Lauren Sanderson’s approach to shooting client and personal work is greatly influenced by her surroundings— her vision for a session often starts when she chooses the location. In this Breakout, Lauren shares how she chooses and uses even the most ordinary location to create extraordinary images and galleries that are full of variety. She’ll show how her gear, camera, location, and perspective choices help her achieve her vision, and she’ll show inspiring instructional images to illustrate each concept. You’ll learn what to look for when scouting locations and you’ll explore with Lauren in a behind-the-scenes video to see how she chooses her locations, the decisions she makes based on her environment, and what she would have done differently. Finally, you’ll learn how Lauren edits her images to enhance or alter a location.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
• How locations influence and contribute to Lauren’s style
• What makes a location great and what to look for when scouting
• How to harness a location’s potential to make your client galleries and personal images stronger and full of variety
• How gear choices and camera settings can drastically change the look and feel of a location
• How to train your eye to see the potential at a location
• Ways to produce beautiful and compelling images, even when shooting at less-than-ideal locations and lighting situations
• How to discover and use locations that are close to home for personal shooting
• Several high-tech and low-tech methods of location scouting
• How to create your Location Log and keep track of important location information
• Photoshop techniques to enhance or alter your images for maximum location impact
