Boudoir Photography is a very tasteful and elegant form of glamour photography, which is ever popular with today’s brides to be. This line of photography is also a very rewarding financial add on for the portrait and wedding photographer.

There are many aspects to take in to account when shooting Boudoir photography, only one of which is technical ability. Understanding your client’s needs and making them feel relaxed is the hardest but most important aspect.

Your day is spent in our professional studio learning and re-creating a live client type photo-shoot. You will be taken through various lighting set ups from high key to the moody low key, easy set builds, using props posing advice, composition, basic retouching and using post production software with sales techniques.

10:30am -	Introduction with light refreshments
	How to conduct a pre shoot consultation with client
	Planning your shoot
	Camera settings
	Hi key lighting
	Soft lighting
	Posing techniques and using props
1:00pm	Lunch
2:00pm	Simply to recreate set builds
	Dark and moody low key lighting
	More posing and composition tips
	Viewing, sales and post production software
	Business advice
	Q & A
5:30pm	Close

Camera Requirements:

You will need an SLR camera to part take in this course, arrangements can be made to hire cameras if you don’t own one, please ask when booking. If you have a Compact, Hybrid or Bridge camera you can still take part in this course, however your camera will not have all the functions available to SLR owners, we guarantee to show how to get fantastic pictures with all types of cameras.

Sony Alpha Users
Please bring along a hot shoe adaptor to connect your cameras to the studio flash sync cable, or bring along a Sony flash gun that has manual control. All other manufactures cameras do not need this.

Lens choices:

You will need a lens that will allow you to crop to half length and full length figure. This would ideally be a 24-70mm (Full frame) or 18-55mm (APS size).

Optional extra equipment:

If you have a flash meter, wireless flash triggering system or speed light flash gun please bring these along with you. We can set up your speed light to trigger the studio lights.

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