Editorial Portraiture: Light and Creativity
What will we do in the course?
A course by Natalia Gw , Fashion and portrait photographer
About the video: What will we do in the course?
Overview
“In this course I will teach you to think about a portrait or fashion photographic project from scratch, we are going to give great importance to the concept of editorial within our projects having resources at hand to easily create different sets of art. We will learn various lighting schemes starting from the simplest with natural light to the study set and I will teach you to select and edit our photos correcting the most common mistakes.”
In this video lesson Natalia Gw addresses the topic: What will we do in the course?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Editorial Portraiture: Light and Creativity. Learn how to create photographic portraits; from idea, to shoot, to Photoshop.
Partial transcription of the video
“What will we do in the course? Now let's look at what we'll do in this course. I'll show how to do editorial or fashion portraits from scratch. As a final project we'll do some editorial portraits where you can choose the topic for your project, the art direction that best complements your concept, the location, the model you want to portray, the color palette. We'll start with natural light to then move onto a studio set with three very versatile set-ups for all types of shooting. You'll learn how to conceptualize your ideas, to direct your shoot and do an art direction with elements based...”
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Course summary for: Editorial Portraiture: Light and Creativity
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Areas
Digital Photography, Fashion Photography, Photography, Portrait Photography, Studio Photography

Natalia Gw
A course by Natalia Gw
Natalia Gw was born in Bogotá, Colombia, where she studied photography. Afterward, she specialized in portrait and fashion photography. Currently, her work shifts between the editorial and commercial world, which has allowed her to work with clients like Netflix, Missoma, and local fashion designers and artists.
In her photographs, she transports her models to surrealistic places. Her purpose is to convey the message behind each image in the best possible way and exalt its beauty. You can find Natalia’s work on Instagram and on her website.
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