Experimental Outdoor Self-Portrait Photography
Body performance
A course by Cristias Rosas Chocano , Photographer and Visual Artist
Joined January 2020
Joined January 2020
About the video: Body performance
Overview
“The idea here is that you can rehearse different postures and loosen your body in front of the camera, in addition to this there is one more function that you must learn, which is to perform the action of self-portrait while doing this exercise of body freedom. We must be clear about the positioning of the body in front of the camera. The expressiveness of the body will be determined by the theme and the emotion chosen by the student to embody. Let us remember that the long shutter partially or totally cancels the features, therefore the expressiveness is mostly corporal. The body must complement nature and lose its neatness. It will be the student's choice if this will predominate or if this will be one more element among many. ”
In this video lesson Cristias Rosas Chocano addresses the topic: Body performance, which is part of the Domestika online course: Experimental Outdoor Self-Portrait Photography. Channel your emotions and translate them into thought-provoking images.
Partial transcription of the video
“Body performance In this lesson we will address various positions that the body takes when taking a self portrait. Join me. The expressiveness of the body will be determined by you with the theme and emotion that you have decided to embody. What we will do is a review of different positions that can be addressed so that you have a baggage of options and finally choose which one best suits your project. The first thing we will see is having the subject backlit. As you can see, the light source is backlit. However, the subject is not obscured. This is accomplished by measuring the light towar...”
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Course summary for: Experimental Outdoor Self-Portrait Photography
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Areas
Fine-Art Photography, Outdoor Photography, Photography, Portrait Photography, Self-Portrait Photography
Cristias Rosas Chocano
A course by Cristias Rosas Chocano
Cristias Rosas has been a photographer for over sixteen years. In the last decade, he has focused on creating photography series inspired by his feelings, personal interests, and life’s unexpected events. His work ranges from creating portraits of his father suffering from senile dementia, for the project “La Edad de la desaparición”, to documentary-related themes such as New York’s sadomasochistic community, for “La Otra Cotidianidad”.
His images have been featured internationally, including in publications in Japan and Peru.
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