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Children's Posing Guide

Posted By: groovebeat

Date: 28 Jul 2013 13:32:03

Children are not professional models, nor even enthusiastic about posing. While children are inherently beautiful, they aren’t naturals at sitting still. This creates a hurdle for photographers attempting to capture the personalities of younger, restless subjects. However, it’s not impossible to get a child to pose for the camera — you just have to speak their language.

After more than ten years of shooting, celebrated children's photographer Tamara Lackey has developed a language for effectively communicating with her younger clients. In this 3-day course, you will learn Tamara’s 10-point system designed to secure gorgeous, expressive images — including her formula for building to “the final shot.”

By the end of this workshop, you’ll be armed with a toolkit of tried-and-true methods easily adaptable to your own style of shooting, transforming your children’s photography practice into a seamless workflow.

Instructor: Tamara Lackey
School: Photography
Date: 3 Day Workshop

Session 1 July 10, 2013
Day 1 Pre-Show
9:00 am - Introduction
9:15 am - Posing Rules
11:00 am - Clothing Review - Step 2
11:15 am - Location - Step 3
11:30 am - Mood Management - Step 4
11:45 am - 3 Point Lighting - Step 5
1:00 pm - Technical Settings - Step 6
1:10 pm - Composition & Framing - Step 7 & 8
1:15 pm - Details and Expression/Spirit - Step 9 & 10
1:45 pm - Urban Shoot Challenges
2:00 pm - Photograph Critiques from Students and Audience
3:00 pm - Shoot: Bedroom with Baby Desmond
3:15 pm - Shoot: Bedroom with Alexis
3:30 pm - Shoot: Bedroom with Joseph
3:45 pm - Shoot: Bedroom with Alexis and Mom
Day 1 - Wrap-Up

Session 2 July 11, 2013
Day 2 Pre-Show
9:00 am - Introduction
9:30 am - Composition and Framing
10:15 am - Relationship Dynamics
11:00 am - Park Shoot Challenges
1:00 pm - Critiques of Students and Photo Contest Submissions
1:45 pm - Editing Urban Shoot Photographs in Photoshop
2:45 pm - Shoot: Rooftop with Madeline
3:15 pm - Shoot: Rooftop with Aiden and Angelina
Day 2 Wrap-Up

Session 3 July 12, 2013
Day 3 Pre-Show
9:00 am - Introduction
9:15 am - Shoot: Rooftop with Destyn and Ursula
9:45 am - Shoot: Rooftop with Rowan
Watch
10:00 am - Shoot: Rooftop with Mom and Baby
10:15 am - Shoot: Working with Motion with Destyn
11:00 am - Business Scorecard - Part 1
11:30 am - Business Scorecard - Part 2
1:00 pm - Shoot: Living Room with Ari, Eli, Zoe - Part 1
1:30 pm - Shoot: Living Room - Ari, Eli, Zoe - Part 2
2:00 pm - Shoot: Living Room with Baby Maria and Mom
Thanks + Credits
3:00 pm - Photo Contest Top 20
3:15 pm - Contest Winners
3:30 pm - Workshop Overview & Photographs from Shoots
3:45 pm - Q&A with Tamara and Final Thoughts
Day 3 Wrap-Up

Tamara Lackey

Tamara Lackey is a show host, author, and portrait photographer whose work has been described as "expressive, soulful, funny, beautiful" and has appeared in a multitude of publications and media outlets - from O Magazine, Men's Journal, and Parenting Magazine to ABC's The Martha Stewart Show, ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and NBC's The Today Show. Tamara hosts The reDefine Show, a biweekly web series about the many paths to creative success. She also co-produced and hosted "Inside Contemporary Children's Photography" and the Booklist Editors' award-winning media production, "Capturing Life Through (Better) Photography". Tamara speaks regularly at conventions and shows, teaching a variety of courses on creative entrepreneurship, photography, and work-life balance / lifestyle convergence. The author of five books, her latest two are "Envisioning Family", and "The Posing Playbook". She and her active, beautiful family live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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