A mentorship with Jessica Esplin Photography is great for hobbyists, photographers who are new to the field, as well as experienced photographers that would like to offer newborn photography to their clients. By working with an experienced photographer you’ll gain the confidence you need to start your own newborn photography portfolio.
1 on 1 mentoring
If you are looking to improve your skills with Photoshop composites, or learn the basics of newborn photography including posing, wrapping, lighting and safety then a mentorship with Jessica Esplin Photography is for you. When you mentor with me I will guide you whether as a newbie photog or an experienced portrait photographer through the various techniques of posing, lighting and post production techniques within the genre of newborn portrait photography.
You choose what we focus on. Here are some topics I cover:
Newborn Posing - learn the basics of a variety of poses including back pose (variation with a wrap), chin on hands pose, bum up pose, side lying pose, potato sack pose, posing with parents, posing with siblings
Workflow - using a posing workflow to speed up sessions.
Shooting - best angles, composition, basics of using a camera (exposure, white balance, shutter speed, etc.)
Wrapping - tips and tricks of wrapping a newborn for a portrait
Photoshop - Composites, using actions
I know that many photography teachers will not accept students with a business within a certain radius of their own business. I do not have these restrictions and invite photographers of all levels and all locations to work with me. Community over competition!
After many years in business and photographing scores of babies, including three sets of twins, I've established success in session workflow, posing newborns, and many other elements of newborn portrait photography and I am so ready to help others learn how to also succeed. I'm excited to share what I know about how to speed up your sessions by mastering a posing workflow, how to efficiently and beautifully set up a newborn portrait photo shoot, and skills for editing your photo composites in Adobe Photoshop. I specialize in traveling newborn photography so I'll show you how I streamline the process of traveling to a client's home for a session.
Posing a newborn baby is a challenging endeavor. While posing a newborn, you need to consider safety issues, what poses will work comfortably for each baby, how to soothe the baby, and how to communicate with the parents about what you’ll be doing at the session. After watching me as your instructor interact with a newborn, you’ll have the opportunity to pose the baby with my guidance, putting the skills that you’ve learned into practical use.
Mentoring rates: $100 per hour, or $75 per hour when you book 2 or more hours. Contact me below for more details.
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Jessica Esplin Photography offers newborn, lifestyle newborn, maternity, children, and family photography in her natural, soft, and colorful style. We value printed products that will become a treasured heirloom for our client's families.