Portrait Photography: Studio Direction and Production
Presentation
A course by Esteban Calderón , Portrait Photographer
About the video: Presentation
Overview
“I will start by introducing myself to get to know each other a little more, it is very important to know where we come from, what we like and what inspires us to be able to know the direction of the photographic project that we will do together.”
In this video lesson Esteban Calderón addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Portrait Photography: Studio Direction and Production. Express your creative vision and learn to direct shoots for creating exceptional portraits with artificial light.
Partial transcription of the video
“Presentation Hello, how are you, I'm Esteban Calderón, portrait photographer from the city of Tijuana. From a very young age, images have always caught my attention and all this is because my mother, when we were very young, I was always charging the camera and he portrayed us in any situation, on any trip, any ride. And all these photographs were in different photo albums and I, from a very young age, took them, reviewed them slowly, I was quite struck by how a moment can freeze like that, on a piece of paper and how a portrait can be so beautiful to look at. Then I would take on the task ...”
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Course summary for: Portrait Photography: Studio Direction and Production
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Photography, Photography, Portrait Photography

Esteban Calderón
A course by Esteban Calderón
Esteban Calderón is a renowned portrait photographer from Tijuana, Mexico. For many years, he was director of photography for Nylon magazine in Spanish. He currently works as a freelance collaborator for publications like Seventeen, Harper's Bazaar, Caras, Quién, or Marie Claire, while his client list includes Universal Music, Warner, Ocesa Seitrack, Soriana, Amazon, and Telcel.
Esteban is passionate about working with people to capture their essence in each shot. By employing a clean, minimal style that focuses on the protagonist of the image, he has captured famous personalities like Lana Del Rey, Finn Wolfhard, Miguel Bosé, Eiza González, Sean Lennon, Shirley Manson, Amandla Stenberg, Megan Fox, and more.
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