Creative Portrait Photography: Explore Color and Natural Light

Overview

“In this lesson, I will explain the necessary preparations before you start taking photos. Thus, I will show you the equipment that I normally use. You will learn to observe the light, the color and the background to check that everything is fine. Finally, I will show you how I carry out the necessary wardrobe tests to decide the clothes that the model will wear during the session.”

In this video lesson Tania Cervián Benítez addresses the topic: Art direction: before you start shooting, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Portrait Photography: Explore Color and Natural Light. Learn to create portraits that explore aspects such as color, the creative use of natural light, and your inner self.

Partial transcription of the video

“Art direction: before you start shooting In this lesson I will tell you how I organize my photo sessions. My main equipment for portrait photography It's a Canon Mark IV and three lenses. The lenses that I usually use more for portraits are the 35mm and the 50mm. My favorite for portraits is 50mm, but in this case I have a vertical set And I'll need a little more space I'll start with a 35mm. I also use a 24 mm, but I usually use it on the street, when I want to play with the perspectives or with the lines or crouch down to make the model bigger. In this case, which is an indoor shooting, I...”

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Course summary for: Creative Portrait Photography: Explore Color and Natural Light

• Level: Beginner
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• 708 students
• 4 units
• 12 lessons (1h 53m)
• 8 downloads

• Category

  Photography & Video

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Fine-Art Photography, Lifestyle Photography, Portrait Photography