Portrait Photography: From Art Direction to Editing
A Story in the Picture
A course by Rayan Nohra , Photographer
About the video: A Story in the Picture
Overview
“Now we're going to see how to tell a story through a portrait, or how to create a story from A to Z. I'm going to show you three sets of photos I've taken that tell different stories and emotions.”
In this video lesson Rayan Nohra addresses the topic: A Story in the Picture, which is part of the Domestika online course: Portrait Photography: From Art Direction to Editing. Discover studio photography techniques to capture striking portraits, from directing the model to editing in Lightroom.
Partial transcription of the video
“A story in the picture In this lesson, we will talk of the notion of storytelling in the image. I'm going to tell you about three of my series, the first being Shainez. She is an athlete who evolves in combat sports. For photos of Shainez, I wanted to highlight his universe, his sporting practice. So I went straight to his dojo. I was able to photograph her during her training. The whole environment suggested his practice. She wears quite a sporty outfit, it's literally his training outfit. So the whole universe is already in place, which allows me to have a context that is quite easy to ph...”
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Course summary for: Portrait Photography: From Art Direction to Editing
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Lightroom -
Areas
Fine-Art Photography, Interior Photography, Photographic Lighting, Photography, Photography Post-production, Portrait Photography

Rayan Nohra
A course by Rayan Nohra
Rayan Nohra has been taking pictures since he was a young teenager. His travels, his friends, his daily life as a high school student... Nothing escaped his shutter. After his first paid shots for Parisian thrift stores, he became an assistant to an art director before starting his own business in photography.
He works mainly for the editorial and advertising sectors and has already collaborated with Paco Rabanne and magazines like Numéro and Barbes. He has also photographed personalities from all walks of life, from painter Takashi Murakami to poet Sonny Hall and rapper 6lack.
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