Creative Live: Jasmine Star Business Course Day 2
It’s been a couple of weeks since Jasmine Star hosted her creative live workshop. I’ve been slacking on posting, but here it is: a wealth of knowledge all stored in one place.
Day two was about about finding your style of photography, and how to deal with clients. Thank you again to Creative Live and the rest of the team, and ofcourse Jasmine herself. Thank you for being so completely transparent about what you do and how you do it. So many up and coming, and professional photographers appreciate it! :)
DAY 2
if you do not stand by that image, you should not give out the picture!
you want pictures on your website, that future clients can relate to and want to be like
you want pictures, of the types of shoots you want to move towards
if your website doesn’t ooze you.. you’re doing it wrong
Finding a photographic Style, Aesthetic + Voice
Use a process of dissection:
Figuring out the how:
* what kind of photos do you like?
* how are they processed?
Figuring out the why: (why do you like these photos)
* the use of natural light
* natural poses instead of high fashion poses
** IF … THEN :
* if you like natural light.. you need to pose outdoors
* if you like natural poses, you need to figure out how to get people into those poses
STYLE + VOICE BUILD A BRAND
* a brand is an experiance
* clients know what to expect ( you have told them over and over what to expect on your blog) and how to expect it ( tag in facebook)
You will get fabulous photos by:
* creating confident subjects
* educating them
* teaching them how to pose
* giving them a good time
* showing up and performing
let the client choose the location. let them have a part of the shoot, it shares the onus. Ask questions like: what do you do on the weekends? where do you enjoy going? THE ART OF CONFIDENCE
* i needed to create a photo that possessed the power to have the subjects and viewers see past insecurities
* if someone is uncomfy with their nose, your not going to take a profile shot of them kissing, you will take a 3/4 of them laughing, because it’s about the emotion
* it is your job to squash what clients are not comfortable with about their bodies, and highlight the parts that they are comfortable with
* it is your job to get good photos. if the client looks awkward.. that is your fault. you need to create confidence! you need to put them at ease!
* create a conversation – isn’t it a great day? how was traffic?
* release them from responsibility – you just have fun, and enjoy, it’s my job to make you look beautiful
* manage expectations – yes we can shoot on this bright sunny log, but it might not turn out.
* take suggestions – i shoot digital, if you have ideas, great, if not, its not me wasting film
* previsualization – have ideas for poses that you want to try
HOW TO PREVIUALIZE
* think of ideas in advance
* sketch on a notepad
* collect magazine ads
* create actions for your clients
* tell a story to narrate ideas – ppl are throwing rice, and your running out of the church holding hands
WEDDINGS:
* being in control is tantamount to being succesful on the wedding day
Communication
* 5-6 weeks before wedding get timeline
* first look : tell the bride to get ready 30 min before. Something always goes wrong. There are 10 thousand buttons etc
25 min to shoot bridal party
fam photos 25min
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THE PERMISSION TO FEEL BEAUTIFUL: you are gorgeous, you’re beautiful, bring it on! let me see it!
Easter: Chocolate overloads, and sugar crashes.
I know… I know..
I am horribly late in posting. Easter was last month. Suffice it to say that I am a part time blogger.. at best. I would say that I have had personal things to deal with lately.. but even that argument doesn’t hold water. I didn’t post all that regularly when my private life was peachy keen.
Either way.. we managed to get the whole family together for Easter, and I was pretty excited! :) My sister Mel and her wonderful daughter Gracie came up for the holdiay, and we even managed to sneek in a Belly Shoot for her! ( More on that another post).
When easter finally rolled around, we had quite the gathering. My parents, Brian and I, Mel and Gracie, and my other sister Miriam and her family.
There were six children in total. Seven if you count me! :) I’m a big kid at heart.. and always make sure the easter bunny knows that I will be participating in the egg hunt! :) Might as well get to feed my sweet tooth on official occassions so I don’t feel quite as guilty about it the next day! hehe
Here’s a few pics that I managed to snap during the day. Hope you like them, and that they make up for being a month late. I hope everyone else had as great of a holiday as I did! Hopefully you spent it with loved ones!
My Nephew Jayson was waiting anxiously by the window for the easter egg hunt to begin! I love how this shot turned out. All thanks to the gorgeous window lighting! :) 
The Easter bunny is cruel at my house! He color matches!
Or he hides things above eye level ;) 
Gracie had to empty her basket a couple of times throughout the search.. there were WAY to many eggs for such little baskets!
This.. is my darling niece Kaitlyn! She is adorable.. and I love her. Oh .. and I also love backlighting! :) 
