The fashion pose is all about length and triangles. It’s a more contemporary pose with absolutely stunning results! The key is to lock down the pose first and then you can freestyle from there. In the Fashion Pose course, Sue walks you through different variations of the fashion pose. First, you will see Tee’s shoot. Tee is long and lean, so with her, it is all about the triangles! Learn how Sue gets a nice base with Tee and then is able to freestyle after that base is locked in.

Join Sue today as we explore shooting on dark backgrounds and creating moody looks without harsh shadows. We’ll use tunnels, blocking, and reflection to bend natural light to create more depth and contrast in your images while maintaining a soft filtered light on your subject’s face. Think dark, gorgeous, moody almost old Hollywood style Film Noir, but just a little bit different.

Typically a beauty pose is some sort of headshot, but you will often see most of the beauty shots in fashion magazines have some form of hands or elbows in the photo as well. The first step is to master the foundation. Then, Sue will show you a few different variations of the beauty pose so you can get a different feel from each shot. In this mini-course, you can tune in to Shauna’s shoot to learn how to master the Beauty Pose with a gorgeous curvy client. Then, you will see Sue photograph the gorgeous Tee. This will help you learn how to pose a long, lean body. There are so many tips and tricks in this mini-course that you won’t want to miss.

If you are building your folio without a studio and live in an area where you have a forest, beach, or a beautiful park, you can create gorgeous contemporary images for your Folio. Or maybe you’re just a little bored with the studio look and you want to take it outside. This session is all about finding the light, the best backdrops, poses that don’t need boxes or chairs, lots of flow, personality, and the use of fabric for movement to create interesting dimensions in your compositions.

For The Wedding School Summit, we recorded segments from an April 2016 Workshop in California with Scott Robert Lim.

As a wedding photographer, achieving proper exposure is something that we have to do at every single event we shoot.  Achieving proper exposure means that we have to choose the right ISO, f-stop, and shutter speed to properly expose the images we are creating.  This ninety minute WPPI platform class by Susan Stripling will demystify achieving proper exposure.  You will learn all the tips, tricks, and tools necessary to create a proper exposure in any lighting conditions.

As a wedding photographer, achieving proper exposure is something that we have to do at every single event we shoot.  Achieving proper exposure means that we have to choose the right ISO, f-stop, and shutter speed to properly expose the images we are creating.  This ninety minute WPPI platform class by Susan Stripling will demystify achieving proper exposure.  You will learn all the tips, tricks, and tools necessary to create a proper exposure in any lighting conditions.

This comprehensive video, exclusive to members of The Wedding School, will demystify shooting wedding day details.  Susan will cover what lenses you should use for all aspects of shooting wedding day details.  She will take you through the shutter speed, focal length, ISO, and f-stop needed to capture these important details for your wedding clients.  She will cover all technical details before you start shooting, so that you can walk into any wedding day with confidence!

Posing hands might not seem like an important task, but it can make or break a photograph! Watch Sue make subtle movements when posing hands and see the impact these minor changes can make on the composition of a portrait.

Who you are is not the narrative of your identity that you present to the world. Who you are is what you dream to achieve. How can you overcome the fears that are holding you back from achieving those dreams and being who you truly are?

Today is all about neck art and jewelry layering! Create shots that stand out from the crowd with simple DIY pieces that are all about “Being creative, being inventive, being cheap…but being fabulous.” Sue shows you how to turn any element into a gorgeous, one of a kind piece to wrap around your client’s neck, go-to shots and poses, and how to clone in necklaces during the editing process.

Mother’s Day in May! this is my biggest hallmark marketing of the year! March means shoot and prepare a folder of Mother’s Day images. April create the campaign find the words and start posting. May/June shoot all your clients.

It’s important to be quick when you’re posing your clients.  We often get stuck on what to have our clients do next! Watch as Sue brings us through her continuous flow. Sitting, standing, and kneeling with one woman and then two women together. Never get stuck again with this incredible resource of over 200 poses. You will want to watch this course over and over again. Memorize these tips and how Sue flows so effortlessly to help you master your craft. Learning this flow will help you become so much more confident in your shoots.