light. We will, through diagrams and examples of images, examine how the light is falling on the subject and reflecting back into the camera.

Light colour temperature will also be explained with a helpful diagram.

Lectures included:

Seeing The Light

Hard Light

Soft Light

Colour Temperature
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Controlling The Light - Creative Photography Composition Masterclass Part 4

Did you know that as a photographer you have the ability to control the light?

That by applying some simple techniques like moving your feet, moving your subject or moving your light, you can change your images in a dramatic way?

By working the scene you have a range of effects you can create in your images which range from dramatic and powerful to intimate and gentle?

Learn To Work The Scene To Become A Master Photographer

To become a master photographer you must learn to work the scene.

In this course you will learn how to move your feet.

As a photographer you are the eyes for the viewer. Wherever you move you are taking your viewer with you. Your perspective becomes their perspective.

In this course we will examine the merits of the following perspectives with illustrative examples:

In front

Behind

From The side

Below Your Subject

Above Your Subject

Birds Eye View

The Ant View

Up Close

Macro View

Far Away

The second method of control is to move your subject. This can range from literally moving the whole subject from one location to another, to getting the subject in the case of a person to move their head subtly or express emotion.

In this course we will examine the effects the following can have when moving our subjects:

Move Your Subject

Simple Background

Providing Context

Creating Disparity

Cropping Backgrounds

Subtle Movements

Displaying Emotions

Dramatic Movements

The last option is to move the light. You will learn about the different effects achieved by the direction of where the light is coming from.

We will go through helpful examples of light direction in the virtual studio to illustrate this.

Lectures included:

Working The Scene

Moving Your Feet

Moving Your Subject

Move Your Light