Emotive Photography: Create Real, Up-close Images
A course by Carol Peña , Photographer and Art Director
Combine color, composition, and space to get portraits that tell a story and generate emotions
Combine color, composition, and space to get portraits that tell a story and generate emotions
A camera, a set, and a few props can help you create, but the key to truly expressing yourself lies in finding and listening to your own artistic voice. This idea is the driving force behind the success of Carol Peña, photographer and art director who has worked with major brands like Carolina Herrera, Adidas, Hermès, Bombay Sapphire, and Estrella Damm capturing expressive images that resonate with their audience.
In this course, join Carol and embark on a journey into emotive photography. Learn how to shoot portraits that tell real, unmasked stories that convey ideas and spark emotions. Experiment with light and everyday objects to find your own style and capture powerful images in different forms, from a photoshoot with a model to a self-portrait.
What will you learn in this online course?
14 lessons & 23 downloads
- 90% positive reviews (62)
- 1,822 students
- 14 lessons (2h 38m)
- 23 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
What is this course's project?
Capture a series of images that spark emotions: a close-up, a portrait with a model, and a self-portrait.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone who wants to tell a story through photography using a cell phone or amateur camera.
Requirements and materials
This is a beginner's course, so no prior knowledge is necessary.
As for the materials, you need a camera or your cell phone to take pictures and a photo editing app.
Reviews
A course by Carol Peña
Carol Peña is a photographer and art director, although she has also worked in publishing and advertising over the course of her career. She uses emotive photography to explore the many universes that can coexist in a single room. Her creations have garnered her a following of more than five hundred and twenty thousand people on Instagram.
Carol combines images and texts to help brands from around the world communicate, including Olympus, Carolina Herrera, Adidas, Hermès, Bombay Sapphire, Iberostar, Ruinart, Estrella Damm, Huawei, Barceló viajes, Hyundai, MINI Living, and Herschel. She also shares her skills and knowledge as a teacher at Blanquerna, Idep, and Brother.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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U2
The Idea
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Idea Search
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The Idea Begins to Take Shape
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Learning from Other Women to Find My Voice
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Storytelling: The Story of Each Photo
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U3
Narrating with Pictures
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Narrate Emotions through Objects
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Light and Composition Exercises
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Materials
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U4
Shooting
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Experiments and Interventions
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Photography with a Model: The Details
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Self-Portrait: Mirrors and Tricks
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U5
Editing and Publishing
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Image Selection and Editing
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Storytelling: Texts for Social Networks
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FP
Final project
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Emotive Photography: Create Real, Up-close Images
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Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
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Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.
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nadiagallegos
Me encanto! Ya tengo mi libreta para empezar a listar mis ideas...y luego a fotear
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big_eyed_ufo
the video is more on the concept and a little bit of examples on how to do the shooting. if can show more examples on the photo concepts she illustrated in videos will be great
elena.pez59
È stato un corso davvero interessante e mi ha fornito molti spunti di riflessione.
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cuatrodemas
Excelente curso
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karlanietadeherrera
Me parece una persona con dominio del tema, enfocada a involucrar no únicamente la parte del conocimiento técnico, sino la pasión que se debe imprimir al hacer fotografía. También transmite su pasión por lo que hace. Explica perfecto y claro. y su curso es muy interesante, al punto de querer pasar las lecciones y terminar el curso rapido y beberte todo el curso de lo llevadero e interesante.
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