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Photography & Video Portrait Photography

Portrait Photography for Beginners

You'll learn how to take better portraits with any camera in this complete portrait photography course.
Rating: 4.4 out of 54.4 (1,256 ratings)
86,135 students
Created by William Carnahan, Video School, Phil Ebiner
Last updated 2/2021
English
English [Auto]
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • You will learn how to take better portraits with any camera.
  • Take better photos with your smartphone.
  • Learn 6 tips for improving your portrait photography.
  • Edit your portraits to make them look stunning.
  • Choose a better background and compose your subject.
  • Feel confident interacting and posing your subject.

Requirements

  • While there are no requirements, we do recommend knowing your basic photography skills.
  • You would benefit from knowing how your camera settings work (like aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and white balance).
  • Learn the basics before taking this course with our Photography Masterclass.

Description

Welcome to the complete Portrait Photography for Beginners course!

We are so excited to help you take better portraits. If you're a relatively new photographer, this is the perfect portrait photography course to help you with this new skill!

You'll learn everything you need to know to take better portraits with any camera - DSLR, mirrorless, smartphone, or point-and-shoot. 

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN:

Start with our 6 tips to photographing better portraits:

  • Choose a better background and compose your shot
  • Lighting your portraits
  • Properly and creatively expose your photo
  • Play with depth of field
  • Think about colors
  • Interacting and posing your subject

You'll learn portrait photography with real world demonstrations!

Join Will Carnahan, professional photographer and instructor, in a full demonstration to see how you can use our 6 tips in real life.

Learn how to edit your portraits to look even better!

Use free and professional photo editing apps on your phone, tablet, or computer. You'll learn how to use different apps to professionally make your portraits look even better.

Share your photos on social media!

Get modern tips for sharing your photos on Instagram and Facebook. Use these tips to advance your professional photography career - if that's what your goal is!

COURSE BONUSES:

  • Downloadable photos to practice editing with
  • Tips for how to shoot weddings, headshots, and family portraits
  • Premium support from your instructors

WHY TAKE THIS COURES FROM US:

So, why should take this course from us? There are plenty of portrait photography courses to choose from. But we believe that we've created a course that can truly help you take better portraits in less time.

Video School Online has created some of the best selling online photography courses, and we always strive to help you learn new skills in a fun and engaging way!

Lastly, we have a 30-day 100% money back guarantee! Try out this course, and see if you like it. There's absolutely no risk!

We can't wait to see you in the course!

Who this course is for:

  • Beginners and people looking to up their skills and take better portraits.

Course content

8 sections • 36 lectures • 3h 48m total length

  • Preview01:53
  • Preview02:53
  • DOWNLOAD: 100+ Posing Ideas
    00:16
  • Preview04:39
  • Join the Official Student Photography Group
    00:38
  • Tips to Improve Your Course Taking Experience
    01:06

  • Preview03:50
  • Lighting
    06:47
  • Exposure
    17:24
  • Depth of field
    06:08
  • Color
    04:00
  • Interacting / Posing # 1
    03:31
  • How Changing your Subject's Head Position Can Dramatically Change the Portrait
    03:38
  • Posing Guides for Men, Women, Children, Couples, and Groups
    00:11
  • COURSE BREAK: Check Out Our Ultimate Resource for New Photographers
    02:23

  • Location 1 - Scouting an Outdoor Location
    05:48
  • Location 1- Mobile Photography
    01:35
  • Location 2 - Scouting an Inside Location
    03:40
  • Location 3 - Scouting an Outdoor Location
    05:15
  • Assignment 1 - Find someone to photograph
    1 question

  • Senior Portraits & Corporate Headshots
    03:49
  • New Born & Maternity Photos
    03:51
  • Engagement & Couple Photos
    02:37
  • Wedding & Event Photography
    04:01
  • Assignment 2 - Take Your First Portrait
    1 question
  • Maternity Photo Session Recap with Phil
    11:28

  • Introduction to Editing
    01:14
  • Editing on Your Mobile Device with Snapseed
    08:58
  • Editing on Your Mobile Device with VSCO
    06:13
  • Editing a Mirrorless Photo in Lightroom
    13:47
  • Editing a Mirrorless Photo in Photoshop
    14:03
  • Assignment 3 - Edit your photo
    1 question

  • Facebook Tips for Sharing Photos
    01:56
  • Instagram Tips & Demonstration
    04:52
  • Printing Your Photos
    03:39

  • Thanks - Keep Shooting!
    01:27

  • Live Q&A with Will Carnahan about Portrait Photography
    01:01:10
  • Case Study: Think Creatively to Build Your Portfolio & Get Your First Clients
    08:12
  • Bonus Lecture: Learn More from Phil + Video School
    00:29

Instructors

William Carnahan
Photographer/ Cinematographer
William Carnahan
  • 4.6 Instructor Rating
  • 75,991 Reviews
  • 561,603 Students
  • 26 Courses

Will Carnahan grew up in Southern California. After spending every hour he could in the darkroom at Highschool playing with film, Will went on to earn a B.A. from The University of California Riverside in Film and Visual culture. At UCR he became a staff photographer for the schools newspaper, covering sporting events, concerts, and local news. In late 2006 Will and his friend Ryan started a photography company focusing on weddings, events, and their love for photography.

In 2007 Will continued on to Loyola Marymount University, earning an M.F.A. in Film and Telivision Production. While still shooting headshots, weddings, and events on the side, he focused on Cinematography. The years between 2007-2010 were an exciting time for film makers as it saw the first heavy transition from emulsion to digital. Having a base education in film exposure and a practical education in digital media allowed Will to excel as a cinematographer while in grad school. He went on to earn LMUs Panavision Cinematography award in 2008 and 2010.

Graduating in 2010, Will started freelancing as a Cinematographer, camera operator, and photographer. With heavy expirence in 16mm and 35mm film will transitioned into 4k cinema and up using REDs, Arri systems, and other cameras to take on Hollywood. The first few years of freelance saw Will shooting Music videos, short films, 2nd unit features, commercials, and web content.

Late in 2011 Will got a job shooting a web commercial for Disney Interactive. Since then he has been shooting consistently for Disney, shooting commercials for the parks and resorts as well as Disney channel, ESPN, and the Muppets.

Will Call Cinematic was established in 2013 as Will and his business partner and friend built a Production company to accommodate their freelance work along with some notable corporate clients. Through Will Call Will and Sam direct and produce video content for companies like Ghirardelli Chocolate, Diesel films and Nike, Whitney Eve Clothing, PredPol, and many others. With Sam and Will being cinematographers, Will Call gives them a hub for equipment rentals, music video production, and photography.

Today Will continues to freelance as a cinematographer and photographer, shooting and directing mostly commercial content and weddings.

Video School
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Video School
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  • 2,142,269 Students
  • 163 Courses

Learn creative skills, from absolute beginner to advanced mastery. 

Video School exists to help you succeed in life. Each course has been hand-tailored to teach a specific skill from photography and video to art, design and business.

Whether you’re trying to learn a new skill from scratch, or want to refresh your memory on something you’ve learned in the past, you’ve come to the right place.

Education makes the world a better place. Make your world better with new skills!

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Phil Ebiner
Top-Rated Instructor, 2 Million+ Students
Phil Ebiner
  • 4.6 Instructor Rating
  • 282,419 Reviews
  • 2,191,509 Students
  • 142 Courses

great courses for beginners

I'll teach you the skills necessary to stand out from the crowd. Whether it’s a personal passion or a business pursuit, you can learn video, photography, art, design, marketing skills and more here.

learn by doing

Step-by-step tutorials and project-based learning.

get support

One-on-one support from experts that truly want to help you.

don’t stress. have fun.

With our happiness guarantee, you have nothing to worry about. Become a member or join an individual course today. We have a 30-day money-back guarantee on all courses.

more about phil

My professional background is in video production and editing. I graduated from Loyola Marymount University's School of Film and Television in 2011. Since then, I've worked on thousands of projects that have appeared in movie theaters, film festivals, television and online.

Today, I create all kinds of things from photographs that can be seen on my Instagram to homemade sourdough bread that feeds my family. Who knows where life will take me. But I know wherever I am, I'll be creating.

Since 2012, I've been creating online courses that over two million students from around the world have taken. Course topics include everything from photography and video to design and business courses. If I can't teach it , I collaborate with other experts who share their skills with absolute beginners.

Video School is my website where you can take my online courses. You can also find them on top course platforms like Udemy.

Photography & Friends is a website and community I created to help new photographers become confident with their cameras.

I can't wait to see you in class!

- Phil

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