Conceptual Portrait Photography
What will we do in the course?
A course by Veronica Cerna, Photographer
About the video: What will we do in the course?
Overview
“In this course we will carry out the entire process of creating portraits together. You will learn about the realization of a project from the idea to the final production, learning to structure your ideas and research on references that will inspire you. We will see the importance of the link with the person portrayed and then you will learn two lighting schemes that have helped me a lot and that you can apply to portraits in any other light situation. This course will also help you learn to edit images in Photoshop, highlight the key points of the image and give it a narrative with color. ”
In this video lesson Veronica Cerna addresses the topic: What will we do in the course?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Conceptual Portrait Photography. Explore your imagination and delve into lighting and post-production techniques to create conceptual photos.
Partial transcription of the video
“What will we do in the course? In this grade We will see together the whole process of making a conceptual portrait. From the idea, how the concept arises and how to work it, until looking for references to get inspired to the session. We will also see the importance of generating a link with the person we will portray and elements that help us to relax the person during the photo shoot. I will teach you about lighting schemes what else works for me and we will do a session in a night location in which we will see my light schemes that you can apply to many other locations. And I will also ...”
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Course summary for: Conceptual Portrait Photography
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Photography & Video -
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Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Fine-Art Photography, Photography, Portrait Photography

Veronica Cerna
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.
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