Conceptual Portrait Photography
A course by Veronica Cerna , Photographer
Explore your imagination and delve into lighting and post-production techniques to create conceptual photos
Explore your imagination and delve into lighting and post-production techniques to create conceptual photos
Portrait photography can be equally revealing both for the photographer and for the model. Lighting patterns, model direction, and postproduction are all conscious decisions that create an atmosphere and give clues about who the person behind the camera is, and what they want to communicate with their photos.
In this course, you’ll learn how to approach a conceptual portrait photography session, going through every phase of the process with Verónica Cerna, a Peruvian-born photographer who’s been recognized by the International Photography Awards, and The Photo Phore, and has been published in magazines, such as Musée Magazine, Shots Magazine, better Photography, and Revista Pecado.
This course will walk you through every part of the process. You’ll learn to start with an idea, and then how to use Verónicas favorite lighting patterns, and finally how to edit images as if they were paintings in Adobe Photoshop.
What will you learn in this online course?
13 lessons & 7 downloads
- 100% positive reviews (23)
- 444 students
- 13 lessons (1h 22m)
- 7 additional resources (2 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 Lightroom
Adobe PhotoshopWhat is this course's project?
You’ll make a portrait photo session and then select a photo that you will work in postproduction, using Verónica Cerna’s creative process.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Amateur photographers who wish to experiment with conceptual photography.
Requirements and materials
You’ll only need basic photography skills, like knowing how the aperture, shutter speed, and ISO work.
Regarding materials, you’ll need a camera, a 50 mm lens, three LED lights, and a computer with Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom.
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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.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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What will we do in the course?
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U2
Think about the body and the concept
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Starting from the concept
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The representation of the body
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The portrayed is a mirror
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U3
Creating narrative through light
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Materials and equipment
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The narrative of space
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How to brighten the body
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Lighting schemes
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U4
Photoshop: digitally paint in postproduction
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Selection of photos in Lightroom
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Light curves
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Color curves
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FP
Final project
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Conceptual photo portrait
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elpaulami
Me encantó el curso <3
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ankadu80
Wspaniały kurs mnóstwo cennych wskazówek i inspiracji , bardzo mocno polecam !!!!!
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assisi.stefano
Un corso molto affascinante, e affascinante è il modo in cui l'insegnante spiega il ritratto fotografico concettuale. Ricco di nozioni e punti di vista che migliorano lo standard a cui ognuno può essere abituato. Vivamente consigliato per chi vuole progerdire nel mondo della fotografia.
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