Portrait Photography: Natural Light for Unique Atmospheres
Image curation
A course by Danny Bittencourt , Photographer and Writer
Joined February 2020
About the video: Image curation
Overview
“In this class, we will see the criteria that we can use to select the images we took during shooting to create the narrative we want.”
In this video lesson Danny Bittencourt addresses the topic: Image curation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Portrait Photography: Natural Light for Unique Atmospheres. Learn to take portrait photographs that evoke emotion by using natural light as a compositional element.
Partial transcription of the video
“Image curation Now that we've built our photos, In this class, we're going to curate. I made a pre-selection here of 48 images. I took the images that didn't work or that someone blinked or that actually didn't work out and I left here 48 potential images for us to choose 10. So, thinking that the final product of this set of images is the selection of 10 images and I have to pay attention to building a dynamic narrative, explore the plans in that decision as well and being able to choose images that represent my purpose. I always take the first picture like this empty, I really like having...”
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Course summary for: Portrait Photography: Natural Light for Unique Atmospheres
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Fine-Art Photography, Photographic Lighting, Portrait Photography

Danny Bittencourt
A course by Danny Bittencourt
Danny Bittencourt is a visual poet from Brazil who works in artistic production, education, and writing. As a photography graduate, she specializes in visual poetry. She also has a master's in education with a focus on cultural studies. She dedicates herself to sharing her research and experiences through conferences, workshops, and courses given across Brazil, Argentina, and Portugal.
Her work has been featured in magazines such as Vogue and LensCulture. She is also the author of Fotografia Fine Art, published by iPhoto Editora; Fotografia Híbrida, released independently; and A luz da janela, published by Chiado Books.
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