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Lesson Info
4. Welcome to the workshop
Lessons
M0 - Introductions
1Series Introduction
01:30 2Introducing Finn Beales
01:34 3Q&A Coffee With Finn & Alex
09:48 4Welcome to the workshop
02:31 5Gear
06:56M1 - Storytelling 101
6What is a story?
03:50Essence: Location
05:19 8Essence: Character
03:52 9Essence: Events
04:51 10Photography as a Medium
02:27 11Recap
00:44 12The Importance of Shot Type
08:53M2 - Prepare For Success
13Prepare for Success
00:59 14Asking The Right Questions
05:18 15Identifying Your Locations
03:27 16Developing Treatments & Mood Boards
07:19 17Creating a Call Sheet & Shot List
04:59M3 - SHOOT
18Meeting Your Subjects
04:19 19The Board Room
10:12 20Location Recce
05:24 21The Roadtrip
06:13 22Surf Day
06:14 23Shooting Technique 1: 50 & Stitch
07:13 24Shooting Technique 2: Tracking Shot
05:36 25Alex Shoot Day
13:36M4 - Edit. Better.
26Introduction to Editing
03:21 27Making Selects
08:52 28Grading in Lightroom
09:15 29Analog Film Elements Using the Exposure Plugin
09:58 30Building the Story
10:59 31Using Squarespace to Display Your Work
08:55M5 - Q&A
32Q&A: Q&A: Editing
25:44 33Q&A: Pricing Your Work
22:36 34Q&A: Shooting
33:20 35Q&A: Photography Today
24:17 36Stuff That Alex is Curious About
14:38Outro
37Alex
02:09 38Finn
01:12 39What Alex Learned
02:12 40Bonus: Finishing Touches in Photoshop
13:04Lesson Info
Welcome to the workshop
So, the format for this workshop, is following me on a real world commercial assignment. My client is a company called Coolnvintage, they're based here in Portugal, and they specialize in taking old Land Rovers, restoring them, and making them drive like nearly new, lets say nearly new. They're absolutely beautiful machines, but I don't want this to be a pure car shoot, I want to show you how to incorporate product into a wider story that engages with your audience, especially on platforms like Instagram, you've seen it before too, watches, it doesn't really do much for me. I don't think that's the best way to go about things, I think it's a disservice to self, to followers, and the brand, much better to build a story around that product, make it engaging, use it as an opportunity, to expand your portfolio, it will come back to you, in terms of increased engagement, increased followers, new clients. I'm going to peel back the layers to my entire process, and give you a step by step app...
roach, that you can follow and incorporate into your own workflow. How do I prepare for a shoot, how do I produce a shoot, how do I execute it, and then, how do I post produce the shoot, how do I edit? I edit according to my client, I will look at the history, the backstory of my client, look at old posters, type faces, all of these things will form inspiration, in terms of how I approach the shoot. I think it's important to understand who you're working for before you execute. You can always put your twist on things, but tipping back into your client's story, and where they've come from, will make the whole product more cohesive. So the ultimate goal for a photographer, is to get paid for their work, got to pay the mortgage, the rent, whatever, so having a real world commercial shoot at the center of this workshop, was pretty key for me. So to recap, we have a real world commercial shoot, we will prepare for it, we will produce it, shoot it, edit it, and deliver it, all with you guys, embedded in the journey. (bright outro music plays)
Class Materials
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Ratings and Reviews
Brent Morris
Fantastic My thoughts on the storytelling workshop. The short is; it’s fantastic. The long is I loved all the details covered, from shot types and the ideas behind them to the call sheets and shot lists, and the whole process. I felt like I had a better understanding of how to schedule a professional shoot and I really felt like I had a much better grasp on many ideas and concepts, and I believe I’ve been able to improve my photography with them, so thank you and Finn. It really is fantastic.
Oswaldo Martinez
A path to better stories Very happy I got this workshop. Finn and Alex do a great job at teaching highly useful methods and specific advice to help you improve your own work, and more importantly, tell better stories that are meaningful to you.
Tommaso Selleri
Simply the best This is simply the best workshop out there on photography and storytelling. Finn is awe inspiring and so real and authentic. A pleasure to watch, a joy to learn from such master. I really hope a volume 2 is coming soon! Thank you for this one!