Portrait Course - Mango Photography

During the one day intensive course you will cover various aspects of portrait photography in the studio and on location which will enable you to gain experience and confidence with your equipment.

We will teach you how to set up different lighting rigs for different effects and then introduce various models throughout the day to build your portfolio of work.

We also cover post editing techniques to enhance your images and monitor calibration to ensure you are viewing them correctly on screen before you send your images to print.

We can supply cameras on the day if required subject to availability,

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"Many thanks for the course on Monday, both me and Jayne thoroughly enjoyed it. As I haven't got much experience in photography I thought it might be difficult, yet you explained it really clearly and although I have a lot to learn, you really motivated me" - Tracy Meredith

Dates Available: (maximum of 4 people per course)

Course Layout (lunch and refreshments provided)

am: Indoor portraits

Introduction into colour management and monitor calibration.
Presenting your work to clients.
Setting up your own business
Introduction into studio equipment required for portrait photography.
Understanding lighting and measuring correct exposures using a flash meter.

Practical photo session: Using a model we will set up various studio lighting equipment and shoot different styles and effects including Hi and Low key.

Lunch

pm: Location portraits

Practical photo session: Working on location we will show you how to photograph portraits using available light and flash to create various effects like the photo of Tyrone below.

At the end of the day we will demonstrate how to enhance your photos using a combination of Photoshop and Lightroom; finally using the calibrated monitor from the morning session we will print out a finished photo.