Joey Wright – Swimwear Photography

Description of Swimwear Photography

Swimwear Photography: Lighting, Posing, and Retouching is an extensive educational course that walks you through every aspect of Joey’s swimwear business. Set in the exotic Caribbean country of Curacao, Joey and his creative team explore everything that goes into his commercial shoots including, how he uses natural light, scrims, reflectors, and strobe lights, as well as preproduction elements such as hair and makeup, wardrobe, scouting, model selection, and every piece of Joey’s photography kit. Joey also shares an extremely in-depth section on posing your model so you can achieve perfect body language and positioning with any model of any experience level.Swimwear Photography Lighting, Posing, And Retouching

Joey Wright’s Swimwear Photography tutorial has become the longest running tutorial Fstoppers has ever produced with a runtime of over 20 hours! With a total of 43 files, this series explores over eight hours of on-location shooting and demonstrations, as well as 12 hours of post-production in which Joey teaches you every step in his retouching and client-proofing workflow.Swimwear Photography Lighting, Posing, And Retouching

What You’ll Learn In Swimwear Photography?

• Shooting with natural light
• Using silver, gold, and white reflectors
• How to effectively use scrims and flags
• Using strobes and different light modifiers
• How to choose a model
• Tips on working with hair and makeup
• Styling and wardrobe considerations
• Using lens compression and aperture to your advantage
• Location scouting
• Joey’s complete photography gear and production tools
• Post-Production, including raw adjustments, skin retouching, and local adjustments (dodge and burn)
• How to set up a streamlined client proofing gallery
• Business Interview with Lee Morris about marketing and pricing your work
• A feature length behind the scenes “making of” documentary

About Joey Wright

Joey Wright is a distinguished Miami-based swimsuit photographer. As a South Florida native, the beach inevitably became his natural habitat and day-to-day work environment. With a B.A. in Digital Media, he spent several years in the graphic design field before redirecting his creative talents toward photography. His work, primarily trademarked by its tastefully alluring and meticulously detailed quality, always reflects his easy-going approach balanced by a perfectionist nature.

Joey was recognized by Westcott Lighting in 2010 when they chose him as one of their Westcott Top Pros and has made several guest appearances on Photoshop User TV and D-Town TV. He has been featured on SI.com, Fstoppers.com, Scott Kelby’s Photoshop Insider Blog, ‘Light It’ Digital Magazine, Nik Radio, Photo Biz Xposed, Tether Talk and The New York Times.

His work earned first place in the 2014 Edge Shave Gel – Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition “Dream Job” contest. A brief list of Joey’s clients include Montce Swimwear, Ravish Sands Swimwear, Noelle Swimwear, Perfect Tan Bikini, ONE.1 Management, Ford Models, Next Model Management, Devoted Creations, Atlanta Falcons Cheerleaders (NFL), Tropic Beauty Model Search and The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

Although Joey attributes his success to devout passion and commitment, when asked if satisfied with his achievements, the response is unequivocal: “While profoundly thankful to have such a fulfilling career, I’ll always remain my own toughest critic.” Consequently, Joey strives to satisfy his clients’ highest expectations while simultaneously achieving peer recognition as a leading professional in the field of swimsuit photography.

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