Course overview
- Provider
- Domestika
- Course type
- Paid course
- Level
- Beginner
- Deadline
- Flexible
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Lessons
- 15 lessons
- Certificate
- Available on completion
- Course author
- Rafa Jacinto
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Managing your own artistic career requires a series of skills when it comes to attracting new clients and staying active in an ever-changing market. Photographer and filmmaker Rafael Jacinto has built a successful career as a freelancer, carrying out advertising, photojournalism, and artistic photography projects, as well as working with big names like McDonald's, Nike, and Converse.
In this course, learn strategies for seeking out new clients and create two portfolios—one commercial, aimed at agencies and businesses, and one personal, to present to festivals, publishers, and contests. Rafael shows you tools and platforms for organizing and customizing your material for maximum impact.
If you want to learn techniques for boosting your audiovisual projects, take a look at Rafael Jacinto's first Domestika course, Creating Documentary Short Films with a DSLR Camera.
Description
Start by hearing Rafael talk about the biggest challenges he's faced throughout his career as a photographer and filmmaker and how he successfully paved his way as a freelancer. He also shares his main influences.
Then learn the secrets to putting yourself out there and attracting new clients using the portfolio as your main tool. Rafael shows you the importance of creating a new portfolio for each situation, as well as his choice of tools and platforms for organizing and developing his projects.
Now it's time to work on your two portfolios—one commercial and the other personal. Discover the key elements of each portfolio type, from image selection, edition, and organization to your introductory text and the finishing touches.
Rafael wraps up the course by teaching you how to create a crowdfunding campaign for a personal project and polish your portfolio. Get some final tips on career changes and getting a leg up in new markets. By the end of the course, you'll have all the tools you need to position yourself in the sector and launch your creative career.
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