Creative Portraits + Editing Workshop

*Cover images by Sam Cullen

Join Sony Advocate Andrew J Clarke, creative portraits specialist Sam Cullen and Camera Electronic for a unique hands-on creative portraits and post-production workshop at Canvas at the Collective!

This workshop will delve into both the technical and creative aspects of studio portrait photography as well as cover the post-production workflow. We will start with a brief introduction from Andrew before handing over to Sam who will guide you through setting up for a studio portrait session and introduce you to the equipment you will be using. 

From there, Sam will teach you how to deploy all of the tools and techniques available to portrait photographers (lighting, backdrops, composition, depth of field etc) to create compelling and emotive portraits, working with our models Jacinta Carroll and Kelly Chapman at two studio scenes. To minimise downtime during the studio sessions, we will split into 3 groups of 4-5 people, rotating between the two studio scenes and the post-production station where Andrew will be covering exposure/colour corrections and touch-ups in both Lightroom and Photoshop.

This workshop is open to all photographers regardless of camera model, but there will be a variety of Sony cameras and lenses (including the new 50MP, 30fps beast the Sony α1!) available to try out courtesy of Sony Australia and Camera Electronic.

Light refreshments and a grazing table will be provided - please contact Andrew in advance if you have any dietary requirements. Hope to see you there!

Program

• 6:00-6:15pm - Welcome and introduction
• 6:15-6:30pm - Studio / gear rundown with Sam
• 6:30-7:30pm - First rotation
• 7:30-7:45pm - Intermission 
• 7:45-8:15pm - Second rotation 
• 8:15-8:45pm - Third rotation 
• 8:45-9:00pm - Image review and wrap-up

• Studio setup for creative portraiture. 
• Shaping light with both soft, diffused lighting and hard, directional lighting for different effects. 
• Focusing on the eyes, including using Sony’s real-time Eye-AF. 
• Controlling depth of field. 
• Controlling exposure using the histogram / metering. 
• Creating compelling and emotive portraits through posing and composition. 
• Collaborating with models. 
• Processing images in Lightroom and Photoshop. 
• Exposure / colour corrections and creative adjustments. 
• Tools for touching up your images in Photoshop. 
• Finalising your images and exporting settings.

• A camera with manual exposure control. 
• Lens(es) with focal lengths between 35mm - 200mm (full-frame sensor) or 24 - 150mm (APS-C sensor). 
• Memory cards and batteries. 
• (Optional) Laptop or tablet for following along during the post-processing workshop.