Portrait Photographs that Tell a Story

How to search the story

A course by Ricardo Pinzón Hidalgo , Photographer

Photographer. Bogota, Colombia.
Joined February 2019
98% positive reviews (57)
1,976 students
Audio: Spanish
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About the video: How to search the story

Overview

“How is my creative process to achieve the concept of photos and get a story. ”

In this video lesson Ricardo Pinzón Hidalgo addresses the topic: How to search the story, which is part of the Domestika online course: Portrait Photographs that Tell a Story. Learn to tell a person's story through editorial portraits.

Partial transcription of the video

“Search the story After seeing the editorial assignment, I will tell you my creative process to find the story. Lets go see it. There is the first way, which is what I am going to tell you from this photo shoot for the cover of the magazine, which is like the ideal world, when one can go to the interview, hear the whole story of the character, see how it moves, how it gestures, Study your physiognomy, and have a first contact. It works a lot because you break the ice and already in the photos one already knows and is already calmer both the character and one. This was an example of the ideal...”

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Course summary for: Portrait Photographs that Tell a Story

  • Level: Beginner
  • 98% positive reviews (57)
  • 1976 students
  • 4 units
  • 16 lessons (2h 35m)
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  • Areas

    Digital Photography, Portrait Photography

Ricardo Pinzón Hidalgo

Ricardo Pinzón Hidalgo
A course by Ricardo Pinzón Hidalgo

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Ricardo Pinzón began capturing images with an analog camera as a child. He shared his personal work in exhibitions and books while studying advertising in Bogotá, which would connect him with the world of editorial and advertising photography.

He went on to study a master's degree in photography at the Centro Internacional de Fotografía y Cine (EFTI) in Madrid where he discovered contemporary photography, which changed the way he approached editorial work. After returning to Colombia, he began to make a name for himself as an editorial photographer, portraying all kinds of celebrities and working with renowned international magazines such as Vanity Fair UK, Bloomberg, Getty Images, Esquire México, and El País (Spain). He later became a director of photography at the renowned magazine Esquire Colombia.

With more than two decades of experience under his belt, he currently works as a freelance photographer specialized in editorial and advertising photography for important clients around the globe, including Mango, Sony Music, Falabella, DDB, Leo Burnett, and Mullen Lowe.


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Portrait Photographs that Tell a Story. Photography, and Video course by Ricardo Pinzón Hidalgo

Portrait Photographs that Tell a Story

A course by Ricardo Pinzón Hidalgo
Photographer. Bogota, Colombia.
Joined February 2019
  • 98% positive reviews (57)
  • 1,976 students