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What makes a portrait look professional?

What gives a photo value?

Your Shooting Recipe 1. Light 2. Location 3. Pose/Styling 4. Technical decisions 5. Expression/Finer details

1 Choose your light

Locate window. Shoot next to it.

Big sliding glass doors in front of subject

Window above head of subject

Window up left, white walls to bounce light around

Three sash windows to the right, girls standing on desk

Egg light

2 Choose your location in the light

But where do you choose?

Eggs to the north

Eggs to the north

Eggs to the south

3 Pose/Styling

Rule of Thirds

The Rule of Thirds

For ideas on posing kids, just Google: Ideas for posing children

The Colour Wheel

Look at the children’s fashion blogs Fluxlings Smudgetikka Babiekins Milk Pirouette Little Style Fix Hide & Go (Style) Papier Mache Now & Then

www. design-seeds. com

4 Make technical decisions

“Creative” settings

“Professional” settings Ax = Aperture Priority Tx = Time Exposure Priority M = Manual

Apertures

F 5. 6 F 8. 0 F 11 F 16

F 5. 6 F 8. 0 F 11 F 16

1/60 second

1/125 second

1/250 second

1/500 second

Olloclip

Fisheye

Normal vs wide

Macro x 10

Macro x 15

Lens choice Telephoto (>50 mm)= Portraiture Wide angle (<50 mm)= landscape Macro (100 mm)= Macro/Still life

5 Get expression/fine tune

Getting EXPRESSION

Getting EXPRESSION

Getting EXPRESSION

Food photography tricks - Add sugar to champagne to make it bubble - To make ice cream that doesn’t melt, make mashed potatoes & add food colouring

Food photography tricks - Brush olive oil on for sheen - Use whisked egg whites for froth on drinks that won’t collapse

Food/still life photographers to watch Jonathan Gregson Ida Frosk Sarka Babicka

Create a look/brand that’s unique to you

Can you guess the blogger?

Can you guess the blogger? Emily Quinton from www. makelight. io

An Egg Done Six Ways

Delia set up

Heston set up

Gwyneth set up

Annabel set up

Jamie set up

Nigella set up

Shot on i. Phone

Shot on DSLR

Shoot an Egg Challenge Shoot an egg in your style – and then show us. #britmumsegg

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