How to Be a Commercial Photographer
Original price was: $94.99.$16.99Current price is: $16.99.
What you’ll learn
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Become a master of photographic lighting
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Ability to photograph people and portraits
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Ability to photograph products
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Ability to photograph architecture and industrial sites
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Ability to market your photography business
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Ability to effectively estimate assignments and stock photo sales
UPDATES: Two new videos added in October 2020 on creating portraits with grid light and creating the Porcelain skin effect in processing portraits.
*****OVER 30+ HOURS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC TRAINING***
COURSE UPDATES: October 2020 new videos on creating the Porcelain Skin Portrait Look & using Grids as the Key Light
Commercial photography can be a lucrative business! It’s true; photography rates can run $1000, $2000, and even $5000 per day plus expenses. A career in commercial photography can be pretty exciting while you are photographing an annual report, company brochure, travel essay, an advertisement, or traveling the globe on assignment. Is this your idea of the dream job!
Can you photograph food for a restaurant menu or a company CEO for an annual report? Do you know how to ‘style’ a shoe to photograph? What price should you charge for a stock photo usage?
In this course you will learn:
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How to photograph people, places, and products
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How to master strobe lighting
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How to set up your business
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How to be a creative and in-demand photographer
Learn about clients, portfolios, and marketing
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How to find clients
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How to create and present your portfolio
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How to market your business
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How to price for profit
Should you go to college or learn online?
While many general college programs teach basic through advanced photography skills, it can takes years and cost a fortune. There are private professional schools to teach you How to Become a Professional Photographer and they have great programs but have you checked out the costs at those schools? One 10 month program in Massachusetts is over $25,000. Another very good school in Southern California does not even publish their tuition, but it is almost $100,000. Can you afford that?
This is the most complete online training in commercial photography!
That’s a bold statement, isn’t it? This Commercial Photography Program is designed to meet the demands photographers experience in today’s markets, but what makes this program uniquely different is that the majority of photo examples used in the program are from real photoshoots, on real assignments, and photographed for real clients.
We did not just go into a studio and videotape where to put lights for all examples. Instead, we show you the photo taken in the studio or on location for a client. We show you in many cases why we chose the angle we used, where lights were placed, and any technical challenges we faced and how they were solved.
This course covers everything a commercial photographer might photograph:
– Portraiture
– Product Photography
– Architecture
– Corporate and Industrial
– Advertising
– Fashion and Beauty
– Travel
– Food and Beverage
– Lifestyle
– Editorial
– Stock
and some Photoshop as well.
‘This is not a simple photography class. It is career training!’
Professional Photography was created as an in-depth, accelerated, and intensive program to meet the needs of aspiring pros who wish to work in today’s business? It is a demanding business requiring a precise set of skills and knowledge of creative and technical processes is designed to take beginning photographers from novices to pros resulting in a portfolio to show art directors.
Photography is a business!
You will also learn how to budget for your business and studio, create marketing materials, design a portfolio, determine your photography rates, bid on jobs, price stock photography, find clients, seek a stock photo agency, and a lot more.
All you need is a dSLR camera, tripod, a few lights (see downloadable PDF on recommendations) and the passion to get started. Simply watch the intro video for examples of what is covered.
Who’s the Instructor?
There are many courses on how to be an amazing photographer, but how many are taught by true professionals who have a career and worked as a photographer?
I was formally trained at Brooks Institute in the 1980s and have worked every day since. I have photographed for Fortune 500 companies, been published in countless magazines (you’ve probably heard of), and photographed Hollywood actors, pro athletes, politicians, hotels, well-known products, real estate, and more people, places, and things than I can recall.
I have taught photo workshops across the USA and the Middle East. Founded two stock photo agencies, and sold thousands of stock photos. I love to teach and want to ensure you succeed and love photography as I do. You can trust me to teach you photography!
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You get full unlimited access to this course forever including all future video lectures.!
And in case you did not know, Udemy has an unconditional 30-day money-back guarantee and it is not your standard guarantee, it’s my promise to you that you will have the needed information to succeed in outdoor photography.
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HAPPY STUDENTS SAY:
Charlie, I would like to thank you for sharing your expertise with me throughout this course. When I finish a photoshoot or finish retouching a photo in Photoshop, I am amazed at how much I have learned. A year ago I could not have imagined that I would have experienced so much.
Best regards,
Lidia
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I asked my friend Sarah to model for me to practice my lighting. The gym she goes to saw the pictures and asked me to shoot one for an ad, which is a before and after shot of Sarah. If I hadn’t taken this course, I would have never had this opportunity! Thanks, Charlie! Karen B. (Canada)
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Charlie, Thanks for your support, this was a great course! Being really honest, it’s my biggest dream to open my own studio. Now, I have to still learn, but I’m looking for possibilities for doing it. Mostly I’m interested in creating shots of people or models. Once more, thanks for your course.
Ivana K. (Czech Republic)
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Who this course is for:
- Any person with the passion to be a professional photographer
- Anybody looking to make part time or full time income
- Any photographer already with a part time business wanting to expand
- Any photographer looking to branch out into higher paying markets
12 reviews for How to Be a Commercial Photographer
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Original price was: $94.99.$16.99Current price is: $16.99.
Alan Gambrell –
So far the course is giving me what I expected and what I think I’ll need for RE/Architectural photography. I’m looking forward to the rest of the course.
Steffen Meintzinger –
Im Augenblick bin ich bei Kapitel 59 und bin doch immer wieder positiv überrascht wie strukturiert das Wissen vermittelt wird. Nachdem ich ja bereits viele Schulungen (Real und Online) zu Lichtsetzung hatte, bin ich begeistert wie einfach er Zusammenhänge erläutert und bildlich darstellt. Gerade letzteres gibt mir, auch bei bereits bekannten Inhalt, immer wieder ein Aha Erlebnis. Das Kapitel über Colormanagement brachte mich dazu auch noch den letzten Stern dem Kurs zu geben.
Einige gezeigte Studiolichtaufbauten werde ich demnächst am Rechner mit „set.a.light“ nachstellen um den Lerneffekt weiter zu verstärken. Da ich im Augenblick kein eigenes Studio habe und auch nicht die Zeit alles real auszuprobieren ist die Rechnersimulation der einfachste und kostengünstige Weg für mich das wissen umzusetzen.
Genug geschrieben – ich will das nächste Kapitel ansehen!
Nachdem ich jetzt alle Kapitel gesehen habe möchte ich die „Beurteilung“ noch ergänzen:
Auf eine Frage erhielt ich innerhalb von 24 Std. eine Rückantwort – top!
Obwohl der Kurs auf Englisch ist und mein Schulenglisch doch schon Jahrzehnte her, bin ich immer gut mitgekommen.
Es ist eine Mischung aus Erklärung und einem Profi über die Schulter schauen.
Das es viele Lösungswege gibt, wird angesprochen und er zeigt seine Lösung – ob man der dann folgt oder seinen eigenen Weg sucht, bleibt einem ja selber überlassen. Für mich wird dass der Bereich HDR sein wo ich andere Software benutze – deswegen kann ich aber mich trotzdem an seiner Lösung orientieren.
Der Bereich Aufsteckblitze behandelt Canon und Nikon. Als Canonfotograf habe ich da einiges Hintergrundwissen abspeichern können. Es wurden verschiedene Canonblitze besprochen und die Erläuterung zum 600 RX hat mir doch bei der Entscheidung geholfen ob ich diesen in Zukunft benötige oder nicht.
Das im Bereich Photoshop auch Anwendungen für Architektur dabei waren hat mir sehr zu gesagt.
Auch wenn ich bisher noch wenig mit Architektur mache waren die Lektionen sehr hilfreich – auch der Unterschied zwischen verschiedenen Auftraggebern, der zu erwarteten Bezahlung und den fotografischen Aufwand hat mir als Pro doch Einblicke gegeben welche ich nicht missen möchte.
Da ich bei undemy noch weiter Kurse bei Ihm habe – „Speedlights“ und „Architektur“ bin ich natürlich gespannt was ich dort an zusätzlicher Information erhalte – werde dies dann dort auch schreiben – sobald ich mir diese angeschaut habe.
Der nächste Schritt ist jetzt einiges der gelernten Informationen umzusetzen.
In meinem Fall zuerst das Thema Studiofotografie wo ich demnächst eine Prüfung abzulegen habe. Aus Zeitmangel und auch weil im Augenblick kein eigenes Studio , erfolgt dann dies mit einer Studiosimulation (set.a.light).
Evtl. schreibe ich dann hier noch etwas dazu.
Randy Lewis –
Enjoyed the course covered a lot of things i never thought about. Thinks for keeping me from going down the I stock or other micro stock sites route.
only change for me would have been to keep the written sections shorter but will help those that are just starting out the adventure of going from picture taker to photographer I am just returning to the field and learning Digital
Mihkel Pulk –
What an awsome value! Finishing the course feels like graduating Uni 🙂 Endless amount of real life examples with great explanation in detail. It is admirable how much work has gone into creating a course like this. Also presented in an understandable manner!
Richard Schultz –
This what an awesome class filled with lots of great information. Each lesson was planned and thought through. I felt like I was sitting in an actual classroom learning.
Siarhei Kuchuk –
Great course full of wonders inspiring to become like a pro
Vilma –
Looks a bit dated and I’d prefer less pdfs and have each topic in video format
Ramtin korkchi –
Hi, I think anyone who takes this class knows these simple things about photography.
I hope advanced topics will be discussed in the next sessions.
Mary Krigbaum –
Already learning things that I didn’t know!
Rohan Das –
Good course. Sound not good.. Hard to follow..
Jelena Jovanovik –
Great comprehensive lectures.
Thanks a lot!
Ella
Delontae Smith –
The course is very informative.