Narrative Photo Essays with Models and Sets
Shoot scene objects
A course by Samuka Marinho , Photographer, Illustrator, and Editor
About the video: Shoot scene objects
Overview
“In this class, I'm going to reprise the same production scheme I used for all the photos in the original "Corsairs" project. Let's click the scene separately from the model to have greater mobility of the elements that will compose the final scene.”
In this video lesson Samuka Marinho addresses the topic: Shoot scene objects, which is part of the Domestika online course: Narrative Photo Essays with Models and Sets. Learn to use lighting, props, and characters in your photoshoots to tell inspiring stories with your camera.
Partial transcription of the video
“Shoot scene objects In this class, we're going to start photographing the scene objects. We must always consider that our model will be here, so our focus should also be on that line. Note that the skull is facing the model, so I'm going to use that as a focus point. Let's do this focus test now on the camera. But first, a very important point is to determine the height of the camera. In my original project "Corsairs", I determined that this was the height of all the photos, more or less at eye level. This makes it easier for me to set up an image bank, because all the photos would always b...”
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Course summary for: Narrative Photo Essays with Models and Sets
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Communication, Digital Photography, Fine-Art Photography, Narrative, Photo Retouching, Photography Post-production, Storytelling

Samuka Marinho
A course by Samuka Marinho
Samuka Marinho is an illustrator, photographer, and photo editor whose work has been featured on book and album covers, exhibited in galleries, and included in specialized publications. He has also collaborated on advertising campaigns awarded with the Cannes Gold Lion. But his most ambitious project to date is Corsários, a 192-page photographic narrative depicting the so-called Golden Age of Piracy in over 400 carefully crafted scenes.
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