Artistic Portrait Photography: Exploring Body Language

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Course overview

Provider
Domestika
Course type
Paid course
Level
Beginner
Deadline
Flexible
Duration
1 hour
Lessons
12 lessons
Certificate
Available on completion
Course author
Rony Hernandes

Artistic photography allows you to capture a body in motion and truly convey its essence by exploring every last emotional avenue in one single image. This is a speciality of photographer and multidisciplinary artist Rony Hernandes, who has developed a unique methodology for directing models during shoots. His work has been featured in important Brazilian and internaitonal publications like Revista Cult, Casa Vogue, Afropunk, and Zeit Wissen Magazine.

In this course, learn to shoot an artistic photo essay based on an emotion. With the help of Rony, explore each stage of the process, from looking for your first reference materials to editing your final images. Take a close look at composition and lighting techniques, using both direct and indirect light, and see how to extablish a connection with your models to develop an original language.

Description

Create a photo essay based on a feeling by exploring natural light and the body language of your models

Start the course by discovering a little bit about Rony Hernandes' career as a photographer, model, and creative director. He shares his main influences across various artistic disciplines and gives a detailed overview of the course.

Get straight to work on the preproduciton phase by exploring different techniques for catalyzing your own creative process. After choosing an emotion to be the backbone of your shoot and putting together a mood board with reference materials, hear Rony speak about the importance of choosing a shoot location that speaks to your creative journey.

Now it's time for your photoshoot! Delve into lighting and composition techniques and learn how to use natural light as a creative tool as well as work with colors and angles in your images. Then Rony gives you some direction tips to help you establish a real connection with your models.

Wrap things up by discovering how to organize and select your final images to create a coherent narrative, how to edit them in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, and finally, some tricks for sharing your photos with the world on social media.

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