Photography and Darkness: Create Cinematic Portraits

Photography and Darkness: Create Cinematic Portraits

“That's the end of the lesson! Thank you for following it. I hope that this learning will be useful to you and that you will enjoy carrying out your project. I leave you below the main steps to follow to complete this project. These can be the photos you have already taken following the exercises or you can create a new project! In any case, take care to document the different stages of your creation and add a brief explanation of what you did in each of them as well as your choices. Inspiration Find ideas for your project and make an inspiration board.

The material According to your idea, analyze your material needs. Think about how you can best interpret your idea in a photo. The Photo Shoot Take the pictures! You are now able to take photos for your project and guide a model. Editing Edit your photos with Adobe Lightroom. Create presets and use them across the series. Once everything is ready, post your photos! To do this, click on the “Create your project” button. I invite you to share with me on the forum your questions and needs for clarification. I will answer them as soon as possible and will be delighted to help you, step by step, and to see how you have appropriated this lesson that I took great pleasure in sharing with you. The creative community is always very constructive and caring. So go see what your comrades have been up to and comment on their posts. This will help you progress. I can't wait to see what you have created! See you soon !”

Partial transcription of the video

“Final project Thank you for taking this Domestika course with me. I hope I have given you the resources to better tackle your cinematic photo shoots. I especially wanted to give you keys in order to acquire knowledge and methodology for your work. I myself am self-taught and I can only encourage you to practice and make mistakes. You will learn from these and that is what will make you progress. Also remember to keep an open mind, because inspiration comes when you are curious. In this course, I have also given you my definition of cinematic photography: an image that gives the impression o...”

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Course summary for: Photography and Darkness: Create Cinematic Portraits

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (79)
• 5107 students
• 4 units
• 14 lessons (1h 42m)
• 3 downloads

• Category

  Photography & Video

• Software

  Adobe Lightroom

• Areas

  Photo Retouching, Photographic Composition, Photographic Lighting, Photography, Photography Post-production