Introduction to Conceptual Portrait Photography
Curating and Selecting Your Shots 1
A course by Kristina Varaksina , Photographer
Joined February 2021
Joined February 2021
About the video: Curating and Selecting Your Shots 1
Overview
“You will have many images after a shoot and it’s important to spend time carefully choosing the ones that work. Let me know you my process.”
In this video lesson Kristina Varaksina addresses the topic: Curating and Selecting Your Shots 1, 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
“Curating and Selecting Your Shots In this lesson, I'll take you through my process of image selection and the first steps of global image adjustments. This is the first shoot that I did that you've seen in previous lessons. This is a self-portrait, as you know and you can see. I first open my RAW files in Capture One, which is a specifically RAW file editing software that I prefer to many others. I have my own professional reasons. If you don't have access to Capture One, any RAW file editing software will do. It can be Lightroom, or Adobe Camera RAW, for example. As long as you're working ...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Conceptual Portrait Photography
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Areas
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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