Photography: Art and Techniques Specialization

Overview

“Check out how artists like Vermeer and Rembrandt and photographers like Nadav Kander and Peter Lindbergh use light, color, and composition to tell stories. Discover techniques to elevate your portraits by drawing on these influences and experimenting with mood, symbolism, and creative approaches.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Inspiration / Phil Sharp , which is part of the Domestika online course: Photography: Art and Techniques Specialization. Master basic camera skills, explore photography theory, and capture unique images using any type of camera.

Partial transcription of the video

“ Influences. In this lesson, I'm going to talk about some of my influences and I'm obviously influenced by a lot of photographers, but I'm also influenced by painters. In lots of ways, the Dutch Masters figured out how to light a room and a subject 250 years ago or more. We don't know a huge amount about Vermeer, but... lots of his paintings still exist. In this painting by the mirrors, you can see... he's using the natural light coming in from the window to light this subject and he's using... like a red curtain and a green curtain to provide some framing and colour. There's a slight refl...”

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Course summary for: Photography: Art and Techniques Specialization

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (20)
• 3584 students
• 7 units
• 92 lessons (14h 16m)
• 37 downloads

• Category

  Photography & Video

• Areas

  Color Theory, Digital Photography, Lifestyle Photography, Outdoor Photography, Photographic Composition, Photographic Lighting, Photography, Self-Portrait Photography, Studio Photography