In Colour Level Two students will be studying techniques in Professional Portraiture. This course is suitable for both Digital and Film Camera users. Towards the end of the course a Studio Session with a fashion model is also a part of this program to put into practice the techniques covered over the duration of the course. Colour Level One is a Prerequisite for this course.
In this course, students will receive tuition on the following topics:
The history of colour.
Family Portrait Techniques and Tips including backlighting & “fill-in” flash.
Medium Format Cameras
Revision on Specialized Filters such as:
Light Conversion
Light Balancing
Colour Compensating
Neutral Density
Polarizing filters.
Steps involved for capturing a professional portrait.
(1) Lighting
(2) Composition
(3) Posing
(4) Technical quality
(5) Photographer’s Style
(Newman,Avedon, Bailey etc)
Equipment for Professional Portraiture
(1) Camera types
(2) Lenses
(3) Lighting (Natural , Tungsten, Flash)
Low Key & High Key portraiture.
Selection of lighting styles to compliment the subjects face.
