From the course: Portrait Photography: High School Seniors
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Understanding the business of senior portraits
From the course: Portrait Photography: High School Seniors
Understanding the business of senior portraits
- You may not be a professional photographer, but it never hurts to act like one. And I have a few tips here to help you make your project run smoothly. I'm gonna start out with the shot list. I think the shot list is very important, even on a simple portrait shoot. Now, for a wedding, of course, you have to have a shot list, 'cause there are so many different events. But even for a portrait shoot, they come in handy, because you're a photographer, not a mind reader, and you need to know what your client expects from the shoot. So I just interview them, and it could be at a coffee shop, it could be on the phone, and just jot down some of the shots that they want to make sure they get during our session. Then I put those in a email, send it back to them, say, are we on the same page here? Once I get that response, then I know that they and I are thinking about the same sort of poses during the session. So I think a shot list is very helpful. Another thing that I like is the agreement…
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