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The Art of the Equine/Human Portrait
with Shelley Paulson

Course will start on August 1st

Learn how to photograph horses and people together in a way that is natural and meaningful. In this six week online course you will learn how to set up and prepare for a portrait session, finding the best light for portraits, appropriate camera settings, posing people and horses, working with locations, environmental portraits, and capturing the emotional connection between horses and people.

Throughout the course, you will have an opportunity to receive feedback on your photos and ask specific questions about equine/human portrait photography.

The course will end with setting up an ordering gallery for your client.

Also covered: Basic digital photo correction, digital black and white conversion, choosing which photos to present to a client.

This class is geared toward an intermediate to advanced photographer interested in learning how to take better portraits.

What Past Participants Say About the Course:
This was my first online course and I was not disappointed. Shelley is a caring, thoughtful person, and it shows in her instruction, critiques, and motivational postings. Did this course fulfill it's agenda? I for one have seen a marked improvement in my portraits, by implementing the lessons learned. I am more confident with my clients now, and most of that anxiety of photographing a horse and person together that I had experienced before is now history!
Leslie Town

This class was beautifully prepared and presented. It's the first time I've been able to really get what was being explained about how to see and use light. The teachings were easy to understand and put to use.

The Photoshop tips were a big help. I got as much from reading the comments on everyone's pictures as I did from mine. I feel like Shelley truly cared about each individual. This class exceeded my expectations, I knew it would be great, but I got much more out of than I imagined I could.
Deb Persson

I thoroughly enjoyed this course and feel that I learned a tremendous amount. The tutorials were well written and informative but for me, the best part was the thought and effort Shelley put into your critiques. Her comments were a good mixture of complements and suggestions for improvement.
Susan Carter

Prerequisites:

Students taking this class should be able to:

• Use manual exposure settings on their camera (you can start with this course!)
• Consistently produce well exposed, in-focus images
• Set aside time during the course to complete assignments in a timely fashion

You will also need access to a horse and horse owner for assignment photo sessions.

• SLR Camera with a lens at least 100mm in length
• Reflector (a white sheet will work if you don’t want to buy one)
• Photoshop or Lightroom (any version)

Instructor:

Shelley Paulson is an equine photographer in Minnesota, specializing in portraits that capture and portray the emotional connection between horses and people. She also photographs children, families and architecture. Her past experience also includes lots and lots of weddings! www.shelleypaulson.com

How the Course works . . .

• You do not need to be an EPNet member to take the course.
• The course will start on August 1st. You must pre-register by the 1st.
• Participants need to be registered on the EPNet discussion forum:
  http://www.equinephotographers.org/4um/index.php to be able to participate.
• The tutorials and assignments will be posted on the forum, and you will be able to access these at your convenience, as well as post your questions.
• Participants will be able to upload their work for their assignments into their personal forum photo gallery.

Sign up deadline is August 1st. The course will start August 1st.
The course will last approximately 6 weeks. Course cost is $149.
You must be registered on the forum to participate.

Register for this course - $149

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