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Lessons
M0 - Introductions
1Series Introduction
01:30 2Introducing Finn Beales
01:34 3Q&A Coffee With Finn & Alex
09:48 4Welcome to the workshop
02:31 5Gear
06:56M1 - Storytelling 101
6What is a story?
03:50Essence: Location
05:19 8Essence: Character
03:52 9Essence: Events
04:51 10Photography as a Medium
02:27 11Recap
00:44 12The Importance of Shot Type
08:53M2 - Prepare For Success
13Prepare for Success
00:59 14Asking The Right Questions
05:18 15Identifying Your Locations
03:27 16Developing Treatments & Mood Boards
07:19 17Creating a Call Sheet & Shot List
04:59M3 - SHOOT
18Meeting Your Subjects
04:19 19The Board Room
10:12 20Location Recce
05:24 21The Roadtrip
06:13 22Surf Day
06:14 23Shooting Technique 1: 50 & Stitch
07:13 24Shooting Technique 2: Tracking Shot
05:36 25Alex Shoot Day
13:36M4 - Edit. Better.
26Introduction to Editing
03:21 27Making Selects
08:52 28Grading in Lightroom
09:15 29Analog Film Elements Using the Exposure Plugin
09:58 30Building the Story
10:59 31Using Squarespace to Display Your Work
08:55M5 - Q&A
32Q&A: Q&A: Editing
25:44 33Q&A: Pricing Your Work
22:36 34Q&A: Shooting
33:20 35Q&A: Photography Today
24:17 36Stuff That Alex is Curious About
14:38Outro
37Alex
02:09 38Finn
01:12 39What Alex Learned
02:12 40Bonus: Finishing Touches in Photoshop
13:04Lesson Info
Alex
(somber piano music) Now, I wanna take this bit of your time to just wrap up the workshop and close this with some words of wisdom. It's been a pretty, crazy, wild five-six days filming this workshop. And I honestly believe it is the best workshop I've ever put out there. If you agree, send me an email. If you disagree, send me an email. We'll talk. (laughs) I think that just Finn is a crazy talented photographer. His integrity, I think, is world class. Very unique. Very few people have this integrity and I always strive for that as well. That's why we connected so well. Finn has completely opened up for you and for all of us. He's really shared his recipe book. He's- there's no secrets left and that's really healthy, I think. And he's done that. So you can just go kick ass and improve your photos and your storytelling. I hope this entire series inspire you to go out, make stories yourself, and to remember to shoot in your backyard as well. You don't need to go super far away to make...
a solid beautiful, compelling photo set. Just look at Finn's website. You know the KISS acronym. Keep it stupid, simple. Keep it simple, stupid. Something like that. (laughs) Well, I live by that, and I think we should all keep it simple when we're doing our shoots and we're making our stories. It's easy to get carried away with some crazy story that might work or might not work. But it mostly, if you try to complicate things it might just fall apart on you if the storyline is too weird, if your location is too complicated. You have to have a lot of experience to do that. And I think it's important, at least I remind myself every day to keep it simple. I live by this and it is very simple. It's try to leave a little piece of you in every piece of art you make. A photo, a film, just leave something that's yours 'cause that will make your photo unique and different and no one can take that from you. (somber piano music)
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Ratings and Reviews
Brent Morris
Fantastic My thoughts on the storytelling workshop. The short is; it’s fantastic. The long is I loved all the details covered, from shot types and the ideas behind them to the call sheets and shot lists, and the whole process. I felt like I had a better understanding of how to schedule a professional shoot and I really felt like I had a much better grasp on many ideas and concepts, and I believe I’ve been able to improve my photography with them, so thank you and Finn. It really is fantastic.
Oswaldo Martinez
A path to better stories Very happy I got this workshop. Finn and Alex do a great job at teaching highly useful methods and specific advice to help you improve your own work, and more importantly, tell better stories that are meaningful to you.
Tommaso Selleri
Simply the best This is simply the best workshop out there on photography and storytelling. Finn is awe inspiring and so real and authentic. A pleasure to watch, a joy to learn from such master. I really hope a volume 2 is coming soon! Thank you for this one!
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