Directing People for Portrait Photography

Overview

“In this lesson, you will learn about human emotions, understand what people feel during a photoshoot, and how to build a connection with your sitter.”

In this video lesson Emilia Brandão addresses the topic: Understanding Emotions, which is part of the Domestika online course: Directing People for Portrait Photography. Capture unforgettable images and experiences by understanding how to engage with individuals and their emotions.

Partial transcription of the video

“Understanding emotions In this lesson you'll learn about human emotions, understand how people feel during a photo shoot, and how to build connection with your sitter. Shame, low self-esteem, fear of exposure, lack of experience, feeling unphotogenic, these are a few of the difficulties most people bring to a photo shoot, and it's not our job to fix them but we need to acknowledge those difficulties. Understanding these are normal behaviours and expressing that to your sitter and being available to work around them will create connection and trust with your sitter, and therefore an engaged ...”

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Course summary for: Directing People for Portrait Photography

• Level: Beginner
• 97% positive reviews (378)
• 11304 students
• 4 units
• 14 lessons (1h 52m)
• 4 downloads

• Category

  Photography & Video

• Software

  Adobe Bridge, Adobe Photoshop, Camera Raw

• Areas

  Photographic Lighting, Photography, Portrait Photography