Environmental Portraiture: Capture People in Their Own Space

Environmental Portraiture: Capture People in Their Own Space

“Congratulations! You have reached the end of the course. Thank you very much for joining me and I hope you have learned a lot about photography. Now, I would like to recall the main steps you need to follow in order to complete your final project: Find your subject and plan the photo session Choose your subject! Who are they? Why will they make an interesting person to photograph? What will your 3 shots be? Start planning your photo session! You can even go visit your subject. That would be useful to look at the light, get to know each other, and make them feel relaxed and happy. Take your pictures You can take 3 different types of pictures: action portraits, portraits of the subject, and pictures that capture the sense of place. Have fun!

Choose and edit the pictures Go through your work after the session and narrow the selection to your 3 best images that tell the story of your subject. Then, edit them if needed. You can use Capture One and Photoshop, as I did, or any other program you feel comfortable with. When you're done, put your 3 images together. Now you have your series of pictures ready! Once you've completed your project, share all the steps of the process and the final result in the forum. I also encourage you to comment on other final projects. I'll be there from time to time to check on you. Thank you and good luck!”

Partial transcription of the video

“ Final Project Well done for making it to the end of the course. I hope you've enjoyed learning how to tell stories through photography. I'll recap three of my highlights from the course, which if you take nothing else from it, just remember these. First is remembering to tell stories with your images and figuring out how you'll build narratives across a series of pictures. The second is remembering to communicate effectively with your subject to make sure that they feel comfortable on set with you. My third is to be confident in your own style and not look around too much comparing yourse...”

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Course summary for: Environmental Portraiture: Capture People in Their Own Space

• Level: Beginner
• 97% positive reviews (39)
• 1602 students
• 4 units
• 16 lessons (2h 30m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Photography & Video

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop, Capture One

• Areas

  Documentary Photography, Lifestyle Photography, Photography, Portrait Photography