Dark Conceptual Portraits

Overview

“In this lesson I will show you how I do a dark portrait session, using professional flashes and creating different dramatic lighting schemes that will reinforce the idea of our character. We will also carry out the same lighting schemes but using low-cost elements such as home lamps and candles, to achieve a similar result and with the best possible quality, even with these limited resources.”

In this video lesson Eduardo Gómez (Alter Imago) addresses the topic: Dramatic lighting, which is part of the Domestika online course: Dark Conceptual Portraits. Carry out a somber-looking photoshoot from concept to editing.

Partial transcription of the video

“DRAMATIC LIGHTING In this lesson we will talk about dramatic lighting. We have here our set and Fernanda, our model, ready. We have lit the set with two lamps, which are basically desk lamps and what can you have there at home or they are available at any mall for a very low cost. I am using LED lamps or spotlights that are 5 watts, the power is really low but we will share the camera settings so you know how we are going to solve this situation. We are also using candles. We have placed some candles back there and others later at different heights to give an interesting dynamic. In additio...”

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Course summary for: Dark Conceptual Portraits

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (123)
• 3463 students
• 5 units
• 16 lessons (2h 43m)
• 13 downloads

• Category

  Photography & Video

• Areas

  Fine-Art Photography, Photographic Lighting, Photography, Portrait Photography