Introduction to Group Portrait Photography
About Me
A course by Nolwen Cifuentes , Commercial and Editorial Photographer
Joined September 2021
Joined September 2021
About the video: About Me
Overview
“Let's start at the beginning! Here I'll cover my career and my background. I'll tell you about myself, my journey, and I will share with you the different experiences that led me to where I am today.”
In this video lesson Nolwen Cifuentes addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Group Portrait Photography. Explore styling, lighting, composition, movement, and color to take striking group shots that capture the energy of each subject.
Partial transcription of the video
“ About Me Hi, I'm Nolwen Cifuentes. I'm a commercial and editorial photographer. I make my living shooting portraits for different beauty, fashion, tech, media brands, and magazines. I grew up in Moreno Valley, California, and I now live in Los Angeles. I studied graphic design at UCLA but I ended up learning photography through YouTube and real-life experiences. I started exploring lots of different types of photography. I was shooting weddings for about three years. I realized I didn't love shooting weddings but I did enjoy the skill that I had learned of photography. I started exploring...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Group Portrait Photography
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Nolwen Cifuentes
A course by Nolwen Cifuentes
Nolwen Cifuentes is an editorial and portrait photographer from California. She studied graphic design at UCLA before deciding to pursue photography, eventually gaining industry experience shooting weddings. Nolwen then expanded into different styles of photography and, after being featured in a magazine, started reaching out to editors and booking jobs.
Since then, she has captured portraits for well-known magazines, media, tech, beauty, and fashion brands. Her clients include Netflix, People, The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, and Variety. She was also featured on The Lit List’s 30 New + Emerging Photographers to Watch. Nolwen is passionate about making content that represents the people she didn’t see in the media growing up, and she is a member of Women Photograph, Diversify Photo, and Authority Collective.
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