Finn Beales is an award-winning photographer and director, celebrated for his cinematic landscape and lifestyle photography. He travels the world to capture the raw power of nature. His epic shots immortalise spellbinding moments in wild, off-grid locations and have earned him a loyal following of over half a million on Instagram, as well as major clients such as Apple, Cartier, Land Rover and Omega. Finn is based in Wales, where he lives with his wife and two children.

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Foreword
Introduction
The Power of Images
Sparking the Imagination
Where to Start?
What You Will Need
Gear: SLR
Gear: Phone Apps
Exercise: Image Editing on a Smartphone

Storytelling 101
What is a Story?
Location
Character
Event
Project: Capture an Environmental Protrait
The Importance of Shot Types
Shot Types: Extreme and Long
Shot Types: Medium and Medium Close
Shot Types: Close-Up and Cutaways
Project: One Subject, Ten Ways
Creating a Body of Work
Project: Everyday Cinematic

Step 1: Pitch
Website
Instagram
Ask the Right Questions
The Creative Call
Project: Develop a Treatment
Pricing
Selling the Estimate

Step 2: Prepare
Developing a Mood Board
Mood-boarding for Colour
Combining Colour Palettes
Developing Your Own Colour Palette for Image Grading
Exercise: Making the Grade
Project: Edit Like a Painter
The Location Recce
Mission Control

Step 3: Shoot
Meeting Your Subjects
See the Light
Types of Sunlight
Project: Capturing Mystery: Shooting Silhouettes
Camera Settings
Shooting with Prime lenses
Exercise: Phone Portraits
Shooting Technique: Rembrandt
Exercise: Rembrandt Lighting
Shooting Technique: Catchlights
Exercise: Experimenting with Catchlights
Shooting Technique: 50 & Stitch (the Brenizer Method)
Exercise: Stitching
Shooting Technique: Beginner Panning Shot
Exercise: Panning with a Smart Phone
Project: Keep Moving: Motion Blur
Shooting Technique: Advanced Tracking Shot
Exercise: Tracking
Shooting Technique: Cinematic
Project: Dreamlike Scenes with Lens Flare
Shooting Technique: Dirty Foreground

Step 4: Edit
Save Time! Organise Your Images
Making Your Selects
Lightroom Collections
Exercise: Making Collections
Grading: Basic Adjustments
Project: Shoot with Film to Influence Your Grade
Introducing Film Grain and Effects
Exercise: Adding Light Leaks
Building a Story
Backup, Backup, Backup

Step 5: Deliver
File Formats
Sharpening
Project: Finalising Your File
Delivering Your Selects

Index
There is No Finish Line