Trending Photography for Instagram
A course by Aaron Walls , Photographer
Make a greater impact on viewers with your photographs and improve your presence on social media
What if you could endlessly redefine your photography style? Aaron Walls has worked for brands like Absolut, Seagrams, and AllSaints. As a photographer and expert in new trends, he discovered that his Instagram audience was much more receptive to his work that experimented with new visual trends. Now you can become a trend hunter like him and create stunning portraits.
In this course, Aaron Walls explains how to track down trends and apply them to your photography projects. He shares some tricks he uses in his shoots and walks you through how to do a trending portrait photoshoot using natural light. He also helps you choose the best photos for crushing it on Instagram.
What will you learn in this online course?
17 lessons & 13 downloads
- 100% positive reviews (44)
- 830 students
- 17 lessons (1h 55m)
- 13 additional resources (2 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Recommended software for this course
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe PhotoshopWhat is this course's project?
Select a trend and use it as a reference point to do a photoshoot (artistic or editorial), creating a portrait using a homemade set with natural light.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
For both amateur and professional photographers who want to define their style, explore new visual trends, and expand the reach of their work on social media.
Requirements and materials
You need a basic understanding of photography and an open mind about creating something new.
The materials you need for this course are a reflex camera or a semi-pro/pro mirrorless camera, a 35 mm or 50 mm lens, and a computer with recent versions of Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.
Reviews
Aaron Walls
A course by Aaron Walls
Aaron Walls was born in Mexico and has been a photographer since he was 14. He has worked with brands like Absolut, Seagrams, and Hyundai, and his work includes everything from street and macro photography to fashion shoots. His experience has led him to specialize in a format and style that defines him as a photographer: portraits.
His ability to adapt to changes on social media enabled him to start experimenting with new visual trends from very early on. His experiments with trends on Instagram marked a turning point in his career and earned him significant recognition as a photographer.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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What will we do in the course?
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U2
How to be a trend hunter?
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Trends, what are they for?
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Qualities of a trend hunter
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U3
Shaping our session
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New ideas?
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Mood board
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Details that make the difference in the session and my photographic equipment
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U4
Taking trend photos, from home
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Improvising with artificial light from home
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Everything under control
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Now yes, let's trend with natural light
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Props make a difference
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U5
Pimp your photos and hook those likes
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Image selection
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My development and retouching process 1
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My development and retouching process 2
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My development and retouching process 3
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Instagram is your portfolio
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FP
Final project
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Trend Hunting on Instagram: Create Stylish Portraits
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What to expect from a Domestika course
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Learn at your own pace
Enjoy learning from home without a set schedule and with an easy-to-follow method. You set your own pace.
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Learn from the best professionals
Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
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Meet expert teachers
Each expert teaches what they do best, with clear guidelines, true passion, and professional insight in every lesson.
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Certificates
PlusIf you're a Plus member, get a custom certificate signed by your teacher for every course. Share it on your portfolio, social media, or wherever you like.
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Get front-row seats
Videos of the highest quality, so you don't miss a single detail. With unlimited access, you can watch them as many times as you need to perfect your technique.
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Share knowledge and ideas
Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
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Connect with a global creative community
The community is home to millions of people from around the world who are curious and passionate about exploring and expressing their creativity.
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Watch professionally produced courses
Domestika curates its teacher roster and produces every course in-house to ensure a high-quality online learning experience.
FAQs
Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.
You can redeem the course you received by accessing the redeeming page and entering your gift code.
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brandom_oro01
Muy claro al igual que entretenido el tomar el curso
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biuro_070235
Kurs wart zobaczenia
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victorgalindo_lineaazul
Buen curso, buena información y de forma practica, recibí buenos consejos y aporta a mi forma de hacer foto y editar, gracias!
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celiamc2
Un curso sencillo y bien explicado. Especialmente útiles los tips que nos da así como sus recursos adicionales. Buen curso. Lo recomiendo.
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cuatrodemas
Excelente curso
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