Portrait Photography from Start to Finish

Light, composition and technique

A course by Jorge Bispo , Photographer and Portrait Specialist

Photographer and Portrait Specialist. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Joined August 2020
93% positive reviews (68)
3,210 students
Audio: Portuguese
Portuguese · Spanish · English · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch

About the video: Light, composition and technique

Overview

“Now let's see in practice how to make a portrait. I'm going to talk about how I make my choices and how they relate to the results I seek. ”

In this video lesson Jorge Bispo addresses the topic: Light, composition and technique, which is part of the Domestika online course: Portrait Photography from Start to Finish. Learn to portray people professionally and prepare a photoshoot by working with composition, direction, and ambiance.

Partial transcription of the video

“Light, composition and technique Now, let's see in practice how to use all the equipment we talked about in the previous unit, understand my choices and see how they are directly responsible for the outcome of the portrait. Unlike other photographers, I don't like to get to the location too early, or make a lot of preplanning, or even conceiving a lot of what the portrait is going to be. I like to work with this chance, with discovering the location only at the moment. This chance brings me surprises that always enrich the portrait. The first thing I do, as soon as I arrive at the location,...”

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Course summary for: Portrait Photography from Start to Finish

  • Level: Beginner
  • 93% positive reviews (68)
  • 3210 students
  • 4 units
  • 11 lessons (1h 15m)
  • 2 downloads
  • Category

    Photography & Video
  • Areas

    Fine-Art Photography, Lifestyle Photography, Portrait Photography

Jorge Bispo

Jorge Bispo
A course by Jorge Bispo

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Photographer and Portrait Specialist

Jorge Bispo is a photographer and director from Rio de Janeiro. He was born into a family of actors and theater directors whose productions he would record, thus sparking his interest in photography. He studied visual arts at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and has worked for some of Brazil's most prominent media outlets such as Jornal do Brasil and Editora Abril.

His photographic portraits, series and fashion images have appeared in renowned publications like Playboy, Trip, TPM, VIP, Alfa, Claudia, Mymag, V, and many more. Throughout his career, he has directed video clips for musicians like Pedro Luis, João Bosco, Silva, Nando Reis, and Karina Buhr. He has also held several solo and group exhibitions and published the book Apartamento 302 which was later turned into a TV series for Canal Brasil.


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Portrait Photography from Start to Finish

A course by Jorge Bispo
Photographer and Portrait Specialist. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Joined August 2020
  • 93% positive reviews (68)
  • 3,210 students