How To Get Started In Portrait Photography
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The TIMING for this video is PERFECT. THANK YOU so much for this.
This is what I have a problem with.. I want to do portraits and I asked friends some ignored me and some said yes. But the ones that said yes I kind of don’t want to because then I’ll feel like it’ll be like a hey you owe me type of thing or a I’m helping you out type of thing so I’ll feel like I’m in their debt. So thank you for your insight
I would start off asking coworkers, and family if that's an option
Attend weddings and give your card to bridesmaids who look like they could be an advantage as samples of your work.
My biggest break was filling in for an ill photogapher who was booked so shoot stills for an actor workshop with120 actors, 85% females and ended up having private sessions for 27 of them.
The real money I made in photography however was by accident decades ago. I had a large recording studio,a 3 studio complex and in breaks or serious or very light moments my always ready film camera was nearby so a candid tense discussion in a dark corner between the producer and singer was captured by my black and white film and I would develop at home and the best ones were pinned on the message board next to the control room entrance door. They really captured the mood of difference days of the typical album recording length of 3-4 months of daily work. Soon artists or the record label started requesting copies and gave them permission to use them, until I discovered those candid photos were worth a lot. I started asking for a modest fixed amount for license but found record labels did not want to pay anything but instead wanted to offer royalties so it if did not sell, the artist made nothing and and royalties for photo license also were not paid. But if the album sold well, the license fee would kick in taken from the artists royalties. Ok, I agreed to that. The first royalty check for 3 photos used in the liner notes was enough for a new Maserati Bora mid engine GT. We were a major studio, with 197 gold and platinum albums so managing those licensing contracts became a full time job for a new manager. The checks for each photo came ever 6 months, reaching millions of dollars. That cut way back when CDs came out because they were so easy to copy, one purchased CD made dozens of copies for friends or sales really dropped. My studio had a run of 9years when every Billboard chart had one or more of our records in the top 10. A few months we had 6 of the top 10 songs.
I moved to another country after record industry collapsed in my first retirement at age51 but being idle was not my thing so started other businesses and one being photography
i can tell you are a good guy with integrity. thanks for the videos mate
Best part of your experience and knowledge is your willingness to share it. Cheers bro!
definitely found my love for portraits last year and wanting to do more and more
You explain things really well, love the videos man
appreciate mate ... videos like this are way better than the all technical stuffs
Appreciate you bro. You are absolutely right about everything.
Love this, perfect timing! Someone dmed me to ask for advice on this and I sent him a handful of your older videos. I’ll def send this new vid to him!!
Thanks for the honest insights!
Thanks for the inspiration
I just bought my second camera, finally one with which I can switch lenses and I can't wait to diversify my portfolio.
Thank you for this!
You always create such a mood for creativity.
Great video! Very helpful!
Thank you, very usefull! 🙂
incredibly helpful bro! I actually have another TFP shoot tonight, definitely feel myself getting better with each one.
Resilience!!❤❤❤
Very helpful thoughts!
Great advice 🙌
This is great advice!
I have only been photographing models for about two years now. My actually first model was an actual model that Michael Sasser did a session with...I actually took the advice what Alex (Liquidvere) said in her editing/teaching courses by actually hiring models and paying them their rates.
nice tips
Hey there! What are you guys riding when filming your workout?
Also, great vid! Thanks for sharing 😊😊😊
You know what I’m new to photography just bought my first camera. I thought portrait photography was taking pictures of art work or pictures of pictures on a wall 😂!
Excellent tips. I've got to reach out to those agencies to get more portrait gigs.
hey @mitch what are you using for that digital moodboard? =)
what is the best zoom portrait lens for sony fullformat?
what focal length you mostly use?
What app do you use for mood boards
Great video: I learned how to market to get clients, how to price my photography, and how to exploit profitable niches. 😏
Thank you for a great advices! Greetings from Russia)
Can you do a video explaining why you switched to Fuji as main camera? If that’s true. Or do you still shoot Sony and canon for portraits and video as well?
tbh I’m a little tired of talking about camera brand vs camera brand - I’d rather share the stuff that matters which is what you’re actually taking photos of.
@@MitchLally true I hear ya. So many vids are just comparing these days. Fair enough. But u do shoot Fuji now correct? Do you like the film sims and crop more than canon ff or Sony ff? Is the video really that good?
I completely agree about not obsessing about gear, and especially about technical aspects of gear ... But having said that, I'm still going to ask 🙂 what camera and lens or lenses did you use for the footage of the model which starts at about 32 seconds in the video, and the footage of the same model which starts at about 3.25? I like that footage a lot! (And no, I'm not implying that the gear deserves the credit rather than the person using it!)
I used the Sony a7iv on that footage. Stabilised with catalyst browse!
@@MitchLally Well, it looks good to me! May I ask what lens or lenses you used? I'm curious as I like the bokeh.
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@@MitchLallyThank you! And thank you for the tips in the video. Great to see a video focusing on practical tips for getting great photos rather than talking about portrait photography as if all there is to it is having a wide aperture lens and blurring the background to oblivion.
Great video as usual. What's the moodboard app pls ? :)
That’s milanote!
Studio shooting gets stressful as models are almost always late or simply don’t show up
Stop using unprofessional models. The serious ones are pros and feel responsible for a session to succeed. I have never had one flake because the know they will never be called again.
Ive been doing this professionally for 20 years and have had models flake on very well paid shoots and shoots for major publications. It happens. All part of the business. I would suggest only working with agency represented models and avoid social media models at all costs. Agency models have accountability and an agency will drop them for no shows. Social media models are the exact opposite.
@@michaelbell75 That depends on who you are trying to message/not all models on IG are actual models. You have to pay attention to the postings that's on their page...I live in Hawaii currently which are full of models and you can tell which are actually models/non models. Look for emails/tags of photo taker ect..All of my models I have photographed have came from IG emails/DMs. Also, going out into the city just taking street photos could also land you a photo gig too. And I am no pro either..
Don't you have a viewfinder in your camera? 😂😢😅😊