
This course helps intermediate to advanced fitness photographers build a strong portfolio to attract paying clients, market their work, and shoot powerful images quickly on a budget.
Here I will introduce you to some low cost equipment that I use. These are only what I use, however you should always remember my moto :- "Find a way to work and make money with what you have until you can buy what you need".
Appearance - Please look the part when entering the fitness arena.
The pros and cons of working with magazines
The pros and cons of working with Sports teams & Commercial Retailers
Master essential business practices for freelance photography: quote criteria, protect image rights, and never give unedited images, ensuring sustainable client relationships.
All that is required is 3 inexpensive speed-lights to produce quality commercial work for a small business.
Shoot in a dark gym with low angles and jump-off-box tricks to make athletes look athletic, adjust hand position, and apply post-processing for a gritty look.
This is a fully comprehensive video on a shoot done with an amazing bodybuilder, who wanted shots for his modeling portfolio. Here I will go through everything from light setup, equipment used, scouting ideas, use of colored gels, posing instructions, use of products and mood and more.
Explore a Camera Raw and Photoshop workflow for fitness photography, adjusting exposure, contrast, and vibrance, and using cloning, content-aware fill, and dodge tools to clean a white background.
In this Photoshop and Camera Raw workflow, straighten the bodybuilder image, create a reflection on the ground against a white background, flip it vertically, and fine-tune with opacity and brushes.
Discover a beach volleyball shoot from a fitness photographer's perspective, using a single flash for dramatic skies, and learn Photoshop techniques to remove distractions with clone and content-aware tools.
A detail look at a shoot conducted in a desert area at sunrise. working with two models and the Editor of the Magazine and a Health supplement company on set.
A very quick dramatic action shoot conducted in the desert at sunrise with just one light. This is another example of how to make great images with very little equipment. All you need is a great athlete, a beautiful landscape a TTL high speed sync light and some good communication skills for your athlete.
This is an in depth photography course teaching you the fundamentals of fitness photography. An intermediate to advance photographer who understands off camera lighting will gain much more from this course than a beginner. You should have an understanding of basic camera setting, lens types, aperture controls, remote flash triggering. I will demonstrate how to produce great work with the least expensive equipment and to do it quickly to save time.
We will cover, the fundamentals of lighting athletes for drama, action or art, essentially to either highlight his or her physique to sell themselves, a product or a business. Also covered will be some basic marketing techniques that I use to get athletes to work with me and how you can get started. There will be assignments involving submitting work from an athlete you convince to shoot with you using the lighting or posing techniques I recommended.
At the end of the course you should be able to produce expressive photos with little effort and also start building a new revenue stream with your new photo genre.