Introduction to Conceptual Portrait Photography

Translate your ideas and feelings into striking images that move your audience

• Introduction
• Ideas and Research
• Pre-Production
• The Shoots
• Post-Production and Editing
• Final project

Through concept photography, you can give a voice to subjects who aren’t usually seen or heard. Award-winning photographer Kristina Varaksina captures photos of faces and bodies that tell a story about the people they belong to. She’s worked with The BBC, Harper’s Bazaar, The Telegraph, and has also had her work exhibited around the world.

In this course, Kristina guides you through finding your artistic voice in photography by learning to communicate through lighting, color, and subject direction. Learn to transform your personal ideas into meaningful and striking images. Are you ready to take photos with feeling?

• About Me
• Influences
• What Will We Do on This Course?
• How to Choose Your Subject
• Ideation
• Translating Words into Visuals
• Art Direction 1
• Art Direction 2
• Technical Decisions
• Setting up for Shoot: Self-Portrait
• Self-Portrait
• Setting up for Shoot: Portrait
• Portrait
• Curating and Selecting Your Shots 1
• Curating and Selecting Your Shots 2
• Curating and Selecting Your Shots 3
• Curating and Selecting Your Shots 4
• RAW Image Editing 1
• RAW Image Editing 2
• RAW Image Editing 3
• Retouching: What Should Stay and What Should Go 1
• Retouching: What Should Stay and What Should Go 2
• Retouching: What Should Stay and What Should Go 3
• Retouching: What Should Stay and What Should Go 4
• Retouching: What Should Stay and What Should Go 5
• X Portrait Photography