You’ll learn to build rapport and capture their inner beauty in authentic portraits. I’ll teach you several ways to invite your subject (paying client or model) to reveal themselves as they are so you can capture their aliveness. My methods even work with camera shy people. No more fixed poses or vacant looks. No more stifling discomfort. No more uninteresting, superficial portraits. 

Skills, Tips & Tricks from 12 Years of Experience

I’ll share with you my personal toolkit. All that I’ve learned and acquired over more than 12 years of working with hundreds of people. I’ll share my client briefing and clothing tips. And many different ways to approach and work together with your subject. There is a bonus download with a checklist that you can print before shooting.

Who is This Class For? 

This class is for professionals and aspiring photographers, hungry to go deeper than just a technically correct pretty picture. Who want to make their portraits speak more and be more relatable. 

Like: professional still life or landscape photographers aspiring to start working with people. Perhaps you’ve tried it, but can’t seem to build rapport with your clients or models? Do you or they feel awkward? Join me.

The class is also for beginning photographers, who wish to portray their friends and family for fun or even start a stock photography portfolio, using regular people as their subjects.

Authenticity is Key. Why Learn to Capture it? 

In a world with dozens or even hundreds of images on our retina per minute, we decide quickly who to trust, who to work with and which images to buy for our business’ communication. 

As humans, we are trained to recognize what is real and what is fake. And usually we don’t like fake people. 

Therefore, in our portraits, we seek to catch a person’s realness, so others can relate to what they see and trust them (your brand etc.). 

If you can master authentic portraiture, you will make many people very happy: not only your subjects, but also the viewer and if applicable, the buyer of your work. Even for you, it will become so much more interesting and you’ll find that you can use the skills also in other areas of your life.