From the course: Portrait Photography: High School Seniors
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Work with portable stands and backdrops
From the course: Portrait Photography: High School Seniors
Work with portable stands and backdrops
- A lot of senior portraits these days don't require the traditional backdrop and the, you know, all that stuff. They get to shoot 'em outside. But some schools do have certain requirements. And in fact, normally, when you're a junior, the students get a packet in the mail that sort of outlines how that all works. You wanna make sure that you have a chance to look at that if, indeed, they did receive that. So if there are any backdrop requirements, you know what they are. Now if you do have to shoot with a backdrop, or if the student wants a backdrop, it's not that big a deal. I mean, this is actually a fairly affordable sort of thing. The stand that's behind me there, you can get those for about $65, and up, of course, and photography is always up, but you can get 'em for about $65. This is the same stand I had back at my studio. It's very portable, you can carry it around. Now I like to use two types of material for my backdrops. One is a muslin, and I have a couple different…
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Understanding the minimum space requirements for a studio shoot2m 25s
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Work with portable stands and backdrops2m 43s
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Pose and photograph female subjects7m 21s
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Discussing the interior shoot expectations with a student4m 35s
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Pose and photograph a male subject8m 36s
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Work with continuous lights vs. strobes2m 53s
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