Mobile Portrait Photography for Instagram

Photographic portrait with mobile for Instagram

“We have reached the end of the course. Your final project will be to create a series of three portraits: direct light, diffuse light, and different image modifiers. The three images of the final project will also be published on our social networks. They can be either each one with a type of light and modifiers, or that the 3 photographs are of the same type of light or with modifiers. It's up to you. Don't put pressure on yourself, try to enjoy the process. Remember that this is the most important thing. Don't put limits on yourself either, open your mind and think about what it would really fill you to do. Now share your final project with all of us by clicking on "Create your project". Remember to share both your final photos and the steps that have led you to them. It would be great if you showed a picture of each step and added a brief explanation about what you have done in each one. Also, from the forum, if you feel like it, share both your progress during the course and your final photos on Instagram with the hashtag #EreaAzurmendiDomestika We are going to review the main phases of your project that I want you to show when you share it with the community: Mood board and preparation Search for ideas, brainstorm and, when deciding what you want to do, keep in mind that it is important that the images are visually consistent with each other and at the same time very powerful individually. I recommend that you create a mood board and from there you start developing your shooting. It can be with a model or self-portrait. Keep in mind that if you want to do everything on your own, you must have help or a tripod.

Shooting When you are taking the photos, remember: • Take into account how the light works throughout the day both by direction, contrast and color temperature. • The lenses that work best for portraiture are normal or telephoto lenses. If you approach with the wide angle lens, they will deform the model. If you do it creatively, great; if not, I recommend that you change your objective. Anyway, go testing and looking for different results. Only then will you learn how you like it best. • The first photo is not usually the best, since both you and your model have to warm up before giving 100%, so organize yourself so that the best photo is not the first one you take. The last one either, because you will already be more tired. Try to organize it so that it is in the middle. • Enjoy, try and be wrong. Don't be afraid of the end result. Enjoy and make mistakes is the best learning. Selection and editing After taking all the photos, choose the ones you like best and best suit the idea of your project and edit them as we have seen in Unit 5. When you edit your photos, remember that they must have visual, individual and overall coherence . Your final photos and your Instagram feed Share in the forum your final 3 photos and also a capture of your Instagram feed with the photos you have taken in the course and that you have uploaded. Remember to save the feed design in terms of rhythm and color. These are my final 3 photos. In Unit 5 I have also left as an attachment the 9 that I have uploaded to my feed. I hope you enjoyed this course very much and that it has helped you to get out of the lock, inspire you to find new ideas and learn new techniques and tricks to get more out of your new phone. And I hope you have lost your fear of the result. Remember that if you have doubts, you can leave them in the question thread of the forum. I'll get back to you as soon as I can so you can keep learning, but I ask for your patience, as I may be busy with other projects. I also want to invite you to participate in the forum and try to help the community, surely we can inspire and help each other a lot! Thanks! ”

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“Final project We have reached the end of this Domestika course. I hope you take something of value with you and that it helps you in future projects. Before, let's see what we have learned. First, we saw how to face the blank paper, how to unlock yourself and how to generate good ideas. We saw the peculiarities of taking portraits. Then we talk about color and basic composition theories in photography. Then we make a mood board of our project. We saw the necessary materials for the "shooting". And I gave you tips to make the most of your mobile camera. Then I told you some things that are i...”

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Course summary for: Mobile Portrait Photography for Instagram

• Level: Beginner
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• 2917 students
• 5 units
• 19 lessons (3h 55m)
• 11 downloads

• Category

  Photography & Video

• Areas

  Instagram, Instagram Photography, Mobile Photography, Portrait Photography, Social Media