Less Is More: Mastering the Minimalist Style of Newborn Photography with Bethney Backhaus

MP4 | Video: AVC 1280x720 | Audio: AAC 44KHz 2ch | Duration: 1.5 Hours | 2.5 GB

Genre: eLearning | Language: English

Bethney Backhaus takes a unique approach to newborn photography by utilizing minimalist and simple components to accentuate a baby’s purity and newness. In this Breakout, Bethney shares her newborn philosophy and how simplicity and minimalism play a role in creating her distinctive images.

She will share how to shoot a full gallery with these types of images, how she uses natural light, and some secrets to obtaining natural looking poses. You’ll learn how to shoot a full gallery, how to use natural light in newborn photography, how Bethney makes her sessions flow, and the secrets behind her natural looking poses. You’ll also get to delve into some behind-the-scenes videos to see where she shops for sessions, how she sets up, and how she cleanly processes her images to emphasize the simplicity she loves.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

• Minimalist Philosophy and how to implement this style in newborn portraiture

• Where Bethney shops for her distinct backdrops and wraps

• How to shoot a full gallery with very simple and natural images

• Bethney’s posing and post processing workflows

• How Bethney sets up for her sessions

• How to pose newborns to make them look “unposed”

• Post processing techniques to enhance simplicity and negative space for more impact

WHAT’S INCLUDED

PDF full of detailed information, techniques, tips, pullbacks, and inspiration

An on location shopping video showing what Bethney looks for while shopping for her sessions

An editing video using Lightroom and Photoshop

A video of Bethney setting up for a session

A LR preset and Photoshop action