From Concept to Creation: Making Impactful Fashion and Beauty Portraits
Join Lenworth Johnson, a beauty and fashion photographer, as he takes you through his process for creating fashion portraits with impact. In this class you’ll learn how to develop your concept into a visual message, the importance of building a team to support your creative efforts, how to convey your ideas to your team, the tools you need, how to get your light right, how to work with models on set, and many more tips to help you elevate your craft! You’ll get to see it all come together in three separate shoots as Lenworth transitions his concept from the basics to extravagant.
Lenworth Johnson
Release Date: 2021-07-02
Lessons
Introduction
The instructor introduces the class and discusses what will be covered in the lessons that follow.
Duration: 0 mins 51 seconds
Concept to Visual Message
You want to start with a concept and use that to develop the visual message with sketches, research, and mood board, to help get other creatives on the same page.
Duration: 3 mins 5 seconds
Build Your Team
Many of us start as one-man bands, but it is hard to do it all yourself. Collaborating with others will change your photography.
Duration: 1 mins 47 seconds
Convey Vision to Team
All the work you’ve done so far will help you communicate your vision to the rest of the team.
Duration: 1 mins 11 seconds
Tools and Setup
Lenworth shares his tools and setup to capture the images during the shoot.
Duration: 3 mins 34 seconds
Getting Light Right
Using a light meter to ensure proper exposure, Lenworth gets his settings dialed in as well as positioning the model within the frame.
Duration: 7 mins 31 seconds
Conducting the Shoot
With the lighting all set it is time for the actual shoot. First step is to customize white balance, and then all set for the shooting.
Duration: 9 mins 40 seconds
Creating a Second Look
Building on the success of the first look, Lenworth takes it up a notch with a second look for the model.
Duration: 17 mins 17 seconds
The Final Look
After an outfit change, new makeup, and modified lighting setup, Lenworth creates images for a third look.
Duration: 20 mins 14 seconds