Conceptual Portrait Photography
The narrative of space
A course by Veronica Cerna , Photographer
About the video: The narrative of space
Overview
“The space where you make a portrait has to generate an atmosphere according to what you want to express. In this lesson, we will talk about the narrative of space, I will teach you to illuminate it taking into account the intensity, color and direction of light. We will also start working on the final photo that will be part of the project. ”
In this video lesson Veronica Cerna addresses the topic: The narrative of space, 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
“The narrative of space The location is superimportant, because it is the place where you will put the portrayed to be able to create an atmosphere and context in which to tell a story. While sometimes he did study sessions, I really like to use locations, because I can give actions to the person that portrait to interact with the place. I have chosen plants, I am very interested in playing with this natural space, in which the character can interact in an organic way and also be somehow isolated from its context, but at the same time, it is a space that contains the character. In this case,...”
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Course summary for: Conceptual Portrait Photography
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Fine-Art Photography, Photography, Portrait Photography

Veronica Cerna
A course by Veronica Cerna
Verónica Cerna is a Peruvian-born photographer. She studied Audiovisual Communication at the University of Lima, she has a postgraduate degree in Photography from The International Center of Photography in New York, and specialization courses in portraits and experimental video in Buenos Aires.
In 2013, she co-founded BAF, a photographic and audiovisual studio dedicated to the creation of conceptual projects.
Her work has been recognized at the International Photography Awards, The Photo Phore, and published in magazines such as Musée Magazine, Shots Magazine, Better Photography, and Pecado Magazine.
She currently resides and works between Lima and New York.
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