The Female

From Soft and elegant light and pose for classic portraits to Hard edgy light and animation to create a dynamic fashion approach, which ever learn how to light, control the subject as well as to how to communicate to maximise the shoot.

LINK TO ALL FEMALE PORTRAIT FILMS

The Male

Its not all hard edge lighting and strength posing, learn how to understand the concept and how to execute the style your shooting as well as how to animate to get great portraits.

LINK TO ALL MALE PORTRAIT FILMS

Teens

One of the most difficult but rewarding styles of portrait is mastering the teen experience, why? Well traditionally they are dragged kicking and screaming into the session initially but once they realise the experience is more like a fashion shoot they soon become softer and more responsive to ideas.

LINK TO ALL TEEN PORTRAIT FILMS

Kids

Children, never work with them, or so they say! However, if you can get more on their level, in more ways than one, you can start to create classic timeless portraits as well as high energy big expression experiences.

Whether working on location or in studio concentrate on getting the child’s expression and interaction instead of worrying about the technique.

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Family

The hardest thing about shooting families is actually the coordination of multiple diaries to actually bring everyone together at the same time with the right clothes and props to ensure an amazing session.

Don’t waste time on tech, concentrate on the person as an individual as well as how to get the to interact as a group.

LINK TO ALL FAMILY PORTRAIT FILMS

Maternity & Babies

From bump to baby, just mum or interacting with a partner or child, which ever type of session learn how to flow from pose to pose as well as dynamic light to create amazing portraits for them to cherish forever.

LINK TO ALL MATERNITY & BABY PORTRAIT FILMS

Models

Learn how to interact with a model, as well as deal with the booking and planning along with running a day shoot, whether for fun, portfolio or for profit.

LINK TO ALL MODEL PORTRAIT FILMS

Dancers

One of Mark’s passions is shooting dancers, every year he arranges sessions for himself using dancers that he has come across in the past year. From portfolio to profit learn how to light, control and best practice in shooting a dance-based session whether in studio or on location.

LINK TO ALL DANCE PORTRAIT FILMS

Commercial

The commercial portrait you might feel is different than any other type of portrait, but you would be wrong.

Lighting, Pose Expression, and all key factors to a business or commercial portrait. Learn Lighting and posing as well as see the 10 steps to starting a commercial focused photography business.

LINK TO ALL COMMERCIAL PORTRAIT FILMS

Boudoir

For more than 30 years Mark has been a photographer of mother model and real clients in the world of boudoir.

By definition the boudoir is a bedroom-based session, however that should not hold you back.

Learn how to pose, light shape the body, exaggerate the form, manipulate natural. flash and strobe lighting to get amazing images.

LINK TO ALL BOUDOIR PORTRAIT FILMS

Headshots

Learn the 9 styles of professional headshot photography, as well as how to light, pose and get the right expression and crop.

LINK TO ALL HEADSHOT PORTRAIT FILMS

Location

When your saying is “Natural Light, Before Reflector, Reflector Before Flash & Flash as a Last Resort”, working on location can be classed as your speciality.

However, using the location and the natural elements is just a starting point, learn how to manipulate light and location and your style can start to run wild as you concentrate on creative composition, storytelling as well as the lighting to max your photography out.

LINK TO ALL LOCATION PORTRAIT FILMS

Pets & Wildlife

Learn from some of the best people in the business about how to shoot everything from your family bet to creating a more commercial image.

Dogs, Equine, Cats you name our masters show you how to shoot it.

LINK TO ALL PETS & WILDLIFE PORTRAIT FILMS

Fashion

Time to break the portrait rules and learn to express yourself and creativity.

See how some of our master setup and shoot in the wonderful world of professional photography as well as how to retouch to ensure a dynamic image.

LINK TO ALL FASHION PORTRAIT FILMS

Couples

Learn how to flow pose light and animate the couple portrait.

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LINK TO ALL COUPLES PORTRAIT FILMS

Fine Art & Still Life

What is a fine art portrait?

It’s classically referred to as a portrait that could hang in a gallery. A concept to creation in total control by the photographer and designed to be celebrated big wall art or in a book.

Fine art portraits often start off as an idea, which turns into a self-funded shoot for portfolio but then finds its way into a more commercial place being sold as every day style by portrait photographers.

LINK TO ALL FINE ART & STILL LIFE PORTRAIT FILMS

The Nude

Throughout history the nude has dominated creativity and expression of artists. Photography is no different, whether for portfolio or self-development the nude portrait can be the most challenging as there is nothing hide behind like clothing. Learn how to shoot and control the body as well as shape and bring accent to the subject.

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LINK TO ALL NUDE PORTRAIT FILMS