Hand’s-On, On Location Portraits
Carl Caylor
Course Number: 8
Level: Intermediate
There are many photography workshops out there to choose from, but you won’t find any that have as much heart as the ones I teach. While I’ve got lots of fancy letters and photographic awards behind my name during my career, the light in a photographer’s eye when they “get it” and make that image that they first saw in their minds eye is the greatest award of all.
This class will transform you as a photographer. It does not matter where you are in your career; each participant will receive specialized instruction from concept to print. I will teach you to see differently before you even put the camera to your face.
We’ll break it all down; the psychology of the portrait, the right light for the situation, the power of seeing shape, form, and lines, and learning how to harness whatever light you have.
Carl will share with you how to find usable portrait light in a natural environment. You will learn to move a subject within this light to create a beautiful portrait. You will also learn how and when to use flash as an assistant to natural light on location. Artistic and physiological concepts will be addressed and practiced through the week.
This is a very “Hands-On” class. You will be creating images each day that will be critiqued in class for the benefit of everyone. The class outline is: Discuss, watch demonstrations, do on your own with assistance, discuss as a class, more demonstration, repeat. You will go home using new, perfected skills that will elevate your quality in this business. You will also learn to properly finish a file for printing. Carl will share digital darkroom work and custom printing techniques as a bonus to the class outline.
Carl will challenge you to become a better photographer than you already are. His photographic skills are just part of what will help each student. His greatest strength is his ability to see what skills others already possess and then break things down in simple terms to help enhance those skills to a new level.
Why You Should Take This Class:
- Find and see usable natural light and learn to introduce artificial light into areas that need it.
- Find backgrounds that create depth and dimension.
- You will understand composition of the scene, subject placement and the pose.
Meet the Instructor:
Carl Caylor
Iron Mountain, MI
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Carl Caylor is a down-to-Earth, Portrait photographer and photographic instructor. He has been professionally involved in the field of photography for over 25 years. Carl is PPA Certified, a Master Photographer and a Craftsman with Professional Photographers of America. He is one of 129 photographers world-wide to earn his ASP-Fellowship.
He is an International Affiliated Photographic Juror and has won numerous national awards for his photography, including 29 PPA Loan Collections and several Kodak Gallery and Fuji Masterpiece Awards. He has shared his passion with photographers coast to coast in the USA, Canada, Mexico and Korea. Carl is one of the most sought-after instructors in the country because of his “Hands-On” coaching approach.
Carl will challenge you to become a better photographer than you already are. His photographic skills are just part of what will help each student. His greatest strength is his ability to see what skills others already possess and then break things down in simple terms to help enhance those skills to a new level.
Carl is the author of the book “Portraiture Unplugged” a guide to natural light portraits and is one of the most sought-after instructors in the country because of his “hands-on” coaching approach.
