Professional Portrait Photography
One of the most fascinating and challenging area of photography is photographing Portraits.
Learn how to shoot efficiently outdoor, harnessing natural light.
(Model: Jean Thor. Photo courtesy of: Braendan Yong for Cocorich International)
Learn how to pose your subjects. Get tips on how identifying a subject's 'photogenic-side'.
(Model: Jeslyn Lee. Photo courtesy of: Andrew Boey for Cocorich International)
Participants will be taught how to style & pose a portrait subject.
(Model: Catherine. Photo by: Jonathan Yong)
In this half-day workshop, participants will be taught how to:
- identify the subject's facial structure and categorize them into 3 major categories
- understand how to emphasize or de-emphasize the facial characteristic of the subject
- choose the correct lighting style for the shoot
- identify the 'beautiful-side' and the 'photogenic-side' of any subject
- effectively pose the subject with the correct poses that portray good and positive body language
- understand how to shoot in natural lighting
- shoot with a single light source and still achieve studio quality portraits
- understand the various lights used in studio shoots (key lights, fill lights, profile lights, hair lights, contrast lights, etc)
- understand the styles of lights commonly used in portraiture (Rembrandt lighting, butterfly lighting, loop lighting, paramount lighting, hi-def lighting, single-source lighting, etc)
- choose the correct shoot concept for the subject: lifestyle, beauty, luxury, fashion, etc
Learn how to conceptualize stunning studio portraits using multiple studio lights.
(Model: Catherine. Photo by: Jonathan Yong)
Over the years, Nikonian Academy has built somewhat of a culture-of-excellence where we feature Beauty Queens with prestigious pageant titles as main models for this particular workshop. The followings are Beauty Queens that we have featured before in previous classes.
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Modeling for the 20th October 2009 class is the lovely reigning champion, Thanuja Ananthan.
She's the current Miss World Malaysia 2009/2010.
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Modeling for the 20th October 2009 class is the multi-talented Soo Wincci.
Soo is Miss World Malaysia 2008/2009.
She's also a successful singer and an actress. |
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Modeling for the 4th October 2009 class is Natalie Lee. Nicole is the 1st Runner up winner of Miss Malaysia Chinatown International 2006. Natalie's also won Miss Popularity and Miss Beautiful Eyes.
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Nicole Sia is the 1st Runner up winner of Miss Malaysia Model of the World in 2008. She is one of the models for our Portrait Photography classes.
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Fees: RM250 per pax
Duration: 4 hours (1 hour theory and 3 hours practical). Practical session is conducted indoor/studio and outdoor too.
Models: Professional models will be hired, with a healthy ratio of 1 model to every 4 or 5 participants.
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