Learn from one of the most sought-after commercial photographers in the world
Joey Lawrence is a photography prodigy. He’s an agency-represented photographer who’s shot with countless celebrities such as 50 Cent & The Jonas Brothers. He’s worked for Warner Bros. Records, Summit Entertainment, Forbes, Atlantic Records, and many other interesting clients.
And he’s achieved all of this at the ripe old age of 22!
A shoot with the popular Jonas Brothers
Yes, even in high school, Joey Lawrence was already one of the most well-known commercial photographers in the world. And since then, he’s built a career that puts most photographers to shame. Needless to say, this guy is extremely impressive, and you should be learning from him.
Sessions with Joey L. is one of his best video tutorial series that will teach you many aspects of commercial and portrait photography. You’ll learn a TON in this long and comprehensive video guide, spanning 5 different topics and over 4 hours. Joey details his experiences ranging from a Forbes assignment in New York to the jungles of Ethiopia.
PS. He also has his own Wikipedia page if you want to see more of his impressive credentials.
Watch a preview video — You’ll be hooked!
Lighting Theory
Photography is both about creative vision and technical expertise. The meat of these videos will teach you the technical side of photography, and explain how Joey achieves his amazing photographs with lighting.
Joey explains everything thoroughly, carefully dissecting what he’s doing to make sure you can apply the concepts to your own photography.
You’ll sit down 1-on-1 with Joey and hear his lighting strategy on a variety of different shoots. Joey shares the lighting setups on several of his commercial and personal shoots, ranging from the Jonas Brothers to the Mursi tribe.
You’ll get to see behind the scenes footage of a shoot with band, Strange Familiar
Behind the Scenes Photo Shoots
Joey takes you behind the scenes on several shoots to show you the human side as well as the technical side of photography. You’ll learn how to get the best out of our subjects by building great rapport with everyone on set. On the technical side, Joey also explains in-depth how he achieves his amazing shots by showing you his lighting setups and the exact gear that he uses.
Since photography is a visual art, the best way to learn is to see how a true professional does it.
In this section, you’ll play the role of a bystander as you see exactly how Joey shoots during several client and personal assignments. And instead of watching normal run-of-the-mill shoots, you are getting behind the scenes access to real client shoots. The shoots include a Forbes magazine cover assignment, a model test shoot, a CD artwork shoot, a movie poster, and an outdoor band shoot.
Travel
Besides shooting celebrities, Joey also has a huge passion for traveling to distant lands and shooting interesting foreign subjects. In this section, Joey shares the story behind his adventures in Ethiopia.
Travel photography is incredibly difficult for a number of reasons. For example, you have to haul all your heavy equipment everywhere and you have to gain the trust of the people you photograph.
Joey’s video contains both a spoken lecture and footage from his travels.
“We take a lot from somebody when we take their picture. If not done carefully, we can take their dignity as well. The relationship between photographer and subject is crucial. You have one frame, one small impression, to represent everything that person is.” – Joey L
Business Lectures
This is one of the very interesting parts of Joey’s video because of his history. At only age 22, he’s currently one of the best commercial photographers out there and is traveling the world fulfilling his dreams.
How did Joey become an internationally recognized photographer by the time he was 16 years old?
Joey Lawrence shares his secrets for hustling the photography industry and becoming one of the world’s best commercial photographers while still in high school!
If you’re looking to advance your photography career, then you’re going to love these lectures. But even if you’re not looking to be a big-name commercial photographer, Joey’s story will surely inspire you to make amazing works.
Photoshop
If you see Joey’s work, you’ll notice a unique & amazing quality to it that really sets it apart from other photographers’ works.
Like many professional photographers, Joey uses Photoshop to enhance and finish his photos. In the Photoshop section of the video series, Joey teaches you some of the techniques that he regularly uses to add a bit more to his photos in post.
One very interesting lecture in this series is his “swapping skies” lecture. Sometimes God just doesn’t give you the great sky that you need for an awesome shot. But if you’re shooting for a client, you have to do what it takes to deliver great looking shots. Joey Lawrence shows you how to add beautiful skies to your photos in post-processing by using the sky from a different image. He even includes several skies that you can use in your own photos.
The complete list of Photoshop lessons include: compositing, using color curves, swapping skies, experimenting with blending modes, custom black & white conversion, tonal colorizing, fixing blown highlights.
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