In this series of films you get to follow the two SWPP Apprentices, Lisa & Anna over 12 months on their route to higher qualifications and hence better photography skills. You will be able to track the Apprentices on their training journey using a combination of specific films on PhotoTraining4U as well as hands on monthly tuition with Mark Cleghorn on their route to becoming better photographers.

In this 3 part film Mark interacts with the Apprentices as they shoot and discuss bridal posing when photographing on location at a Pier.

Lesson 10 Part 1 includes – Location 1 – The Pier, harsh lighting and exposure. The Anna kicks off the shoot before Mark starts to interact with the girls but the brief is set to go beyond the basics, looking more at Associate level than “L”.

You will also catch a glimpse of Ossy hanging around in the background, as the location is close to his neck of the woods.

Also discussed Exposure, metering, pose. Sekonic Meter

In this film Mark Cleghorn takes you on location to a clients home to shoot a family portrait.

You get to see how Mark interacts with the family and the young children to get the expressions he needs on a cold winters day, shooting outside in the court yard and then inside the house using only natural light and a reflector.

From strong light to shade, interior lighting to reflected light, Mark explains how he meters for perfect exposure.

Includes – Exposure, Posing, Reflector, Location, Working with Children and Family, Relaxed, Informal but posed images.

In this series of films you get to follow the two SWPP Apprentices, Lisa & Anna over 12 months on their route to higher qualifications and hence better photography skills. You will be able to track the Apprentices on their training journey using a combination of specific films on PhotoTraining4U as well as hands on monthly tuition with Mark Cleghorn on their route to becoming better photographers.

In this 3 part film Mark interacts with the Apprentices during a funky male location portrait shoot, using a combination of natural flash.

Lesson 7 Part 3 includes – Location 2 is a foot bridge and the girls struggle to find the shot, untill Mark steps in give them ideas and show them the shot. Also discussed Eposure, metering, pose.

In this series of films you get to follow the two SWPP Apprentices, Lisa & Anna over 12 months on their route to higher qualifications and hence better photography skills. You will be able to track the Apprentices on their training journey using a combination of specific films on PhotoTraining4U as well as hands on monthly tuition with Mark Cleghorn on their route to becoming better photographers.

In this 3 part film Mark interacts with the Apprentices during a funky male location portrait shoot, using a combination of natural flash.

Lesson 7 Part 2 includes – Lighting, Exposure, Pose, Elinchrom Quadra Flash. Anna starts shooting outside her comfort zone in many ways but with allot of interaction from Mark as he tries to get the girls to shoot with more pace and more drama.

In this series of films you get to follow the two SWPP Apprentices, Lisa & Anna over 12 months on their route to higher qualifications and hence better photography skills. You will be able to track the Apprentices on their training journey using a combination of specific films on PhotoTraining4U as well as hands on monthly tuition with Mark Cleghorn on their route to becoming better photographers.

In this 3 part film Mark interacts with the Apprentices during a funky male location portrait shoot, using a combination of natural flash.

Lesson 7 Part 1 includes – The Brief, Qualifications, Lighting, Exposure, Pose, Elinchrom Quadra Flash. Lisa kicks of the session with alot of interaction from Mark.

PT4U Master Portrait Photographer And Elements Guru- Kenny Martin

In this series of 25 short video tutorials, Kenny will explore from the ground up what Elements 7 can actually achieve. This inexpensive piece of software can produce stunning images and although is lacking many of the automation features and advanced tools of it’s big brother Photoshop, Elements can pretty much cope with anything that can be thrown at it including RAW files.

Adobe Elements

FINDING THE MID GREY IN YOUR IMAGE In this stunning technique Kenny will show you how to find the mid grey colour in your image to correct colour casts in your images.

PT4U Master Portrait Photographer And Elements Guru- Kenny Martin

In this series of 25 short video tutorials, Kenny will explore from the ground up what Elements 7 can actually achieve. This inexpensive piece of software can produce stunning images and although is lacking many of the automation features and advanced tools of it’s big brother Photoshop, Elements can pretty much cope with anything that can be thrown at it including RAW files.

Adobe Elements

CORRECTING OVER & UNDER EXPOSURE IN RAW In this 4th video for PT4U Kenny shows how to correct under and over exposure using the fill light and recovery tool within camera RAW.

In this 2 part film Mark Cleghorn discusses whats in his bag, equipment wise, as well as why and how he uses it.

Part 2 – Choice of Lens for the image, Depth of Field and controlling focus, Metering and hope to measure for the exposure, Manual & Auto Focus modes, Tripods and supporting the camera, Filters for effect, Setting Up The Camera, Jpeg V’s RAW

In this series of films you get to follow the two PhotoTraining4U Apprentices, Osy’s & John over 12 months. You will be able to track the Apprentices on their training journey using a combination of specific films on PhotoTraining4U as well as hands on monthly tuition with MarkCleghorn on their route to becoming better photographers.

In this 4 part film Mark goes back to basics in the studio with lighting but not before you get to see the 2 apprentices hang them selves using there existing studio techniques before Mark helps put them on the right track.

Lesson 1 Part 1 includes – Apprentices before the lesson, quick corrections to their techniques.

At the end of the day when the light is falling rapidly making use of natural window light must be done swiftly to avoid very high ISO settings and slow shutter speeds.

In this 2 part film Mark Cleghorn shows you how he uses simple soft window light to great effect in portraiture, positioning and posing the model to make best use of the available light and location. When Mastered these lighting techniques can form the basics of almost all portraits in direction and quality.

Part 2 Includes – Using and Manuipulating Natural Light, Variety of Pose and Images, Diffusing Tugnsten, The Other End Of The Room