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Speedlight Demo

Lesson 21 from: Children and Family Photography

Tamara Lackey

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Lesson Info

21. Speedlight Demo

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Lessons

Class Trailer

Day 1

1

Simple Posing: Young Girl

18:36
2

Simple Posing:Young Boy

18:30
3

Group Posing: Two Girls

17:59
4

Backlit Shots: One Girl

08:58
5

Shooting in the Shade

08:24
6

Using the Rule of Thirds

03:35
7

Review of Selected Images

07:20
8

Working with Self Consciousness

09:20
9

Training to Photograph Authentically

19:06
10

Talking Through Self Consciousness with Subject

18:06
11

ProFoto Strobes: 2 Light Sources with Pre-Teen Model

09:55
12

Stylize and Prep for a Shoot

16:27
13

Simple Family Poses

06:01
14

Use Props and Backdrops During Family Posing

08:48
15

Family of 5 Indoor Couch Scene

26:32
16

Natural Light and Strobes

24:49
17

Image Review of Family Photos

07:25
18

Use the Right Light for the Right Occasion

16:04
19

Ice Light Demo

08:01
20

Constant Lights Demo

08:38
21

Speedlight Demo

07:18
22

TTL Demo

09:20
23

Reflector Demo

05:24

Day 2

24

Pose Children in a field

16:58
25

Build on your shots

18:41
26

Capture Motion in a Wide Open Field

19:42
27

Capture Splashing in a Lake

20:20
28

Photograph Movement with Fast Moving Subjects

08:13
29

Top Tips: #1 Simplify The Shot

22:05
30

Top Tips: #2 Small Posing Shifts for Maximum Effects

17:01
31

Top Tips: #3 Direct The Feel & Energy

05:47
32

Top Tips: #4 Be the Destination

06:12
33

Top Tips: #5 Mix it Up. Vary Everything

05:22
34

Top Tips Q&A

03:50
35

Family poses in a field

22:03
36

Posing: Family of 5

25:32
37

Dads and Daughter Family Shoot in Field

18:08
38

Posing: Parent/Child Pairings

17:14
39

Why Tamara Was Drawn to Family Photography: Beautiful Together

19:17
40

Adoption Interview with Vicki Taufer

21:16
41

Lackey Family Adoption Experience: FAQs

36:16

Day 3

42

Tamara's Gear: Cameras

08:43
43

Tamara's Gear: Lenses

17:06
44

Tamara's Gear: Accessories

08:26
45

Mylio Demo

26:27
46

Digital Album Design

12:21
47

Sales Prep Process

24:30
48

Photo Review With Client

37:30
49

Selected Images and how to sell them

07:08
50

Closing out the Sale

04:56
51

Professional Photography Pricing

19:23
52

Start Your Business

28:39
53

How to Market Yourself

24:33
54

How to Stay Inspired

02:06
55

Photoshoot Recap

12:31
56

Tamara's Top Tips Recap

12:56
57

Tamara's Tools Recap

19:30
58

The Importance of Family Photography

04:51

Lesson Info

Speedlight Demo

The light speed light's pretty straightforward who here is not used to speed light I think a lot of you've used it yes no no who wants their next model there's no option you have to do it okay, good come on up um just to show you a couple things the so the speed like the easiest thing in the world and this is what I do in quite homes all the time is bounced it off a feeling or wall there's two considerations here in this specific space this ceiling is really high and uh it's not going to do well for us this is the kind of feeling you get a lot when you're shooting weddings and you're in bars like we could move over to the brick wall and bounce it against the brick wall that will be helpful I'm going to see um immediate response with the color balance so I'm gonna bounce it against that red wall and I'm gonna get a really red warm light come back that's what you see a lot also in exposed brick kind of locations let's just walk over there and do that for two seconds and then I'm going to...

show you just a simple way tio defuse the light so you just got out lean against that again we're not goingto be crazy about opposing I'm gonna go ahead and switch my white balance to flash just to help mitigate the toning and you feel what amazing wonderful wonderful not a problem I'm bouncing it this way, huh? And then um gonna back up here I'm gonna do two shots but your face is just a chin a little bit more towards me. Okay? Uh whoa started back in my book that's a stain ball like, right? Yeah, that that is a life that is not optimal light were going to explain why in a couple seconds two things one I am right here on this and so what I have is with simulate that flash drop off like you got that tiny little tinny like that pops up on your camera you have a really harsh burst of light and it falls off really quick that's kind of what we're having here is because I'm not giving it much room to balance or fall you can actually watch look at me and watch this light real quick why do that again? I know I'm just making you just get up here and do this watch watch how the light the quick burst of it and what it lights first what it's doing? Do you see how quick burst and it lights right out there so now I'm gonna go back out a little bit too this again you're doing beautifully again we're not working on lighting imposing but it starts becoming more even it really is blasting out my right eye you can see how we're working more towards it what did I tell you what's gonna happen when you bounce it against a red brick wall yeah so you're gonna have to correct for that with white balance while you're shooting but come over here and let's make this a lot easier go ahead and sit on the chair and I would not use an additional bounce of any sort if I had a nice low white ceiling not even low like a simple white feeling that you wouldn't normally find most clients home and that's a lot of what I d'oh is use that to get exactly what we talked about the uh flash under ten thousand um we can throw this guy on just make it really easy and show you what I would use in turning into a soft box and I met a detail mode on camera two whoa no not look that not that I didn't adjust when I moved that's all me that's one hundred percent me leave it up there for a while let's show what not to dio uh that was me okay ready hold on this guy have a little outfit like the copy clothing I talked about you wrap around front that I'm trying to ignore bother doing it I already put it up there okay here we go I love how you're staying with me here this is fabulous a question that had come can you tell us again what that flash bender you what that what that bender is yes this is the I was teasingly calling it the flesh better two thousand it's national the flash bender to um buy robe thank you yes and actually has the ability to use it as a soft backs too about the light you can even use it as a snoot this was introduced to me walk through by my social jess she was showing me all the way she uses it I tend to bounce most of time um but then you can use this to kind of dress it I'm asked does it matter if you use spot meter or matrix etcetera when you're using that because it used oh I usually do that with this scene I'll just follow the same rules you know? So it's kind of what I'm looking at and then um something and just bounce it this little outfit on this is the thing is it let me show you this real quick is it? I realize my box camera it bends so you can bend and sort it and kind of create the situation you want in terms of your lighting um this is probably for me the reason I would put something on is when we're out in the field you guys are going to see that tomorrow and there is nothing to balance again and for the longest time I shot with the mets you guys over the mets flash I shot with the mets flash and the reason for it was again back to simplicity of lighting that had a strip on the front where when you every single time the flashman off a burst of light came out of it freddy met slash fans out there we'll speak to it but what was great about that was that enabled you teo constantly have a pop full flush no matter what you do so I'd be out of the park photographing a family putting it right up into the sky and then have that just like a little burst of light come out and it would mimic phil flash but anybody drove by would be like what is she bouncing again against all right and then daniel do you want to grab the thea other one says we're doing this okay uh the pro photo strobes that we've got a lot going on it's not just me right uh they're all right let's put this little baby back on and I'm just simply again using this as a bounce bure doing so well so patient I really appreciate it all right she's just a hair beautiful miss their ugo um so this would be a nice soft way to wrap it around and get the light you want regardless of what kind of ceiling situation you have

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a Creativelive Student
 

Thank yo Tamara Lackey and Creative Live for such an amazing course. Every tool that is needed to maintain a successful business is in this course. Tamara's appreciation for love and family are so apparent in her style of interaction with people and methods of photographing them. In this class she shares everything from the basics of connecting with your clients to the importance of in person sales sessions and how to do them without being uncomfortable. I love Tamara's energy and sense of humor. She really emphasizes how important it is to be self confident and love what you do. This class is amazing. I can barely sit still through a movie these days, but I was entranced through 3 consecutive days of highly valuable information. I am thankful to have this class in my CL library. I am sure I will refer to it often.

Abbeylynne
 

Thank you! Thank you for bringing Tamara back to Creative Live! She is one of my favorite teachers! She has a bubbly effervescence as she teaches. I like her teaching style and never tire of her message in photography. Tamara has a way of working with her models/ clients that makes you want to just jump through the screen to participate in the process! Her portrait stories share her zest for life. She has great business ideas as well as for life and family. A truly balanced instructor for the beginning photog as well as a seasoned professional. Refreshing concepts about how to deal with challenging situations with lighting, posing, and interaction with her families. It's hard to pick a favorite section - the entire class was just great! A wonderful resource for your library to refer back to time and again. Keep up the great work Tamara. You inspire me to get out and shoot!

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What can I say- it's Tamara Lackey, so of course it was AMAZING! I learned so much, about relationships, self awareness, lighting, portraiture, posing, gear, marketing, products, I could just go on and on. Tamara has an incredible ability to truly connect with her clients (and her students)- and she taught us how to do it! I admire Tamara on so many levels and I appreciate how much of herself and her own business practices she was willing to share. Her new organization Beautiful Together is inspiring. I will be watching this course over and over. Thank you Tamara Lackey and thank you CreativeLive.

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