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Portrait Photography: The Photographer's Guide to Capturing Mood + Emotion

Unlock creativity with Skillshare! Learn acrylic painting, AI writing, graphic design, and photography.

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About Portrait Photography: The Photographer's Guide to Capturing Mood + Emotion

Introduction

Class Orientation

Learn How to Use Your Camera

Finding a Location

Postures and Props

Lighting

Subject

Editing and Color Grading

Conclusion

What You Will Learn?

  • This course will be centered on improving your portrait photography abilities to convey mood, feeling, and emotions. We will do this by exploring how to plan, shoot, and edit original portraits. .
  • By providing you with the tools, information, and tips you need to excel, you'll learn how to plan, shoot, and edit your own creative portrait concept, including:.
  • Materials: In this class you will need a phone camera or a DSLR camera and an image editing software. I’ll be using a canon 6d mark ii, an iPhone 12 and Adobe Lightroom to edit my images. .
  • After you have taken your portraits and they are ready to be delivered, post them in the project gallery so we can cheer each other on!..
  • Deliverables.
  • The proper technique combined with an artist's expression creates great portrait photography. Even though shooting portraits is far easier than painting, perfecting the art of capturing the emotions and expressions that characterize good portraiture can take some practice..
  • This course was designed for:.
  • Required Gear: The only equipment required is some sort of camera. This can be a smartphone (iPhone/Android) or a DSLR/mirrorless camera. Everything from taking your first photography class to editing and post-processing will be covered..
  • Required software: Although I'll be using Adobe Lightroom, this is not required to follow along..