TUITION: USD$1399

COURSE FEE INCLUDES: Class instruction, Double Occupancy hotel room shared with another student, DINNER Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, LUNCH Monday through Thursday, BREAKFAST Friday, Awards BANQUET, Parties, ALL schoolwide events, extracurricular activities and photo sessions, all taxes, tips and gratuities, 2 PPA merits and 5 PPA CEUs, group photo, fun, friendship, and a whole lot more to make the entire experience priceless!

SKILL LEVEL

Students should have a good understanding of aperture, shutter speed and ISO. Students will learn how to perfect straight-out-of-the-camera images using available light (reflector, strobes and natural light).

PREREQUISITES

DSLR camera. Newborn photography lenses: either 35mm or 50mm or 85mm. Maternity photography lenses: 85mm, 135mm or 70-200mm. You are more than welcome to bring other lenses too (e.g. 24-70mm, 200mm or macro lens 100mm  or 105mm).

Basic knowledge of ACR/Lightroom and Photoshop

SUBJECTS

• TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE

Lenses and focal lengths

Camera settings

Natural light, studio light, continuous light and equipment

Metering for correct exposure

Photoshop post-production (retouching, composites, overlays etc)

• MATERNITY

Maternity Poses – Single, couple, family

Creative maternity photography ideas, composition and styling

Studio and outdoor – how to shoot in the studio and outdoor. Learn to shoot in sun, shade and overcast days

• NEWBORN

Basic newborn poses – baby, parent-baby, sibling-baby

Advanced newborn posing –  composites, specialty props (e.g branch, dreamcatchers, etc)

• PHOTOSHOP POST-PRODUCTION

RAW adjustments

Retouching

Composites

Overlays

• MARKETING

Pricing Strategies

Promotion Strategies – Website, Social Media, Advertising

Business Process