Pictorial Portrait Photography
A course by Lídia Vives , Photographer
Learn how to capture the essence of Renaissance masters in your photos
Learn how to capture the essence of Renaissance masters in your photos
With a camera and a computer you can not only create scenes, but also whole new worlds, which is Lídia Vives' area of expertise. The Spanish photographer draws inspiration from the great Italian masters of the Renaissance to create realistic and surrealist works in equal parts, as she has demonstrated in the different exhibitions she has held in Mexico, Spain, and France.
In this online course, Lídia teaches you photographic retouching techniques and art direction tips to create your own portraits in a pictorial Renaissance style.
What will you learn in this online course?
16 lessons & 11 downloads
- 97% positive reviews (202)
- 3,755 students
- 16 lessons (2h 23m)
- 11 additional resources (3 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Recommended software for this course
Adobe Photoshop
Camera RawWhat is this course's project?
Create a photo portrait with Renaissance-style features.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Photographers, artists, and anyone interested in the art of portraiture.
Requirements and materials
You need an SLR with any of these lenses: 18-35mm, 50mm, or 75mm, as well as the ability to use your camera's manual mode.
You also need a computer with Adobe Photoshop and digital development software. Lídia uses Camera Raw, although you can also use Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
Regarding lighting, you can work with natural light or with a softbox and you also need a white reflector, which can be made of foam board or expanded polystyrene.
Reviews
A course by Lídia Vives
Lídia Vives is a photographer specialized in artistic photography and known for her pictorial style self-portraits that always hide secrets. Influenced by Henri-Cartier Bresson, at the age of 16 she discovered photography as an artistic expression and decided to swap the brush for the camera.
Lídia's work has been exhibited in galleries in Spain and Australia, as well as on her social media profile, which works as a kind of visual diary in which she expresses everything she never says out loud.
Her main clients are brands and publishers for which she does fashion and advertising photography and, above all, art collectors.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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My influences
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What will we do in the course?
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U2
Composition and color
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Composition + balance. What it is and what examples there are.
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The center of interest + format and reframe.
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The colors and their characteristics.
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U3
Portrait theory and photo shoot
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The Renaissance portrait.
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Lighting, set preparation and treatment of models
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Renaissance photo session
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U4
Photo development and retouching
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Revealed in Camera Raw
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Revealed in Camera Raw II
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General retouching
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General retouching II
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Skin retouching and Dodge and burn
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Color
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Final retouching
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FP
Final project
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Pictorial photographic portrait
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Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
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prevost_bernard
Didactic description, to better interpret the poses and colors specific to Italian Renaissance painting. Thank you for this photographic journey. Much better than my English...
aevaristo
Excelente curso, se aprende mucho.
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jpfoster
I think a better name for this course would be Portraits in the Style of the Renaissance, not Pictorial Portraits. I still enjoyed the course, but I didn't realize it was going to focus on recreating a scene from the Renaissance.
vdouay
Tres complet et très interessant, très utile pour travailler les compositions
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evill2
Muy completo, todo tan explicado, que no hace falta ser ningún experto en photoshop para realizar un buen retrato pictórico.
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