Modern Headshot Photography: Capture Profound Portraits
Influences
A course by Phil Sharp , Photographer
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Next, I will cover some of my key inspirations - not only photographers, but also painters.”
In this video lesson Phil Sharp addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Modern Headshot Photography: Capture Profound Portraits. Learn how to shoot and edit compelling portrait photographs that tell a story about their subject.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Influences In this lesson, I'm going to talk about some of my influences and I'm obviously influenced by a lot of photographers, but I'm also influenced by painters. In lots of ways, the Dutch Masters figured out how to light a room and a subject 250 years ago or more. We don't know a huge amount about Vermeer, but... lots of his paintings still exist. In this painting by the mirrors, you can see... he's using the natural light coming in from the window to light this subject and he's using... like a red curtain and a green curtain to provide some framing and colour. There's a slight refle...”
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Course summary for: Modern Headshot Photography: Capture Profound Portraits
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Digital Photography, Fine-Art Photography, Photographic Lighting, Photography, Portrait Photography, Studio Photography
Phil Sharp
A course by Phil Sharp
Phil Sharp is a London-based portrait photographer specializing in headshots for actors. He started experimenting with photography after borrowing a friend’s camera, and later went on to work at a family portrait studio, where he learned how to get the most out of his subjects. He lived in New York for a few years, where he captured street photography, before moving back to London in 2009 to work for a variety of commercial and editorial clients. Motivated by his fascination with the human experience, he turned to headshot photography, using his editorial skills to capture interesting shots that tell stories about his subjects.
Phil has won multiple awards, including the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize and the Portrait of Britain award. He has worked with clients including Evening Standard magazine, BBC iPlayer, and The British Journal of Photography.
He also shares his photography with over 30K followers on Instagram.
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