What Makes a Great Portrait? With Scott Kelby | #BHDoF

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0:00 Overview
2:58 Style Guide
10:35 Importance of Connection
18:11 Great Light
20:51 Responsible Retouching
28:49 Good Color & Skin Tone
30:50 The Eyes
31:56 The Background
34:51 Lens Selection
40:30 Emotion & Expression
43:09 Solid Composition
44:48 Bonus

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[dambranslv]

He is right. 80% of photography is photographers personality. For years i was frustrated that i cannot make cool photos of people until i realized it is because i'm an extreme introvert. I do not socialize. That's just absolutely not me. Some time ago i accepted that. I'm a good enough photographer, but i will never have those cool portraits or street photos of people because of my personality. I have to focus on different things.

[boatman]

Nobody is better at these sorts of presentations than Scott Kelby and it's because he has both an engaging personality, a sense of humor, and an amazing wealth of technical and practical knowledge. One of a kind sort of guy! Great presentation winning a 10 out of 10 rating! Thanks B&H!

[tmewborn]

Excellent Scott, Thank You, I love your Teachings. I am an old man 83 Years old Your Teachings are so enjoyable to me, I learn so much from you. And very entertaining...

[bodhran]

This ranks as one of the best talks on photography that I have heard. Essential.

[andyraeber]

B&H thank you so much for your support of such talent like Scott Kelby. Just another lesson learned. Grateful.

[tonymurphy]

Just perfect, a great lecture, thank you👍

[andresgonzalezcerda]

A real master class of portrait and how to present.
Bravo

[TorIvanBoine]

Scott is the best. My first photography books was his. in 2007 I believe.

[harmanhamiltonadventures]

Decades ago, I was second camera for a number of wedding and bar mitzvah events. From the minute we got out of the car, the lead photographer spent all his time engaging with and showing genuine interest in the people around him whether or not they were actually in the frame. He became a member of the party who was there to have a good time . . . but he just kept shooting. Everyone was so relaxed that even the group formals looked like people having fun together. The way he related to so-called ugly brides helped them relax to the point that their photos showed the kind of woman that the groom fell in love with. He became a different person on the job just like the football player Scott referred to became a different person on the field. He was definitely not that gregarious off the job. One of the best photography classes I ever attended, even though I still haven't mastered his method of being all in with the people and still maintaining control of the photographic job at hand. I guess it's just takes lots and lots of practice because you really care.

[apachephotographyvideos]

You are great because you are so generous.

[AnandaGarden]

Scott Kelby makes everything fun, and he has a genius, born of experience, for making things simple. I scribbled down his plainspoken advice for using a CTO and 1-stop diffuser or softbox with a plain old flash - you can get the 580 EX for under $100 used nowadays, whoopee.

[KatieF]

I really enjoyed this presentation. It really put many things in perspective. Thank you!

[kennypringle]

You gave us so many great learning techniques on shooting portraits.

[gianfranco]

I always learn something from Scott. Love his personality.

[mayastep]

Thank you Scott. Funny and informative :)

[balamina]

Can't thank you enough for all the great stuff I learnt from this video! Very enjoyable and informative!

[davegalegor]

Brilliant! Thank you Mr. Kelby, I learned a lot.

[mohammedomer]

Thank you very much for this amazing show. I love it

[GeirBakkenVestfold]

This presentation is both valuable and entertaining, I couldnt stop until it was finished.

[sendilkumarj]

Amazing Scott you are a brilliant teacher not just great in creativity and technics of photography, I enjoyed and laughed a lot for your humorous talks and that’s what makes you a great teacher 👨‍🏫 ❤ thanks for the channel for sharing this video..