Emotive Photography: Create Real, Up-close Images

Light and Composition Exercises

A course by Carol Peña , Photographer and Art Director

Photographer and Art Director. Madrid, Spain.
Joined October 2014
91% positive reviews (64)
1,891 students
Audio: Spanish
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About the video: Light and Composition Exercises

Overview

“Next I will show you how I use light in my photographs. I will tell you about some references in the art world such as Hopper, Sorolla and Singer Sargent, and the importance of light in their works. We will also see some games of light that we can put into practice in our photographs.”

In this video lesson Carol Peña addresses the topic: Light and Composition Exercises, which is part of the Domestika online course: Emotive Photography: Create Real, Up-close Images . Combine color, composition, and space to get portraits that tell a story and generate emotions .

Partial transcription of the video

“Light and composition exercises In this lesson, we will see light exercises that could be useful in your photo shoots. I usually use natural light, it's my favorite. I understand that for someone used to artificial light It must be something that makes you feel insecure. What attracts me to natural light is that it challenges me, because I don't know exactly what will happen. Yes, there are applications that allow you to control the movement of the sun, where you will have it at all times, but, despite that, there can always be unforeseen events. It can get cloudy. You can have a shadow tha...”

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Course summary for: Emotive Photography: Create Real, Up-close Images

  • Level: Beginner
  • 91% positive reviews (64)
  • 1891 students
  • 5 units
  • 14 lessons (2h 38m)
  • 2 downloads
  • Category

    Photography & Video
  • Areas

    Fine-Art Photography, Mobile Photography, Photography, Portrait Photography, Self-Portrait Photography

Carol Peña

Carol Peña
A course by Carol Peña

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Photographer and Art Director

Carol Peña is a photographer and art director, although she has also worked in publishing and advertising over the course of her career. She uses emotive photography to explore the many universes that can coexist in a single room. Her creations have garnered her a following of more than five hundred and twenty thousand people on Instagram.

Carol combines images and texts to help brands from around the world communicate, including Olympus, Carolina Herrera, Adidas, Hermès, Bombay Sapphire, Iberostar, Ruinart, Estrella Damm, Huawei, Barceló viajes, Hyundai, MINI Living, and Herschel. She also shares her skills and knowledge as a teacher at Blanquerna, Idep, and Brother.


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Emotive Photography: Create Real, Up-close Images . Photography, and Video course by Carol Peña

Emotive Photography: Create Real, Up-close Images

A course by Carol Peña
Photographer and Art Director. Madrid, Spain.
Joined October 2014
  • 91% positive reviews (64)
  • 1,891 students