Introduction to Child Photography

The productions and shootings with children involve a different direction and management with respect to the sessions with adults. Turning the session into a game and making the plan fun will create a fantastic dynamic where you can breathe naturally and where everything flows. This is just one of the many things that Leila Méndez has been learning in her long career directing and photographing shootings children. He has worked in publications such as El País Semanal, AD, The Guardian, and has collaborated with clients such as Uniqlo, Warner, Desigual and Adidas.

In this course, Leila will teach you the keys to conducting a shooting with children. From the preproduction and the direction of models, to the edition and presentation of the material. At the end of the course you will have the necessary knowledge to face a professional children’s photography shooting, ready to be published.

Leila will begin by telling you about her beginnings in the world of photography and, more specifically, in children’s photography. He will tell you about his career and his work in campaigns and prominent publications. Then he will show you some of his influences.

You will make an introduction to the fundamentals of children’s photography, seeing different examples and discovering that it is a field with infinite possibilities, and that encompasses two broad categories: fashion and advertising; in both, the theme lifestyle is king.

You will see what an assignment consists of, whether from a brand, an agency or a publication, and the role of the art director in this process. In your session the art director and the photographer will be you, you will create your idea and visual universe. You will learn to create a concept and see how to land it visually, helping you with a mood board with visual references; It is essential to communicate how you imagine it.

You will discover which people are essential in the staff (stylist, hairdresser, assistant, set designer …) to carry out the shooting seeing the role they occupy and, also, You will learn to negotiate budgets for collaborations. You will decide if your session is in a location or set. Leila will explain how to find a space that works photographically, optimizing its possibilities. It will also give you some tips to get ideas and tell you about the types of languages at the time of telling a story.