Directing Models for Photography
Shoulders, arms and hands
A course by Eduardo Gómez (Alter Imago) , Photographer
Joined December 2016
Joined December 2016
About the video: Shoulders, arms and hands
Overview
“In this lesson I will talk about the contraposto, a technique used by artists of classical antiquity and the Renaissance, to pose the body harmoniously and dynamically. You will learn to pose your arms, hands and shoulders; in combination with what we already know about the face pose.”
In this video lesson Eduardo Gómez (Alter Imago) addresses the topic: Shoulders, arms and hands, which is part of the Domestika online course: Directing Models for Photography. Learn the art of directing people for your fashion photographs and portraits.
Partial transcription of the video
“UNIT 4 SHOULDERS, ARMS, AND HANDS In this unit, we'll talk about the torso. Since it's a very large and complex part of the body, we've divided it in several sections, the first of which are the shoulders, arms, and hands, but no longer in the sense of a headshot because we looked at that already. Now, we'll talk about arms and hands and their interaction with the body with more extensive framing. I'll show you some images with common mistakes to avoid as well as strategies that will help you to improve your photos of the torso. This is the torso, which is the main structure of the human bo...”
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Course summary for: Directing Models for Photography
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Category
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Areas
Fashion Photography, Photography, Portrait Photography, Studio Photography
Eduardo Gómez (Alter Imago)
A course by Eduardo Gómez (Alter Imago)
Eduardo Gómez Muñoz, more commonly known as Alter Imago, has been a professional photographer for 14 years. Although he started as a rock band photographer, he has specialized in portrait and artistic photography, digital retouching, photo manipulation, and advertising photography.
Since 2015 he has regularly published on his YouTube channel 'Alter Imago fotografía', where he has 90,000 subscribers and more than 36 million minutes of viewing. He has won the silver medal at the Photography World Cup in Sydney (Australia) in 2018 in the digital illustration category, and the Nation Awards in Dublin (Ireland).
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