CreativeLive Seminar: Roberto Valenzula Location, Posing, Execution
Dec 30, 2012 07:57:42 #
I've been hooked on watching the free Creative Live seminars that have been going on all week...and I came across a name I've never heard of: Roberto Valenzula.
His seminar was about making the most out of your location, pose and technique. I was amazed at his easy way of communicating his ideas and how many "lightbulbs" went on in my head while watching this excerpt....so I purchased it.
The format is that he goes through the process of setting up a portrait shoot, then has several students who try and implement his teaching from the "chalkboard" area. They go through the materials in real time...he corrects them...adjusts what they are doing, they discuss what errors they are making and what improvements can be made, then they produce shots that are really good....it's VERY well done. He's a really good teacher.
He explains how to "see" locations within other locations that yield great portraits.
They are running a special that runs out tomorrow...its' $119.00 for 3 day seminar of HD videos and materials.
It's well worth it...
Here is the sample:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=r13XGAnGSD0
Here is one tip that I found very useful and that I'd like to implement:
He says that your background should have very few differing color values so as not to distract from the subject...they should be similar in value and color...i.e. earth tones...or blueish...etc.
If you have something in the background that "doesn't fit" (red bus) then it will distract even if you blur the photo.
He suggests that when you are taking a portrait, before you snap the shutter, you blur the lens and count the different color "blobs"...if you have more than 3 colors (not shades of the same color...light brown, dark brown..), OR they are too similar in value to your subject, then you need to shift subject or camera position.
Interesting.
His seminar was about making the most out of your location, pose and technique. I was amazed at his easy way of communicating his ideas and how many "lightbulbs" went on in my head while watching this excerpt....so I purchased it.
The format is that he goes through the process of setting up a portrait shoot, then has several students who try and implement his teaching from the "chalkboard" area. They go through the materials in real time...he corrects them...adjusts what they are doing, they discuss what errors they are making and what improvements can be made, then they produce shots that are really good....it's VERY well done. He's a really good teacher.
He explains how to "see" locations within other locations that yield great portraits.
They are running a special that runs out tomorrow...its' $119.00 for 3 day seminar of HD videos and materials.
It's well worth it...
Here is the sample:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=r13XGAnGSD0
Here is one tip that I found very useful and that I'd like to implement:
He says that your background should have very few differing color values so as not to distract from the subject...they should be similar in value and color...i.e. earth tones...or blueish...etc.
If you have something in the background that "doesn't fit" (red bus) then it will distract even if you blur the photo.
He suggests that when you are taking a portrait, before you snap the shutter, you blur the lens and count the different color "blobs"...if you have more than 3 colors (not shades of the same color...light brown, dark brown..), OR they are too similar in value to your subject, then you need to shift subject or camera position.
Interesting.
Dec 30, 2012 10:58:56 #
Wow...another amazing nugget of information from Roberto:
"you wouldn't expect a concert musician to come to a gig without being a MASTER of his craft, but photographers seem to think that they can "learn on the job" and pull it off.
If that's your style, be prepared to spend the next 30 years being at the same level you are at now, and when the economy tanks, you will go out of business and you will blame it on the economy not yourself, when it was your fault.
IF you put in the work to distinguish your photography CLEARLY above others, and you are so good at your craft, then the state of the economy won't matter, people will need what you do...you will get jobs and you will continue in business."
Wow.
"you wouldn't expect a concert musician to come to a gig without being a MASTER of his craft, but photographers seem to think that they can "learn on the job" and pull it off.
If that's your style, be prepared to spend the next 30 years being at the same level you are at now, and when the economy tanks, you will go out of business and you will blame it on the economy not yourself, when it was your fault.
IF you put in the work to distinguish your photography CLEARLY above others, and you are so good at your craft, then the state of the economy won't matter, people will need what you do...you will get jobs and you will continue in business."
Wow.
Dec 31, 2012 10:26:48 #
I have been studying this stuff for 5 years know and I am just scratching the surface. I learn something every day.
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