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Creating a Fantasy Portrait with Simple Elements – Photography Tutorial



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Today on The Slanted Lens, we are shooting a stylized shot of a girl with an umbrella being blown by the wind — just a fun exercise in lighting on a set.

We will create an environment with three main elements: 1) clumps of grass in the foreground, 2) a tree branch from my backyard, and 3) a gray and gloomy backdrop. We created a small structure for her to lean on that will give the impression that she is leaning into the wind. A couple large fans and some handfuls of leaves will complete the set.

It does not take a lot of large elements to create a large looking set. Get out there, take those elements around you and create some interesting environments. Keep those cameras rollin’ and keep on clickin’.

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32 responses to “Creating a Fantasy Portrait with Simple Elements – Photography Tutorial”

  3. This is a great guide for a beginner or expert compositor. It starts off with the basics of extraction and how to shoot your subject and takes you all the way through creating wonderful composites for an array of different projects. It helped a great deal with my learning curve for composting pictures. This learning by doing method gave me the confidence to take on more complex projects and was very fun to do. https://twitter.com/arhaanctg1/status/898965859091206144

  6. Question. This seems to be a HUGE production to make this image! My question is, with such an obvious cost to create, where does a photographer sell imagery like this? Was it a commissioned work, for a magazine, movie poster, or something else? I love doing composite pieces, but I'm never sure where mega imagery like this is sold and/or created for.

  9. I only film my hands… would you mind having a look at my videos and advise me on what lighting I could use for just hands? Can you create a lighting video for youtuber tutorial creators who only film hands. I was also wondering if a reflector would make my hands look softer in adequate light? Any advise is welcome. Thanks

  21. I love watching your videos. They are great examples of what can be done with a little ingenuity and the right equipment. I will use them for reference in future sessions. And pay no attention to the nay sayers out there..the ones that ONLY want to learn how a Porsche is made with chevy parts.

  26. Can you show us the simple version? The one without a HUGE studio, half dozen assistants and 1000's of dollars worth of lighting equipment? Because to be honest, if we were all able to afford those things we probably wouldn't looking at a video with the wording "simple elements" in it.

  27. Don`t get me wrong you do great work, but this is not real photography for me. It is all fake and komposed at the end. I like the more natural style, but I think I can use some things for my own work. 🙂

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