Photograph Portrait for Beginners
Portraitist References
A course by Marcela Cerbon , Photographer
About the video: Portraitist References
Overview
“We will analyze some portraits; The idea is to identify where the portrait was made, in what light situation and what it transmits to recognize styles and types of lighting. It is important to analyze the work of other photographers to better understand techniques, light situations and mainly to identify what is the style with which we identify.”
In this video lesson Marcela Cerbon addresses the topic: Portraitist References, which is part of the Domestika online course: Photograph Portrait for Beginners. Capture someone's essence in a natural and spontaneous portrait.
Partial transcription of the video
“UNIT II LESSON I references Since you met a little more of my work, we will analyze the following portraitists to analyze their techniques, equipment, lighting schemes and their style, to later analyze what works for us, what makes us click and be able to inspire us. Go for it. This photo is from Charlotte Lapalus, works a lot with natural light and it is very clear about the issue of daylight hours and how they will result in the skins, and how the sunset and the window light suddenly you move a lot and take advantage of the resources it has. This portrait is from Avedon, it's a portrait o...”
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Course summary for: Photograph Portrait for Beginners
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Digital Photography, Photography, Portrait Photography

Marcela Cerbon
A course by Marcela Cerbon
Marcela's specialty is to portray people, make them feel comfortable to the point that they forget they are being portrayed; Only then can he capture his essence.
With more than 10 years working professionally in photography, he has covered major events such as Prince Charles's visit to Mexico, the Cannes Festival and fashion events, both on the catwalk and on backstage , in Mexico and U.S. In addition, he has made editorial photography for Vogue Mexico, Harper's Bazaar Mexico, Who, Magazine 192 and Hello! Spain.
He is currently primarily engaged in editorial photography and his portrait blog.
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