On-the-Spot Business Headshots

Course details

Imagine this: it’s your first day at a new job, and someone from HR tells you to stand up against a wall and smile, as they simultaneously snap a picture of you mid blink. Congratulations—this is the ID photo that will live on in infamy on your badge for as long as you're employed at the company. As a professional headshot photographer for 15+ years, Kristina Sherk has heard all sorts of horror stories about this exact welcome-to-the-team ritual. In this course, Kristina addresses all the dos and (definitely) don’ts of corporate headshot photography. Whether you're the photographer or the subject, this course can show you how to make this experience as enjoyable as possible, while significantly improving the quality of your headshots. Learn how to get great results when taking both outdoor and indoor headshots, whether you're working without gear or with the best equipment on the market.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - What you can learn in this course

1. Outdoor Headshots with No Gear

02 - Outdoor headshots with no gear
03 - Background choices and lighting assessments
04 - Lens choice and posing tips
05 - Camera settings and shooting

2. Indoor Headshot with No Gear

06 - Indoor headshot with no gear
07 - Turning a window into a lighting source
08 - Getting the right camera settings

3. Outdoor Headshot with Some Gear

09 - Using minimal gear for outdoor headshots
10 - Controlling the source lighting
11 - Controlling motion blur

4. Indoor Headshots with Some Gear

12 - Using minimal gear for indoor headshots
13 - Turn one light into three
14 - Camera and flash settings for indoor headshots using minimal gear

5. Outdoor Headshot with Upgraded Gear

15 - Using upgraded gear for outdoor headshots
16 - Camera settings and posing tips for outdoor headshots using upgraded gear

6. Indoor Headshot with Upgraded Gear

17 - Using upgraded gear and lighting for indoor headshots
18 - Camera settings for upgraded indoor headshots

7. Editing in Lightroom

19 - Setting color correction, contrast adjustments, and cropping in a business headshot
20 - Improve the appearance of under eyes with the healing tools
21 - Improve the appearance of under eyes with the masking tools
22 - Improving the appearance of blemishes in a headshot
23 - Improving the appearance of imperfections in a headshot
24 - Lightroom Classic Masking Overview
25 - Adding a light to a headshot background
26 - Selecting various features of subjects in a headshot
27 - Enhancing the skin appearance in a headshot
28 - Enhancing a subject's features in a headshot
29 - Creating presets to use across multiple headshots
30 - Reusing presets across multiple headshots
31 - Thank you and free preset gift

Conclusion

32 - Next steps