Analog Portrait Photography: Creating Unique Atmospheres
Preparing the Material
A course by Maria Louceiro , Photographer and Art Director
About the video: Preparing the Material
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you how I set up my camera and select the filters that I use during a photoshoot. ”
In this video lesson Maria Louceiro addresses the topic: Preparing the Material, which is part of the Domestika online course: Analog Portrait Photography: Creating Unique Atmospheres. Capture the ephemeral quality of analog photography in your portraits by using original filters and post-production techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Preparing the Material Now I will show you how I set up my camera and chose my filters to use in this photo shoot. For these photos, I'm going to use my main camera, Minolta Dynax 700si. I'm gonna use a Fujifilm of 400 ISO. I need a fast film because I'm gonna use a lot of filters and that blocks the light, so I need a fast shutter speed. I also want to use a small aperture because we're going to do some close-up portraits, so the background needs to be blurred. I'm going to use an aperture between 4.5 and 16 since it's quite sunny and we can take advantage of the Sunny 16 rule, which I'll ...”
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Course summary for: Analog Portrait Photography: Creating Unique Atmospheres
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Category
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Areas
Film Photography, Outdoor Photography, Photographic Lighting, Photography, Portrait Photography, Self-Portrait Photography

Maria Louceiro
A course by Maria Louceiro
Maria Louceiro is a Portuguese photographer and art director based in Berlin, Germany, who creates dream-like images using digital and analog photography techniques. Inspired by photos of concerts from websites and magazines, Maria decided to venture out to concerts and capture her own images of musicians onstage. As her vision and ideas grew, so did her career as a photographer, with international promoters and musicians contracting her for major music events and concerts.
Her clients include Adobe, Pitchfork, Mercedes-Benz, MTV, VICE, Red Bull Music Academy, Coachella, and !K7.
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