Portrait Photographs that Tell a Story
The preproduction of the portrait
A course by Ricardo Pinzón Hidalgo , Photographer
Joined February 2019
Joined February 2019
About the video: The preproduction of the portrait
Overview
“Where ideas begin to become photos. ”
In this video lesson Ricardo Pinzón Hidalgo addresses the topic: The preproduction of the portrait, 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
“The preproduction of the portrait After the investigation goes the preproduction of the photos. Here one begins to realize the ideas, to tell the people in the magazine, to the photo editor and the production person. Let's see how this process is. After searching references and to do character research, We started to create a moodboard or define how the photos are going to go, as I had told you before. In pre-production all this information is gathered after having specified the ideas and make a small meeting with the character and with the magazine's producer, the person in charge of produ...”
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Course summary for: Portrait Photographs that Tell a Story
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Digital Photography, Portrait Photography
Ricardo Pinzón Hidalgo
A course by Ricardo Pinzón Hidalgo
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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