Introduction to Conceptual Portrait Photography
How to Choose Your Subject
A course by Kristina Varaksina , Photographer
Joined February 2021
Joined February 2021
About the video: How to Choose Your Subject
Overview
“We will begin by considering how to choose your subject and how to look within to make this choice.”
In this video lesson Kristina Varaksina addresses the topic: How to Choose Your Subject, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Conceptual Portrait Photography. Translate your ideas and feelings into striking images that move your audience.
Partial transcription of the video
“How to Choose Your Subject In this lesson, we will learn how to outline your artistic path and how to stay true to yourself. To figure out who you are as an artist, you need to first figure out who you are as a person. I'm going to show you how to do it with the help of this simple diagram. You can see here that there're four parts of this diagram and I call it artist's compass. We have the north, the south, the west and the east. We're going to start with the north. The north is actually your past. Your childhood memories, your formative events, what influenced you growing up, what interes...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Conceptual Portrait Photography
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Fine-Art Photography, Photographic Lighting, Photography, Photography Post-production, Portrait Photography, Self-Portrait Photography, Studio Photography
Kristina Varaksina
A course by Kristina Varaksina
Kristina Varaksina is a London-based photographer who works in advertising, fashion, and fine art. Growing up in Russia, she spent a lot of time reading and always enjoyed drawing and painting. Eventually, she went on to study a degree in architecture and interior design, and later, a master’s in graphic design. After working for a few years in graphic design and advertising, she moved to the U.S.to study for another master’s in photography at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
Since then, Kristina has worked with clients including The BBC, The Telegraph, Harper’s Bazaar, and L’Officiel. Her work has been exhibited internationally at galleries in the U.S., Europe, and China, and she has taught photography at the Art Institute of California and New York Film Academy. She has also been recognized with a number of awards, including Portrait of Britain 2020 Winner and Lens Culture Critic’s Choice 2020 Winner.
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