So we have decided to release one free lesson from the DVD for those of you who might still be on the fence. Peter’s knowledge is expensive sure, but it’s guaranteed to change the way you shoot headshots for the rest of your career. We believe in this so much that if you don’t think your headshots are any better after watching 4 hours of Peter’s instructions we will give you your money back guaranteed!

This is just a small 20 minute sample from the full 4 hour DVD. Peter talks about many of these techniques in more detail and reveals other helpful tips during his personal interviews and during the 7 real client sessions. Although Peter does cover some basic camera and lighting techniques, the most important information will be useful to those already comfortable with their own gear and camera settings. Here are some of the topics covered in The Art Behind The Headshot:

• How To Make Anyone Look Their Best
• Starting Your Business From Scratch
• Natural Light vs Studio Light
• The Peter Hurley Signature Look
• Shadowed Lighting For Men
• Alternative Studio Lighting (Strobes)
• Tethering
• Camera Gear
• Understanding The Human Face (Mouth, Eyes, Eyebrows, and Body Position)
• Coaching and Facial Expression
• Creating Different “Looks” During Each Session
• Marketing
• Retouching/Printing
• Makeup/Hair
• Clothing
• Pricing

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If you’ve already purchased The Art Behind The Headshot, you need to join The Artists Behind The Headshot Facebook Group. Not only can you post your own photos and have Peter critique them directly but you can also talk business with other photographers who have purchased Peter’s digital tutorial or attended his Headshot Intensive. I just got off a private conference call with Peter and his guest speaker Delane Rouse (who photographed over 800 lawyers in 2011!) It was really amazing to have over 25 photographers logged on and sharing business tips on exactly how they are making money in their local communities. These extra help sessions are only available to those who are members of the private Facebook group so join now! The information shared tonight was worth it’s weight in gold, and it’s inspiring to hear how people are turning their photo hobbies into full blown careers!

All you have to do to enter is follow @fstoppers on Twitter, and tweet the following message:

“Follow @fstoppers and retweet this message to win Peter Hurley’s DVD and an iPad 2 http://bit.ly/tsTufu”

Make sure you tweet this message between now and the end of December 15th, 2011 because we will announce the winner the following day. Goto Peter’s The Art Behind The Headshot Website for more information. Thanks to everyone who has already purchased the DVD and good luck to everyone entering the contest. NOTE: If you plan on ordering the DVD or already have purchased it, you will be refunded if you win the twitter contest.

All you have to do to enter is follow @fstoppers on Twitter, and tweet the following message:

“Follow @fstoppers and retweet this message to win Peter Hurley’s DVD and an iPad 2 http://bit.ly/tsTufu”

Make sure you tweet this message between now and the end of December 15th, 2011 because we will announce the winner the following day. Goto Peter’s The Art Behind The Headshot Website for more information. Thanks to everyone who has already purchased the DVD and good luck to everyone entering the contest. NOTE: If you plan on ordering the DVD or already have purchased it, you will be refunded if you win the twitter contest.

During the 5 days of filming this video Peter completely opened my eyes to a new way of shooting people. Peter helped me look past the technical side of the camera and the lighting to see the emotion and feeling that each of his clients were producing in each image. When his clients weren’t producing compelling images, Peter knew exactly how to coach them into creating that perfect “look.” This experience has changed my photography more profoundly than any other experience in my life and I hope that everyone who watches this video will feel the same way.

Fstoppers is full of new and free information every single day including the first video we did with Peter over a year ago. This video was created with the professional photographer in mind and it costs $300 for a digital download of the 4 hour video. We know that many of our readers are photography hobbyists and if you don’t shoot professionally you may not see the value in this download and that is fine. Please realize that this is a tool and a piece of education that will help (some) professionals take their business to the next level. If you don’t see the value in it, please do not buy it and enjoy all of the other free material on our site. If you do decide to buy this video, I would like to thank you so much for supporting this venture and Fstoppers.com. Never in a million years would I have thought we (two wedding photographers from South Carolina) could have created a 4 hour tutorial of this complexity. I know we will never make enough money from DVD sales to make up for the time spent producing it (for some reason we thought it would only take a few weeks to edit) but I hope that this video will impact the photographers who watch it in a huge way.