Career & Lifestyle Portraiture

Every picture tells a story! Join Bill Frakes as he goes on location with subjects such as a mother and son, a corporate executive and a chef in a working kitchen, to learn how to create unique images that instantly tell a deeper story about the subject. Bill shares tips and demonstrates techniques teaching how to work efficiently to create simple yet elegant portraits of people in a variety of lifestyles and careers, both indoors and out.

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Bill Frakes

Release Date: 2012-06-11

Lessons

Executive Portrait Part 1

<p>In this first lesson we join Bill on location in the boardroom for a series of executive portraits. These portraits need to be elegant, simple, powerful, and fast.</p>

Duration: 9 mins 36 seconds

Executive Portrait Part 2

<p>You can vary the feel and the mood by moving to a seated pose, bringing in the reflection from the table, and having the subject make subtle changes in expression.</p>

Duration: 7 mins 41 seconds

Executive Portrait Part 3

<p>The final shoot in the executive portrait series takes us out on to the balcony, where Bill demonstrates how to balance light from the strobe on the subject&#039;s face with available daylight for a very natural looking outdoor portrait in a corporate setting.</p>

Duration: 2 mins 5 seconds

Mother and Child

<p>Creating environmental portraits is not always a walk in the park. In this lesson Bill creates a series of outdoor portraits with a mom and her three year old son. Being able to remain flexible and creative even when things don&#039;t go as originally planned is the key to getting the shots your client will love.</p>

Duration: 7 mins 28 seconds

Portrait of a Chef Part 1

<p>A working kitchen is a challenging setting for an environmental portrait due to all the reflective surfaces. Bill demonstrates a few different ways to approach this scene.</p>

Duration: 7 mins 27 seconds

Portrait of a Chef Part 2

<p>A slight change in camera position can make a big difference in conveying a sense of the scene and helping to tell the story of the subject.</p>

Duration: 9 mins 25 seconds