Fine Art Family Portraiture with Sujata Setia
Course Description
Immerse yourself in the artistry of family portraiture with our comprehensive Fine Art Family Portrait Photography Course. Designed for both aspiring and seasoned photographers, this course is a gateway to unlocking the secrets behind creating truly timeless and emotive family portraits.
Throughout the course, you'll explore the fundamental elements that contribute to captivating family and children portraits. From mastering composition techniques that draw the viewer into the frame to harnessing the power of natural light to enhance mood and atmosphere, our expert instructor will guide you through each critical aspect of the photographic process.
But it doesn't stop there. Our course goes beyond technicalities to delve into the delicate art of capturing genuine emotions and connections within a family. Learn how to effortlessly guide your subjects into natural and flattering poses, fostering a relaxed and authentic atmosphere that translates beautifully into your final images.
Post-processing is a crucial step in bringing your vision to life, and our course provides in-depth insights into refining your images. Discover the magic of editing tools, techniques, and workflows that transform your photographs into stunning, gallery-worthy works of art.
Sujata Setia is a UK based, multi-award-winning family and children photographer. She has achieved immense international recognition including winning the BJP’s Female in Focus Award, gaining 1st place in the International Photography Awards and being published in Forbes and Vanity Fair, to name but a few.
As always with TSOP the course has been designed and structured by a professional, fully qualified teacher. Teaching photography since 2002 means the education you receive is free of waffle and focuses on accurate and thorough knowledge. We’ve structured the course in an easy-to-understand way, breaking down this advanced area of photography into manageable learning that anyone can understand.
Whether you're aiming to turn your passion for photography into a profession or simply seeking to capture your family's precious moments in a more artistic light, this course is your pathway to success. Unleash your creativity, refine your skills, and embark on a transformative photographic journey that will elevate your family portraits to new heights of artistic expression. Enrol now and start creating images that will be cherished for generations to come.
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Never work with children or animals!
A popular saying I’m sure you’ve heard, and for good reason. Getting children and indeed families, to perform in front of a camera is hard and arguably the key to achieving great portrait photography. In the course Sujata teaches you the art of capturing genuine emotions and connections within a family. Learn how to effortlessly guide your subjects into natural and flattering poses.
Take then Create!
Editing plays a massive role in making any portrait look good. Especially if you’re looking to make fine art style portraits. Follow along as Sujata teaches you professional editing techniques, and workflows that will transform your photographs into unique, gallery-worthy works of art.
Unlock your potential and create professional fine art portraits. Join Sujata Setia on a journey which will transform your family and children portraits into something special!
What you will learn
Introduction to professional family photography, what it is and the challenges you’ll face.
Specialised equipment used for portraiture.
Camera settings and techniques used for portraits of family and children.
How to create stunning fine art portraits.
Posing families and children for best results.
Expert styling for family and children portraits.
How to use natural light for portraiture.
How to pose, style and photograph children.
Planning for an effective family portrait shoot.
How to pose, style and photograph families.
How to edit fine art portraits in Lightroom and Photoshop.
How to promote yourself to potential clients.
How to build an active social media following.
The business of family and children portraiture and how to monetise your passion.
Who is this course for?
Photographers beginning their journey into family portraiture.
Photographers wanting to take their portrait photography to the next level.
Photographers wanting to add family and children portraiture to their portfolio.
Photographers looking to learn pro fine art editing techniques.
Portrait photographers wanting to go professional.
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Course Content
Lesson 1 – Intro to your Course and Sujata Setia
An introduction to Sujata Setia, her photography and how the course works. Here Sujata shares her photography journey into the world of professional portraiture. She also talks about why she is so passionate for creating portraits of family and children.
Lesson 2 – Equipment
Being a specialist genre, portraiture needs specialist equipment. You’ll look at cameras, lenses and essential accessories to get refined professional imagery.
Lesson 3 – Camera settings
When working with natural light you really need to keep your eye on the camera settings you use. In this lesson you’ll understand the physics behind good portrait imagery and why it is so hard to achieve. You’ll also learn about specific camera settings, how to expose correctly and many more pro techniques to send your photography to the next level.
Lesson 4 – Understanding Light
The benefit of working with natural light is that you don’t need a studio with expensive lighting, and you can take the pictures anywhere. However, you can’t control natural light in the way you can in a studio. Therefore, a deep understanding of how to use natural light, at any time of the day or year, is needed. In this lesson Sujata gives a masterclass in the use of natural light for portraiture.
Lesson 5 – Guide to posing
Bad posing makes for bad portraits and posing subjects is not as easy as you think. In this lesson Sujata teaches the common mistakes made by photographers, how to avoid them and shares her secrets in how to get families and children to best pose for this style of portraiture.
Lesson 6 – Guide to styling
“Styling is the most important criteria to creating remarkable family images” is how Sujata starts this lesson. Then she delivers an absolute masterclass into sourcing clothing, styling, colour harmony and other invaluable knowledge needed to style your shoot properly.
Lesson 7 – Planning for family portraiture
This lesson is an in depth look at planning for a shoot which includes location finding, how to get ideas and other important info but it goes even deeper than that. You’ll also learn how to prepare your clients for a shoot and get all the legal documentation you need for this kind of fine art shoot.
Lesson 8 – The family portrait
Here we head out on location and follow along with Sujata as she puts all what you’ve been taught into practice. In this lesson you’re taken through 6 separate family portrait shoots, from the lighting, posing, styling, composition and more. This lesson really gives you an insight on how you can achieve stunning fine art family portraits that will be treasured forever.
Lesson 9 – Editing the family portrait
The first of the edit lessons, here you’ll learn the magic of fine art editing! You’re taught all the secrets needed to create this effect in Lightroom and Photoshop. How to make a composite, masking, layer adjustment overlays and much more is needed for this unique effect, and you’re taught it all here. You’re also provided with the raw files so you can work along with Sujata and learn with ease.
Lesson 11 – Editing the children portrait
The second of our edit lessons, Sujata builds on the first edit lesson by taking you through all her tips and the secrets behind what makes her imagery so special. As usual you are provided with the raw files so you can follow along and learn with ease.
Lesson 13 – End of Course Recap
A friendly sign off from Sujata and a recap on the knowledge you’ve learnt on the course.
Lesson 10 – The children portrait
In this lesson we head out on location again to specifically concentrate on children portraiture. Again, you are taken through 6 separate children shoots. How to style, how to pose, how to work with children and parents and many other skills are covered here to ensure you always get timeless imagery families will cherish.
Lesson 12 – The Business of Family and Children Photography
After mastering the art of creating family and children portraiture you will want to charge a premium for your unique services. Now it’s time to build a following and monetise your passion. Here you’ll learn how to build a portfolio, increase your social media presence, get top paying clients and how to earn extra money from family portraiture.
A selection of Sujata’s work
About your Tutor
Sujata is an award winning, internationally renowned photographer based in the UK.
Sujata has travelled globally to 30+ countries to exhibit her work and teach photography to over 3000+ students. She is well known for bringing families, children and animals into a single frame to create remarkably heartwarming images.
Her works have been published in Vanity Fair, Huffington Post, ABC NEWS, CNN, The Daily Mail, New York Post, CTV NEWS, TIMES NOW, RTL TV, Mumbai Mirror, The Hindu, Buzzfeed, Forbes, and Good Housekeeping Magazine to name a few.
She has won BJP’s women in focus, Tokyo International Foto award, Gold at the AOP, Fine Art Portrait at the International photography awards and many more.
As an artist, Sujata takes the family portrait and creates something magical with it and we are proud to have her as part of TSOP’s photographers.
View Sujata’s website here www.butnaturalphotography.com
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FAQs
What level do I need to be at?
This course is suited for intermediate photographers, Lightroom and Photoshop users. It is not suited for anyone who hasn’t used Photoshop and Lightroom or learnt about the basics of photography. In this case, please take a look at our Photography, Lightroom and Photoshop courses.
I’m not in the UK, will this course still be suitable for me?
Yes. All skills taught are the same worldwide.
What’s the difference between ‘This course only’ and ‘Become a Member’?
Please see ‘Buying Options’ above.
Do I need Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop and Affinity for this course?
It depends. If you want to follow along with the edits then the answer is yes. However, if you edit your work in a different program then you can simply use the same editing techniques in whatever program you are used to. The raw files provided will open in any editing program that supports raw editing. If you wish to buy Adobe editing software we recommend buying their ‘Photography Plan (20GB)’ which includes Photoshop CC, Lightroom Classic, and Lightroom CC for a monthly fee. For more details on this plan click here.
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Do I get a certificate with this course?
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