Anyone can take a picture of a person.

Scott shows you how to make a portrait.

Turn strangers into relaxed subjects

Scott's rapport-building moves — research, conversation, their favorite music — that unlock genuine expressions

Shape light that flatters

Use shadows to build depth and dimension in every face — and position your subject so the light does the heavy lifting

Nail skin tones and tack-sharp eyes

A gray card workflow that corrects a whole shoot's color in seconds, plus the eye-detection AF settings that never miss

Pick lenses and backgrounds that do the work

Seamless paper, shallow depth of field, and why the $639 lens beats the $3,400 one for most portrait shooters

Compose and crop like a pro

Headroom, intentional crops, flattering camera angles, and getting close enough to fill the frame

...across all 10 lessons, from style guide to final crop.

Anyone can learn to operate a camera. Far fewer learn to photograph a person.

This course closes that gap. Scott hands you the complete playbook — the artistic decisions, the people skills, and the few technical moves that actually matter — so you stop hoping for great portraits and start engineering them. If people are in your frame, this course belongs in your library.

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