From the course: Narrative Portraiture: On Location in New York City

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From the course: Narrative Portraiture: On Location in New York City

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- Hi, my name's Chris Orwig. I'm a photographer and a teacher. Welcome to this installment of Narrative Portraiture on location in New York City. You know in the first installment of this series, Foundations of Portraiture, we talked a little bit about how we can work with natural light and gear and composition and other elements and how we can bring all of these together in order to create pictures that tell stories. Well here in this installment, we're gonna build upon all of that and we're gonna take things even further as we travel to a really exciting and inspiring location, New York City. And there in New York, we'll be meeting up with Jared Mason, a Broadway performer, musician and actor. We'll be creating some pictures of Jared at a really iconic New York spot, the Brooklyn Bridge. And along the way, I'll be sharing with you some techniques that you can use when exploring and evaluating a location. We'll also talk a little bit about how you can work with natural and available light, how you can use your gear and how you can do all of this in order to create pictures of depth and purpose and meaning and story. We'll also review those photographs and I'll talk a little bit about some of the post-production techniques that I employ in order to further my vision for those pictures. Well as a bonus, we're gonna meet up with Jared and his family and there you'll discover that there are some unique challenges in creative opportunities that arise whenever you're photographing a group. Well in closing, my hope for the entirety of this course is that it will somehow further your own photographic vision. So as you watch this, have fun, take good notes but always be asking yourself "How does this relate to me and to my pictures?" Because regardless of who or where you photograph, it's all about storytelling. All right, well if you're ready to head to New York City, let's begin.

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