I noticed some keyboard warriors who love to criticize... Michele is one of the best portrait photographers out there. It will serve you very well to listen to what she says and maybe buy her book(s) if you need something to read. Instead of judging, pay attention.

Thank you! I have Michele's book on posing families, and it's really helpful. She takes beautiful photos.

Thank you Michele for the time and knowledge you shared.

Wonderful! I loved this video and your tutorial style is so easy going! Thank you!

Love this, love the Floyd and Gilmour and its a song I've always wanted to learn to play, this has been a great help, cheers!

Always a joy to see the work of someone the knows and loves their craft! Thank you for sharing!

Brilliant video, learnt a lot and loved seeing your work. Many many thanks.

What type of soft filter do you add to your photos, exactly? Thanks! Loved the video, it was very helpful.

Great advice!! Thanks for this video :)

thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience!

great photo posing tips and suggestions on handling people I hadn't thought of doing groups this way.

I love your work it is the best!!!

I enjoyed this video and learned from it. Thanks.

This is JUST what I needed. Thank-you!

Thank you Michele this is very useful knowledge!

Hi, Thank you for your video! Can you share your camera settings for the group pictures? Thanks ;-)

I love this Michele

excellent posing tips and techniques. thank you!

I came here searching for Frank Dispensa, but Michele was a great find. Nice video about Posing Groups!

Thanks Michele, very well done

for group shots what focal length and f-stop do you like to use to make sure everyone is sharp?

Very well done. Thank you! What is the soft filter you referred to on the last portrait? A filter on the camera or software filter in editing? Thank you!

beautiful pics and great tips. What lens do you use to blur the background so well?

Awesome. Awesome, awesome, awesome. Thanks for sharing!!!!

Your are a fantastic photographer, thanks for sharing your knowledge

Awesome video indeed, thanks so much!

Awesome video thanks for posting!!

Very helpful video. Thanks for sharing!

Wow! Just watched the whole thing. 👌😃 goos stuff.

thank you Michele

Thanks for Sharing this.

thank you for sharing, I'd learned a lot in this talk :) thank you ;)

Really great advice and teaching. Brava!

It seems there are a lot of soft focus shots. All are beautiful. What aperture would one use to have that big group all in focus?

@lamarcrews5218

8 жыл бұрын

+asrotties wide angle lens f8/11

@Scorehound

6 жыл бұрын

1. Michele adds soft focus for some of her portraits in post. She didn't get them out of focus in camera, that was added later.

Great presentation! I do commercial/product and fine art photography so when I'm asked to photograph people I usually say no. People are a challenge, and posing them? Well that's where I stumble, so thank you for the video.

very useful!! thanks!

Can you tell me what size reflector you use?

One of the best videos I've ever seen. Thank you for your time.

@rifantobikang5482

9 жыл бұрын

luna moon I am happy to watch this channel and want to share something recommended Elumpa Fantastic Photo Alchemist. if you do not mind to look it up on google using keywords photography family photos

@moderngoddessyoga

6 жыл бұрын

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Excellent!!!!

Very thanksfull...vedio

15:20 Haha, exactly :-) My single biggest problem with photographing people is that they have seen some star photographer's shot by the waterfall and they want _that picture_, when it might not be the best in the given setting. A lot of them are control freaks, too, trying to boss me around and tell me what to shoot from which angle. It's pretty frustrating, to be honest, and sometimes it's hard to make the effort to stay polite and deny them kindly when taking the pics is taking up all my focus... This is hard work and a hands-on recap of a session like this one is a great resource! Thanks for the vid, I really enjoyed it, and took away some great tips!

@TheWayshower

6 жыл бұрын

I agree ... this is hard work! People just don't understand how much it takes out of you to direct these many people and shoot for 90 minutes straight ... I think these are really good photos straight out of the camera ... and good tips on how to save time shooting so many people

These pictures are nice

Nice positioning of the people. 👍

Wonderful video... Best part of all I'm sitting here watching video with my favorite 4 legged friend... My black Labrador Retriever "Malie". And when you started Yipping and barking she started staring at the screen... :D

Tnk U

Absolutely beautiful work! It is refreshing and inspirational to view such artistic and aesthetically pleasing photography that was produced predominantly “in camera” with extremely high quality optics, and without the all too common reliance on Photoshop and Lightroom to compensate for lack of actual talent. I wish I could afford your training, I have no doubt it would be worth every penny.

@ramonbradley9792

2 жыл бұрын

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@everettkarter5716

2 жыл бұрын

@Ramon Bradley instablaster =)

Very good

Cool

Good video; if you can do better, show off and put a link so we can learn from you; good ideas are always welcome!

I realize this is an old post, but after viewing I had to comment. Great lighting! Over use of the soft focus in IMHO. I would also advise fellow photographer's to avoid cropping off the subjects hands, fingers, toes, and limbs at odd places like ankles, knees, elbows, etc. These group sessions are indeed difficult to organize, so kudo's for your skill set in this arena!

Lol! Thank you so much!!! This will help me a lot!!! I also found helpfull for good photography cameras is Elumpa Fantastic Photo Alchemist - it will be on google if you need it

Like it looks like they are trying to get in the picture like why you shooting over there let me try to get in the shot.

Ok I like her information very helpful. The subjects look out of focus....

The light looks good and everything but the compositions were very odd.

Not retouched?? Are you sure. I could be wrong, but correct me here. 1. Vignette on all the corners cause by 2 things . LR or PS edit or sigma lenses. 2. The color looks like a sony lens would do. Let's hear from you .

how do you get that blackish border around the edge ?

@aerincollins1175

4 жыл бұрын

Photoshop or lightroom can do that. I think it's called Vignette . Or by Oval and dial it backwards for the blackish color. The other side would be white. Whatever you prefer . I also believe that it could be the lens . (Sigma) does that . But you can edit just to bring the focus point to your subject . She's saying that its straight out of camera which I hardly believe !

dont worry! great body of work! im a big fan of a splash of color! amazing work, flowers, clothes . . feet, etc . . unlike chelsea and tony and others dealing in monochromatic-ness (and you white piece of work) . . you know your voice gets high! and you sound like a sixteen yr old . . i love my cousin to pieces!!!! . . she sounds exactly like you! . . shes forty yrs old and a business manager . . jus something im sure you are aware of. why do i see photos overexposed? . . any one can fix this in software . . you do know you positioning, backgrounds, focusing, etc!!!! so well!!!! :-)

🙏🇳🇵🙏🌐🙏. From Nepal Namaste.miss

@18:45 would be a lot better if the hand of the left boy is not sticking out on dads shoulder.

remember, some people are humble and not satanic like the babylonians . . no one has to prove themselves better than others . . in art and life we are all a wonderful pieces of expression! . . love!!!! . . thats what the portraits are about, right??

I liked the composing but it looked like the individual portraits were out of focus

Cutting off shoulders , fingers, toes, wrist, Im begginer my self but i think framing of most of this portraits isn't the best

Cutting the shoulders off and stuff.

@Scorehound

6 жыл бұрын

That isn't an issue. There are certain body parts that are fine to cut off. Others not so much. Taking off a bit of the shoulders isn't bad, it's cutting off joints, like fingers and hands that can be troublesome.

Black family Christmas pictures

The photos are not bad, not great either. They are just normal photos done by a photographer who earns her living out of it, has professional equipment and some knowledge of the things. But i don't definitely consider them worthy of a seminar, webinar, how you want to call it, on a professional photography youtube channel. Photos of a family and kids in somebody's house ,nothing to write home about, nothing to be blown away with. She was talking about location, light falloff, etc. Why didn't she use some strobe powerful lights and take an assistant to help her, move the people around a bit, make use of that background of the desert, etc, etc. She just went with a camera and a 70-200 lens on it, prepared the shots to some degree, used natural light, and got good (rarely very good, sometimes mediocre) results. Not a teaching material here

@dianesmith3681

6 жыл бұрын

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@Scorehound

6 жыл бұрын

Michele Celentano is one of the best portrait pros in the business. I'd like to see you do better.

@AlergicToSnow

6 жыл бұрын

Let's see your work?

@jschotsborg

6 жыл бұрын

Adrian Pocea excuuuuuse me!? These photographs r fantastic, this what the client wants and always wil want when asking for familyportraits. I wish that I was that good with light. Love to see pictures u take

@toddlavigne6441

6 жыл бұрын

doesn't really matter how amazing you are...if your working regularily, you're doing something right. But I wouldn't pay money for this type of seminar.

sounds like she needs to learn to control light!

@kathleenl.a6414

7 жыл бұрын

Tracey Melbourn so controlling natural light now are we?

@traceymelbourn7032

7 жыл бұрын

Kathleen L.A of course you idiot l

@kathleenl.a6414

7 жыл бұрын

Tracey Melbourn A reflector is not "controlling light" it's reflecting and diffusing, simple as that, and I would bet money that your works sucks considering you don't understand the importance of light or light in your background etc, direct sun etc. A reflector or diffuser isn't going to miraculously give you beautiful light, we location scout for a reason and this is every photographer ever. Let's see your work, people like you talk so much shit but your work typically tends to suck.

@traceymelbourn7032

7 жыл бұрын

It's absolutely controlling the light. YOU are determine where and how intensely it's goes hence controlling and shaping it get a clue

@traceymelbourn7032

7 жыл бұрын

And my work is award winning and far from sucks.

That first photo with the couple dressed all white.... among other problems...... it's just so cheeezy. It's like 1994 all over again...I hope that's not your best work

@alpinewander

8 жыл бұрын

+krzeselko Is that just what you do for kicks? Is your 'best work' wandering the internet spouting unwelcome diatribe to make yourself feel better about whatever makes you such an unpleasant person? The author went to a lot of effort to share some of her experience. For free. For your benefit. So here's an idea: if you don't like what she has to offer, move on and don't be a jerk.

@krzeselko

8 жыл бұрын

+Jason L Hey, I see shite, I feel compelled to point it out ... that's what forums are for. Someone pointed out my crap some time ago and it done me good. Sorry to insert 'negative energy' to your magical little pc world, where families walk dressed all white on a beach while Kenny G is playing in the background and everyone is talented, tolerant, special and full of cheese.

@alpinewander

8 жыл бұрын

+krzeselko That's only what you think forums are for: to spew vitriol in an impotent effort to make yourself feel important. The internet is full of people like you - spewing 'negative energy' and unsolicited criticism because you're incapable of anything constructive or insightful. And you hate that others - like this video's author - can do what you can't. So, like you, when I see 'shite' I'm also compelled to point it out. The big difference is that for reasons nobody cares about, you troll the internet foisting petty criticisms at random targets that don't meet your standards. I, in turn, just move on when content doesn't inspire me, but will absolutely stop to hold a mirror up to the trolls who've made news and content sharing forums such a toxic wasteland, and ask if you like what you see. Because nobody else does. So, like others before me, according to your claims, I'm pointing out your crap. I strongly suspect you won't think it 'done you good', but perhaps you'll be moved to spend the time invested in pointless comments in finding content that actually inspires you.

@krzeselko

8 жыл бұрын

+Jason L Forums are for opinions and comments, both positive and negative. Where does it say we can only express positive ones? Maybe in your little libtard world.... When I see something I like, I also point it out so your argument is invalid. Stop projecting your neurotic crap on me. I believe what I said was constructive and insightful because I provided reasons why I think it was shite. Just because you're a buthurt little fairy, unable to process that and taking this whole thing personally doesn't make it otherwise.

@alpinewander

8 жыл бұрын

+krzeselko Your impetuous rant is exactly what I'd expect from a forum troll. I hope that's not your best work.

lame lame and then more of the lame sorry, not at all helpful

dont worry! great body of work! im a big fan of a splash of color! amazing work, flowers, clothes . . feet, etc . . unlike chelsea and tony and others dealing in monochromatic-ness (and you white piece of work) . . you know your voice gets high! and you sound like a sixteen yr old . . i love my cousin to pieces!!!! . . she sounds exactly like you! . . shes forty yrs old and a business manager . . jus something im sure you are aware of. why do i see photos overexposed? . . any one can fix this in software . . you do know you positioning, backgrounds, focusing, etc!!!! so well!!!! :-)