I am very pleased to announce a new training offering from The Photo Video Guy. Now available are one to one training classes over a four week period on a variety of topics.  Classes are held live in Newmarket Ontario.  The attendee must have his or her own camera and suitable lens.  Professional grade studio flash, modifiers and continuous light options will be provided for the course.  Here are the first three courses.

Portrait Photography

This program introduces the attendee to the key principles in successful portrait photography.  The attendee will learn;

1.  How to use Lighting to creative effect, including effective light placement, use of reflectors and use of scrims as well as the "Peter Hurley Look" as invented by industry leading headshot photographer Peter Hurley.

2.  How to pose a variety of subjects, men, women, children and babies using proven posing techniques.

3.  How to interact with your subjects to make them feel comfortable and deliver great expressions for great images.

4.  Editing the portraits, including proven techniques to help your subjects feel great about their portraits.

The class is taught by Ross Chevalier, the Photo Video Guy, a former professional and professionally trained photography.  Contact ross@thephotovideoguy.ca to sign up and for more information.

Couples Photography

This program introduces the attendee to the key principles in successful couples photography, suitable for casual portraits and engagement portraits.  The attendee will learn;

1.  How to use Lighting to creative effect, including effective light placement, use of reflectors and how to light two subjects properly so as not to create inappropriate shadows or discomfort for the viewer

2.  How to pose couples for diverse outcomes, casual, engagement, recommitment.

3.  How to interact with your subjects to make them feel comfortable and deliver great expressions for great images.

4.  Editing the portraits, including proven techniques to help your couples feel great about their portraits.

The class is taught by Ross Chevalier, the Photo Video Guy, a former professional and professionally trained photography.  Contact ross@thephotovideoguy.ca to sign up and for more information.

Executive Portraits

This program introduces the attendee to the key principles in successful executive image-making, suitable for web sites, annual reports, and business documentation.  The attendee will learn;

1.  How to use Lighting to creative effect, including effective light placement, use of reflectors and how to light the business leader to convey different moods and communicate different messages

2.  How to pose the business leader to show leadership, poise, openness and negotiating power.

3.  How to lead the executive to deliver great expressions for great images in a compressed time period.

4.  Editing the images, including proven techniques to reinforce the message of the containing documents or web sites.

The class is taught by Ross Chevalier, the Photo Video Guy, a former professional and professionally trained photography.  Contact ross@thephotovideoguy.ca to sign up and for more information.