Introduction to Child Photography
Location
A course by Leila Méndez , Photographer
About the video: Location
Overview
“I will tell you about the different options of places that we have when we propose a session, how to choose one or the other according to our needs, and the aspects that we must take into account when choosing our location.”
In this video lesson Leila Méndez addresses the topic: Location, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Child Photography. Learn to lead a kid’s photo shoot: prepare, direct, edit and present the final results.
Partial transcription of the video
“Location In this lesson I will teach you why it is so important to locate and find a suitable space for our photos, let's see it. Before we start shooting, let's think, let's turn it around a bit, let's see what interests us. You have to keep several things in mind, One of them is that with children you have to see that the site is safe, that there is nothing dangerous, we have to take into account the time of the year that is, if we are going to take pictures with summer clothes, for example, many times those projects shoot in winter and vice versa, winter skyrockets in summer. Children ac...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Child Photography
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Areas
Commercial Photography, Lifestyle Photography, Photography

Leila Méndez
A course by Leila Méndez
Leila is a photographer specialized in portraiture and with a special predilection for working with children. Leila is from Barcelona, and after more than 20 years working in the publishing and advertising world, she discovered that what interests her most about photography is the contact with people and learning from others through the camera. Believe strongly in the power of children to communicate and tell stories. That's why he tries to turn his sessions into something special and magical, through color, props or clothes.
His work has been exhibited in festivals and exhibitions in many cities, such as La Caixa Foundation, Iguapop Hall, Fnac or FashionWeek Barcelona, among others. In addition, he has worked for The Observer (The Guardian), Vogue Spain, Architectural Digest (AD) or El País Semanal (El País), and has done advertising campaigns for Uniqlo, Fly Emirates, Diesel, Adidas, Vodafone, Virgin, IKEA, Desigual, El Corte Inglés and Carolina Herrera.
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