Portrait Film Photography: Capture the spirit of your community
Developing the Mood
A course by Kendall Bessent , Photographer
About the video: Developing the Mood
Overview
“In this lesson, I'll walk you through the steps of developing a detailed mood board and how this will help you to build the story in your photos. ”
In this video lesson Kendall Bessent addresses the topic: Developing the Mood, which is part of the Domestika online course: Portrait Film Photography: Capture the spirit of your community. Discover the fundamentals of portrait photography with an analog camera and learn how details can be used to create evocative portraits.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Developing the Mood Last lesson, we talked about the camera that I use. Now, we'll talk about how I build the mood for a shoot. Whenever I have an idea for a shoot, I always start by building a mood board of references so that I can create a cohesive idea. Typically, I'll start by using Pinterest and I'll create a simple board there and gather references from Pinterest or online and I'll compile them into one standard board. It's vital to create a mood board for your shoot so that when you send it to your team, everyone has a cohesive idea of what you all would be working on. While thinki...”
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Course summary for: Portrait Film Photography: Capture the spirit of your community
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Film Photography, Fine-Art Photography, Photography, Portrait Photography, Studio Photography
Kendall Bessent
A course by Kendall Bessent
Atlanta-born Kendall Bessent is a photographer and creative director based in New York City. He never planned to pursue photography, but it’s something he fell into, and later, in love with. He eventually went on to study this art form in college. Through his work, he explores the complexities of the Black experience and Black emotion with the aim of instilling self-love and confidence in people who look like him.
Kendall has collaborated with publications such as Teen Vogue, The New York Times and The Cut, and his work has been featured in the Washington Post, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and i-D, as well as in exhibits by Fotografiska NYC. He was also selected for a spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Art & Style list in 2022.
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