Editorial Photography from the Art Director’s Perspective

Overview

“In this lesson, we’ll style the set with the props and other set materials based on the concept deck. We’ll light our set using natural light and basic reflectors. We’ll plan 2 or 3 looks with the hair and makeup artist and wardrobe stylist.”

In this video lesson Lauren Naylor Orso addresses the topic: Preparing the Set, which is part of the Domestika online course: Editorial Photography from the Art Director’s Perspective. Develop a creative concept for a photoshoot and bring it to life on set through styling, posing and photography techniques.

Partial transcription of the video

“Preparing the Set In this lesson, we'll style our set with our props and set materials that are based on our concept deck. We'll plan three looks with the hair and makeup artist and the wardrobe stylist. As you remember, we built the concept deck. In this concept, we'll use various props to create distortions and effects. We have our backdrop set up. It's a nice sky blue. It's a neutral color, not too bright, and it'll work well with the distortions and effects we'll do today. For this shoot, we'll do three setups. Each setup has one or two different props. We have our first prop already se...”

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Course summary for: Editorial Photography from the Art Director’s Perspective

• Level: Beginner
• 97% positive reviews (121)
• 5462 students
• 4 units
• 13 lessons (1h 22m)
• 8 downloads

• Category

  Photography & Video

• Software

  Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Art Direction, Fashion Photography, Portrait Photography