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Note from the Coach

"Hey guys!!!! It’s me, Kelly, your photography coach! I totally enjoyed sharing my tips and secrets to how to document the everyday AND how to capture great portraits with you in my photography video. It is SO important to be able to know how to capture ALL events in your life. Do you sometimes struggle with how to capture the moments and the portraits….and when to tell the difference between the two? Then you gotta check out the video!"


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These photos of Max and my daughter are great examples of how to capture posed portraits using entryway light.


The photos of Max drawing are examples of how to document the everyday and the moments without ruining the moment.

FREE Bonus Inspiration

For more inspiring examples to help you with today's exercise and challenge, check out Monika Wright's entry on Write.Click.Scrapbook.



 

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#3 From photography coach Kelly Willette: Save MORE THAN 50% on these products from willettedesigns.com, with convenient instant-purchase buttons.

Photographer’s Bag o' Tricks
$10 instant download product to your PayPal email address. Regularly $35!

(Note: This Add to Cart button links to the willettedesigns.com PayPal account. Order not fulfilled by Ella Publishing Co.) This tool was designed to help you have fun with your youngest subjects and to encourage those big ol’ grins that parents LOVE to see. This product has 20 games that will bring joy to your sessions! Remember, your job is to make the portrait session a memorable occasion, whether the subject is your own child or a client’s child. This tool puts the FUN in photography! The product is set up on 4×6 jpg files that you print at your favorite photo lab, then place in your bag for a great reference tool if you’re out of ideas! Give some of my tricks a try…..you’ll have a blast as will the little cutie pies!

 
The Portrait Cookbook Children Posing Guide
$20 instant download product to your PayPal email address. Regularly $50!

(Note: This Add to Cart button links to the willettedesigns.com PayPal account. Order not fulfilled by Ella Publishing Co.)

The Portrait Cookbook Siblings Posing Guide
$20 instant download product to your PayPal email address. Regularly $50!

(Note: This Add to Cart button links to the willettedesigns.com PayPal account. Order not fulfilled by Ella Publishing Co.) These portrait “cookbooks” are presented as a downloadable file containing at least 28 jpg images for you to print, along with other organizing detail sheets, such as an equipment checklist, a guide on how to successfully use the portrait posing cards, and a checklist to guide you room by room through a client’s home or outdoor setting. This will show you how I can create a session with at least 30 unique poses in a matter of minutes. This system provides 28 “recipe cards” with a photo example of the pose in action. It also contains a checklist for room-by-room and location-by-location ideas for how to pose a child and what to do in each setting.
 

Today’s Challenge is...

Upload a page featuring your best people photos—those that really capture the subject’s personality. Or, if you're one of our registered Craft-letes, you can simply upload your favorite of the photos you took during today's exercise, whether or not it's on a scrapbook layout.