Conceptual Portrait Photography

Overview

“In this lesson, I will teach you three artists who marked me a lot: The nostalgic and contemplative atmosphere created by the American painter Edward Hooper , the way to capture the bodies in the portraits of the Madrid photographer Ouka Leele and the cinematographic aesthetics of the photographer Gregory Crewdson . ”

In this video lesson Veronica Cerna addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Conceptual Portrait Photography. Explore your imagination and delve into lighting and post-production techniques to create conceptual photos.

Partial transcription of the video

“Influences Now I will tell you about the artists that have influenced me the most in my work. First, the Spanish photographer Ouka Leele, which is a very important reference of the Madrid movement. His training comes from painting and that's why he starts making black and white film portraits and then he paints them by hand with supersurreal colors. It also uses superdisruptive elements like animals, plants, fruits, even rolls of film. What I love about her is that instead of portraying reality, he proposes to create a new With a very surreal and very colorful aesthetic. Then there is the p...”

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Course summary for: Conceptual Portrait Photography

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (23)
• 458 students
• 4 units
• 13 lessons (1h 22m)
• 2 downloads

• Category

  Photography & Video

• Software

  Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Fine-Art Photography, Photography, Portrait Photography