Fashion Photography: The Basics

A course by Javier Falcón , Photographer and audiovisual communicator

Photographer and audiovisual communicator. Lima District, Peru.
Joined June 2019

Learn simple techniques for advertising and editorial shoots

75% positive reviews (79)
1,980 students
Audio: Spanish
Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch

Learn simple techniques for advertising and editorial shoots

Fashion photography is much more than models with clothes, they are powerful images designed and designed to capture the spirit of a brand. Each photograph tells a story, and photographers are responsible for making them a reality. Javier Falcón is an experienced photographer with a great career in the fashion world who has learned from the greatest as an assistant to Mario Testino or Ruven Afanador. In addition, he has worked for publications such as Vogue Latin America or Woman Spain.

In this course Javier will teach you how to create fashion photographs for advertising campaigns or editorial publications. You will learn the workflow when conducting a fashion campaign, you will see what the brief , the importance of the pre-production meeting, the search for references and how to direct your shooting trendy. Finally, you will see how to reveal with Capture One, as well as brushstrokes of the basic retouching in Photoshop.

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What will you learn in this online course?

12 lessons & 2 downloads

  • 75% positive reviews (79)
  • 1,980 students
  • 12 lessons (59m)
  • 2 additional resources (0 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?

The final project of this course will be the presentation of a fashion photography for advertising, having been carried out through the process indicated by the teacher throughout the course.

Projects by course students

Who is this online course for?

To designers, illustrators or anyone who wants to learn to develop professional works of fashion photography.

Requirements and materials

Basic knowledge in the use of a camera and lighting and basic notions of Adobe Photoshop and Capture One are required.

As for materials, you will need a digital photo camera, a flash (although it will not be necessary if you would like to take the photos with natural light) and a computer with Photoshop and Capture One.


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Javier Falcón

A course by Javier Falcón

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Photographer and audiovisual communicator

Javier Falcón is an audiovisual communicator of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, specialized in photography and video. He began his career working with different photographers and directors such as Mario Testino, Ruven Afanador, Jacques Dequeker, Philippe Kliot, Michael Filonow, among others. Its clients include Nike, Converse, Puma, Nikon, Vogue LATAM, L'Officiel Paris, Elle Magazine or GQ.


Content

  • U1

    Presentation

    • Presentation
    • Influences
    • What will we do during the course?
  • U2

    Preproduction

    • The brief and its importance
    • General Preproduction Meeting
    • Work equipment
  • U3

    Shooting

    • Step by step in the studio before taking the picture
    • How to work connected to capture one
    • Lighting techniques and when to take the photo
  • U4

    Postproduction

    • Revealed in Capture One
    • Basic Retouching in Photoshop
    • Presentation of the final project
  • FP

    Final project

    • Final project

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Fashion Photography: The Basics. Photography, and Video course by Javier Falcón

Fashion Photography: The Basics

A course by Javier Falcón
Photographer and audiovisual communicator. Lima District, Peru.
Joined June 2019
  • 75% positive reviews (79)
  • 1,980 students