Portrait Film Photography: Capture the spirit of your community
The Build-Out
A course by Kendall Bessent , Photographer
About the video: The Build-Out
Overview
“Next, I'll talk about the importance of thinking about the team you want to collaborate with. I'll also talk about set design and the call sheet for the photo session. ”
In this video lesson Kendall Bessent addresses the topic: The Build-Out, 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
“ The Build-Out In the last lesson, we finished our mood board. Now, let's take the time to build out our shoot. The build-out is all about collaboration. In this step, you'll be sourcing outside resources such as a stylist, a makeup artist, and models. You'll also be location scouting. You may even be building a set depending on what you want to do. Going back to the original idea for my shoot, I wanted this feeling of regalness and opulence. For set design, I opted to do more rich and vivid colors as well as different patterns with fabric. I knew I wanted to incorporate drapery as well as...”
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Course summary for: Portrait Film Photography: Capture the spirit of your community
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Areas
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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