Portrait Photography: Studio Direction and Production
Portrait artist references
A course by Esteban Calderón, Portrait Photographer
About the video: Portrait artist references
Overview
“What are your references to other photographers? What do they do that inspires you? Knowing us is the key to being able to work on a project, now you will see some of the photographers whose work I like and who inspire me in this way it will be easier for you to better identify your own references. ”
In this video lesson Esteban Calderón addresses the topic: Portrait artist references, which is part of the Domestika online course: Portrait Photography: Studio Direction and Production. Express your creative vision and learn to direct shoots for creating exceptional portraits with artificial light.
Partial transcription of the video
“Portrait artist references After the presentation and knowing something about my work, we are going to start this second unit, which is the inspiration and preparation of our photographic project. In this part, I want to introduce you to the work of other photographers that inspire me to carry out my photographic sessions. And with this I mean that I have enough elements of them, like certain poses of his models, some kind of lighting. And this is going to help our photography project a lot. Once we see the inspirations, we will make a mood board together, where are we going to put all our ...”
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Course summary for: Portrait Photography: Studio Direction and Production
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Digital Photography, Photography, Portrait Photography

Esteban Calderón
A course by Esteban Calderón
Esteban Calderón is a renowned portrait photographer from Tijuana, Mexico. For many years, he was director of photography for Nylon magazine in Spanish. He currently works as a freelance collaborator for publications like Seventeen, Harper's Bazaar, Caras, Quién, or Marie Claire, while his client list includes Universal Music, Warner, Ocesa Seitrack, Soriana, Amazon, and Telcel.
Esteban is passionate about working with people to capture their essence in each shot. By employing a clean, minimal style that focuses on the protagonist of the image, he has captured famous personalities like Lana Del Rey, Finn Wolfhard, Miguel Bosé, Eiza González, Sean Lennon, Shirley Manson, Amandla Stenberg, Megan Fox, and more.
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