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Brecon Beacons, Wales
List of contents
Foreword
Introduction
The Power of Images
Sparking the Imagination
Where to Start?
What You Will Need
Gear: SLR
Gear: Phone Apps
Exercise: Image Editing on a Smartphone
Storytelling 101
What is a Story?
Location
Character
Event
Project: Capture an Environmental Protrait
The Importance of Shot Types
Shot Types: Extreme and Long
Shot Types: Medium and Medium Close
Shot Types: Close-Up and Cutaways
Project: One Subject, Ten Ways
Creating a Body of Work
Project: Everyday Cinematic
Step 1: Pitch
Website
Instagram
Ask the Right Questions
The Creative Call
Project: Develop a Treatment
Pricing
Selling the Estimate
Step 2: Prepare
Developing a Mood Board
Mood-boarding for Colour
Combining Colour Palettes
Developing Your Own Colour Palette for Image Grading
Exercise: Making the Grade
Project: Edit Like a Painter
The Location Recce
Mission Control
Step 3: Shoot
Meeting Your Subjects
See the Light
Types of Sunlight
Project: Capturing Mystery: Shooting Silhouettes
Camera Settings
Shooting with Prime lenses
Exercise: Phone Portraits
Shooting Technique: Rembrandt
Exercise: Rembrandt Lighting
Shooting Technique: Catchlights
Exercise: Experimenting with Catchlights
Shooting Technique: 50 & Stitch (the Brenizer Method)
Exercise: Stitching
Shooting Technique: Beginner Panning Shot
Exercise: Panning with a Smart Phone
Project: Keep Moving: Motion Blur
Shooting Technique: Advanced Tracking Shot
Exercise: Tracking
Shooting Technique: Cinematic
Project: Dreamlike Scenes with Lens Flare
Shooting Technique: Dirty Foreground
Step 4: Edit
Save Time! Organise Your Images
Making Your Selects
Lightroom Collections
Exercise: Making Collections
Grading: Basic Adjustments
Project: Shoot with Film to Influence Your Grade
Introducing Film Grain and Effects
Exercise: Adding Light Leaks
Building a Story
Backup, Backup, Backup
Step 5: Deliver
File Formats
Sharpening
Project: Finalising Your File
Delivering Your Selects
Index
There is No Finish Line
About the author
Finn Beales is an award-winning photographer and director, celebrated for his cinematic landscape and lifestyle photography. He travels the world to capture the raw power of nature. His epic shots immortalise spellbinding moments in wild, off-grid locations and have earned him a loyal following of over half a million on Instagram, as well as major clients such as Apple, Cartier, Land Rover and Omega. Finn is based in Wales, where he lives with his wife and two children.
Instagram: @finn
Twitter: @finnbeales
Website: madebyfinn.com
Summary
If you want to make it beyond Instagram as a photographer you have to give a solid listen to the ideas, tips and overall mindset that Finn shares in this workshop. @alexstrohl
Don’t just take a picture, make photos that move people.
Storytelling is a gift to photographers, letting you weave together characters, events, locations and subjects into a work of beauty greater than the sum of its parts. There are as many stories to tell as pictures to take, but there are also tried-and-tested methods you can adopt to help improve your photography and streamline your workflow.
In this beginner-to-pro workshop, award-winning photographer and influencer Finn Beales teaches enthusiasts and aspiring professionals how to master every element of the photographer's process. By following his five-step course – Pitch, Prepare, Shoot, Edit and Deliver – you will develop the same successful, reliable working methods that earn influence and delight audiences, regardless of what genre you're working in. Create intrigue, pull in your audience and tell richer, more rounded stories using your DSLR camera.
Want to craft a shoot from start to finish? All the essentials are covered, from building a story into your creative, shoot preparation, the necessary gear and props, working with mood-boards and call sheets, compositional balance, and directing models, right through to post production, editing and file delivery.
Discover within:
- What equipment you’ll need, when and why;
- The secret to key shots and essential techniques;
- Plot devices to help you craft your narrative;
- Step-by-step DSLR projects to perfect your skills;
- Effortlessly capture events, landscapes, portraits, interiors and experiences;
- How to edit better and be different;
- Extra exercises to improve your smartphone photography.
Compose for impact. Stand out through story.
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“Finn’s book is an excellent resource – if you’re looking for the next step in your photography, having this on your shelf is a great place to start.”
