Her teaching caters to my style of learning. Short,simple to the point. She really did a great job.

She is legit speed shooting families...that is such a skill 👏👏👏

That family they brought in during the Posing Demo was such a wholesome and adorable moment! It made me so happy! ^w^

I am a brand new family photographer. Did my first large shoot today. This video helped me so much. My client actually complimented me after the shoot on how I knew just what I wanted and how good I was at directing. Thank you so much for showing me a style I was not aware of. Made my shoot so much easier. As a newly I was not sure I would like this aspect of the job. Now I can hardly wait for my next shoot. Happy New Year.

Great teacher, thank you Elena !!!!

I learned so much from this... thank you so much for sharing. I'm not a photographer but I am learning, however I am a freelance videographer & I love making family & couple videos - especially wedding videos. How you was in control throughout the whole family photoshoot was just amazing. Thank you!

Elena S. Blair is so beautfil shes like a perfect picture.

This is great info. I like how intimate the poses look. I watched the losing session twice, and both times it struck me that the directions sounded negative. “Don’t put your hand around her like that.” And “don’t look at me.” I like to say things like, “the way you did it looks great, now let’s try putting your hand…” so it is positive language rather than negative. “Do” do this rather than “do NOT” do that.

This was so helpful, I cannot even tell you how much I appreciate this! Killer job, Elena!

So helpful and great to see her in action and see how she does it with an actual family. Thanks for sharing this! Great job!

I need a repeat of this for social distancing and no touching! Thank you!

Love everything you said about natural light and a simple setup. Exactly what i try to do to capture my own family

Wow I'm just blown away by her system! 😍😍😍 can't wait to try it!

I’m so inspired by this! I love how Elena just sticks to her guns and style 👏🏻👏🏻

Thanks for the lesson. I know this was just on posing, but it would have been better if we could have seen the final results.

This is one of best posing videos I have yet to see.

This is so well done and so full of great information! Seeing you work in action was so educational! Thank you!

Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge Elena. That was awesome

I absolutely loved this! Thank you!

Amazing lecture. So many takeaways, thank you. I also love the fact that you're a minimalist. I always thought the idea was to get away with as less as possible. So, find a pocket of light somewhere, go into some corner and make do with what you have. I am in awe of photographers who use massive setup, but I don't see myself doing it. Also the "lifestyle" type of shoot which is still directed sounds really inspiring. As for insisting on smiles, I feel like it's totally allowed to capture all children emotions, not just smiles (or fake smiles). And it's so smart that you have a contract detailing everything you will do and cannot guarantee that you can do. Also amazing ideas for a select number of locations that you know and understand how to use the most out of. That makes PERFECT sense. I used to shoot birthdays for kids, lot s of running around, minimal time to capture, etc, but I still could manage to get decent portraits of most of the kids, most of the time. However, every once in a while there would be a kid that just will not accept to be photographed. Not even once...every time I approach, the kid covers their face and just won't let me. And then, the father goes: "I guess you're gonna have a hard time with this one". Not really sure the expectation here was realistic or fair, so props for the contract. Sorry about the long comment and keep up the great work, I am following you on IG!

Thanks for sharing. Indeed! Very helpful and informative. You can see how passionate and talented she was. Great Job!

Awesome video, I learned a lot from Elena! I love her style and how well she directs everything!

I absolutely loved this video. All the rule breaking is right up my street.

This is gold. GOLD!

This is a brilliant video, I am in this part of the industry as well for a year and it is hard without telling people what to do

This is Uber impressive! So helpful from a newbie. Thank you!

Absolutely love this video and Elena's work what and inspiration. Just what i needed

This week im gonna have my first family shooting as a photographer and i want u to say thank you for this helpful advices ❤ i feel less stressed now and finally have some ideas about posing because for real ppl dont know what to do with their hands and legs 😄 thank u for real ❤

Thank you. This was one of the most educational videos I have seen in a long time.

I can’t stop smiling awe!

This was SO helpful. Thank you!

Thank you for sharing so much great information!! I’m taking photos for a friend next weekend and feel like you’ve given me so much to make the shoot better!!!

Very helpful and love that family

Thanks for this tutorial, I find it very informative, right to the point.

Thank you. Super helpful

Extremely helpful and engaging.

Thank you, this was so helpful.

This was so helpful!! Thank you!

You’re awesome! Best info on KZfaq

excellent video. thank you.

Awe!! The family made me tear up! So much love haha.

Brilliant!!! thank you!!!

How do you set your focus? Single focus or continuous? Auto or manual? And where do you usually focus (mom, dad, kid?) to keep wide aperture. Also what metering mode do you use?

Very good & sound advice + Awesome Captures!

awesome tips this is why I get all my staff from BH

wow this was beyond helpful

This was great! Thanks

the best youtube i saw about photoshoot / thank you !

Thankyou soo much

I'm pretty sure your editing company does more than basics colour correction! I have seen pictures in your new born photography course and the editing looks way advanced imoa. Thanks

Elena, this was a great video. I did not hear anyone ask you where you place your focus point. My apologies if someone did.

Posing in some way yes but I feel the light needs ton of work by either working with the available light and use it in your favor or creating it with strobes, flashes or reflectors.

Great video! Subscribed!

Awesome job! That 5DIV shutter count has reached its limit!

Really helpful video. However, I would have learnt much more if there were more conversation around where to focus, what apertures to use and most importantly the output of the photoshoot done in the session.

Wow , amazing video to share thanks

Thanks for sharring this, you are rescuing my shooting! :)

All the photos here are of families with little children. what about poses for families with grown up (or teenage) children?

Awesome video! I am trying to check the free posing guide but it says error. Still available?

How you gonna make me cry lmaooooooo BEAUTIFUL!

What's the best link to provide photos to customers? Thanks for the amazing video! 💕

Is there anywhere to see the images that Elena captured during the posing demo?

You did this so fast wow! what happens when you need to change the settings?

Wow speed shooting amazing. May I ask what lens are you using for these portraits?

Is the posing guide still available?

There are a couple options for the 50mm 1.2L lenses and the prices are so different. Would you be able to reply with the exact one or a link to it?

Love it, sooo my style of shooting, love it when other photographers say "i dont use lights or strobes".. Natural light cant be beaten, high ISO and still get beautiful pictures!

pls review YONGNUO 35MM F/1.4 DF UWM

What lens did you use for this shoot? What lens would you recommend for a family of 8 using a Canon T7i?

At around 8:24, it is suggested that touching subjects puts them at ease and makes posing directives easier to follow. In light of the social distancing norms in effect around the world, I would love to know if Elena S. Blair has specific tips on how she has modified her family sessions or other types of sessions.

enjoyed watching and getting some pointers, couldnt access your free posing guide, after giving name and email, it went to login or signup???? also would have liked to see some fimages after taking them to see what you captured, obviously not all 300+

Hi, B&H Photo Video! Could you say please, which lens had you used in this video?

I just tried to download the free posing guide, but it keeps giving me an error. Is there something wrong with the link ? Thanks

what camera do you use on you photography sessions?

When you have that many people where do you focus ?

For anybody else in the comments searching for the editing company she uses, it's the image salon

What's the editing company she uses?

Wondering why the photos of the family were never shown???

what kind off lens you are using?

What lens did she use?

What lens is used when shooting?

loved it. but I can't access the guide, is there a trick?

Who is this woman? This was very helpful, thank you!

Hey guys, Please, what is the name of the editing company that she works?

How do you break down and collect which shot to show your client after you took a millions of clicks ... don't get me wrong . i am a learner too ...

Can i make one remark? The photographer told the kids several times that it was the last picture she would take or olmost done. And then she made like 1000 photo's afterwards. The kids want's to have a timeframe. When you say you are done, then be done, right?

Grüße aus Deutschland 🇩🇪

Elena, I'll photograph the ones you say no to....

Did she use autofocus?

excellent honest and very helpful. Well done

i saw no images

But rapid spray and pray? ...against a white background, no strobes, reflectors or even windows, shadows on the backdrop? No positioning for light? Was her ISO 100,000? "Not a light person" but photography is literally about capturing light? Where can we see the photos?

Before trying to become a professional photographer REMEMBER! That every person who has a camera is a photographer!

Why didn't you let us see the photos you took? What's the point if we can't see what you photographed? Don't understand the logic. Were you embarrassed with the outcome?

no social distancing.....😂