Introduction to Street Photography
Light and shadows: the mood of an image
A course by Gustavo Minas, Photographer
About the video: Light and shadows: the mood of an image
Overview
“In this class, I will talk about light, shadows and silhouettes, elements that help determine the climate or atmosphere of an image.”
In this video lesson Gustavo Minas addresses the topic: Light and shadows: the mood of an image, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Street Photography. Learn how to create visual narratives out of everyday life and make an urban photoshoot.
Partial transcription of the video
“Light is essential in photography and for me. it's the most crucial factor in building an image. In this lesson. i'll show how the use of lights. shadows. and other elements help to set the mood of a Let's go. One thing that greatly helped me understand light was reading this book by Edgar Moura. a cinema photography director. 50 years. lights. camera. action. At one point in the book. he says that to understand where the light is coming from. we just need to look at the direction the shadows are pointing. The light source will be exactly on the opposite side of those shadows. As long as we...”
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Gustavo Minas
A course by Gustavo Minas
Gustavo Minas was born in 1981 in Cássia, a small city located in the State of Minas Gerais. After receiving a degree in journalism from the State University of Londrina, he went on to study the language and history of photography under Carlos Moreira in São Paulo and has been photographing the urban scenes of the cities he visits since 2009.
He currently works as a freelance journalist and photographer based in Brasília as well as teaching workshops across Brazil and abroad. In 2017, his photo series Rodoviária won the Picture of the Year LATAM award, in the category "The Future of Cities," and in 2019, he published his first book Maximum Shadow Minimal Light with Edition Lammerhuber, which was also exhibited in Hamburg that same year.
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