Fashion Photography: Portraiture and Beauty in Natural Light
A course by Patricia BonetPhotographer
A course by Patricia Bonet, Photographer
Capture organic, spontaneous, and expressive portraits that tell a story of fashion and beauty by learning to control light and direct your models
Want to make your images more intimate and spontaneous? According to photographer Patricia Bonet, who has worked with brands like Tous, Karl Lagerfeld, and Nike, knowing how to control and shape light is the key to capturing and enhancing true beauty in your fashion portraits.
In this Domestika course, learn techniques for fashion photography with natural light. Discover light types and their characteristics, how to set up a photo shoot, and how to select the right images to tell your story. By the end, you'll know how to showcase the beauty and personality of your model with an intimate, genuine, and sensitive photographic gaze.
What will you learn in this online course?
13 lessons & 21 downloads
Natural lighting photography
15 minutes, 29 seconds
Photographic and artistic equipment
10 minutes, 50 seconds
Mood board and location
11 minutes, 19 seconds
Shooting: natural light and accessories
9 minutes, 55 seconds
Taking the photos
17 minutes, 24 seconds
Adding life to our photos
20 minutes, 11 seconds
What's included in this course?
Patricia Bonet begins the course by telling you about who she is and her journey to becoming a photographer. She also shares her favorite fashion photography projects she has done and some of the influences that inspire her art.
Learn about how natural light works and how you can control it. Take a look at the photography equipment, props, and people you need for your shoot before putting together a mood board with references.
Next, analyze the light in the space you've chosen for your project and start taking photos, manipulating the light with different accessories. Patricia then shows you how to enhance your images using props.
Learn an efficient approach to reviewing and selecting the photos from your shoot and, once you've chosen the best, bring them into Adobe Photoshop to do some color correction and retouching. Finally, Patricia demonstrates why a well-crafted composition is key to telling your story and gives you some practical tips on how to share your project with the world.
Recommended software & tools for this course
What is this course's project?
Experiment with and control natural light to create a series of fashion portraits that tell a story through makeup, hair, and styling.
Who is this online course for?
Anyone with a camera who wants to experiment with beauty photography and natural light.
Requirements and materials
Basic knowledge of photography is necessary for this course.
As for materials, you need a camera (analog or digital), light modifiers and/or other accessories for controlling natural light, as well as a computer with editing software, such as Capture One or Lightroom for color correction and Adobe Photoshop for retouching.
Reviews
- 9 months ago
Muy buen curso, me ha gustado mucho las explicaciones y el detalle.
- 2 years ago
molto interessante, ti insegna molte cose sulla fotografia di moda e ti consiglia molti fotografi interessanti da conoscere.
- 2 years ago
bellissimo lo consiglio! molto interessante la parte del ritocco e layout!
- 2 years ago
ottimo, straconiglio
- 3 years ago
Muy interesante, me ayudó mucho a organizar conceptos.
She has created photographic stories with models, makeup artists, stylists, and other artists, and has displayed her work on different platforms and in magazines like Schön!, Wrpd, Contributor, Marie Claire, L'Officiel, Cake, and Vulkan. She also worked with brands like Massimo Dutti, Tous, Pull&Bear, Karl Lagerfeld, Nike, and Mango.
Content
- U1
Introduction
- About Me
- Influences
- U2
Inspiration and construction of the concept
- Natural lighting photography
- Photographic and artistic equipment
- Mood board and location
- U3
Experimentation
- Shooting: natural light and accessories
- Taking the photos
- Adding life to our photos
- U4
Finishes
- Selection, color and retouch 1
- Selection, color and retouch 2
- Selection, color and retouch 3
- Final composition of the project and layout
- Project publication and optimization
- FP
Final project
- Fashion Photography: Portraiture and Beauty in Natural Light
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FAQs
You’ll learn how to create professional fashion images, master natural light techniques, composition, retouching, and model direction for editorial and commercial campaigns, plus how to manage your portfolio and social media.
This course is designed for intermediate level learners—perfect if you already know the basics of photography and want to specialize in fashion, portraiture, and advanced editing and production techniques.
You’ll need a DSLR or mirrorless camera with manual mode (like a Canon Mark IV), standard lenses, reflectors, diffusers, and access to software like Capture One and Photoshop.
You’ll learn to use reflectors, diffusers, flags, direct and indirect light, and how to control color temperature and white balance to enhance your portraits and fashion shots.
The course covers professional skin retouching in Photoshop, including blemish removal, healing brush use, adding film grain, and advanced editing for polished editorial and beauty looks.
Yes, you’ll learn how to select, edit, and organize your images, create moodboards, and present your work professionally for agencies, brands, and social media.
The course explains how to coordinate with modeling agencies, makeup artists, and stylists, emphasizing collaboration to achieve professional fashion photography results.