Mastering Techniques for Powerful Portraits background 2024

MASTERING TECHNIQUES FOR POWERFUL PORTRAITS

Taking portraits as a photographer and conveying a sense of artistry with every shot requires mastery. From capturing the essence of each face through thoughtful positioning to aligning the subject’s eyes, facial angles, and directional gaze, each detail contributes to the impact of a portrait. Mastery lies in understanding how to balance these elements—foreground and background, light and shadow—to create an aesthetically compelling composition that tells a story in every frame. This course is here to help you understand how to do it all. By exploring powerful techniques for portrait photography, you’ll learn to elevate each shot into a visual narrative that captures raw emotion and artistry in its purest form.

COURSE
OVERVIEW

Course Identifier, Lessons, Credits, and Prerequisites

The aim of this “Mastering Techniques for Powerful Portraits” course is to let you explore the powerful techniques for portrait photography. You’ll learn to elevate each shot into a visual narrative that captures raw emotion and artistry in its purest form.

It is a self-paced 3-credit course, where a learner can proceed at his/her own speed, however, should complete it within the time frame of 4 months.

Prerequisites

Ability to Read and Understand English.
Prerequisites Courses – PHO 205, 210, 215

Department
Department of Art and Photography

Course Identifier
PHO 251

Course Contents
Online Lesson Instruction
Key Concepts / Techniques for Each Lesson
Guides / Books Based on Key Concepts
Detailed Online Quiz Based on Guides
Assignments on Key Techniques

Lessons and Quizzes
18 Lessons, 17 Quizzes

Assignments and Presentation
12 Assagissements, 1 Presentation

Effort Required
2.5 hours per week

Length
2-4 months

Credits
3

This 3 credits course costs an affordable fee of

ONLY $10
PER MONTH

Simply click the Enroll Now button to start the course with an affordable fee of $10/month, or just $20 as One-Time Fee, which includes course materials, exam fees, and award registration for presenting your work.

Starts Self-Paced

SKU: PHO-255-1 Category:

These specific commitment fees are 95% discounted as scholarships from the original as we are always committed to providing higher education in the most affordable cost. Know more about – Monthly Payable Commitment and Scholarships and Grants.

Get to Know the

FACULTY

Nasrul Eam

Dean, Department of Art and Photography
Light & Composition University

Nasrul has been setting new standards as an author, photographer, editor, educator, and art director for two decades. Currently Dean of the Department of Art and Photography, and Language and Linguistics at Light & Composition University, Nasrul started his professional career in 2000 in the field of advertising and joined Grey Global Group, where he worked with well-known organizations such as Nokia, Coca-Cola, Bata, and Telecom Malaysia. In 2006, he joined Paper Rhyme, under WPP (a British multinational communications, advertising, public relations, technology, and commerce holding company) as Head of Interactive, and at the same time helped in establishing the advertising and event management firms like Spell Bound and Final Avenue. He wrote books such as The Quintessence of Photography: Understanding Composition, for developing artistic vision, and The Essence of Close-up Photography, for developing the basics of photographic vocabulary and exploring close-up photography with an artistic touch. His other books are Illuminating Nature: Moments in Reflection, with vivid examples of nature and wildlife photography, and The Happy Children of the Third World, which touches on the meaning of life, to its core. Nasrul has authored over 50 books on various aspects of art, photography, language, linguistics, and science.

SUPPORT &
TEACHING ASSISTANTS

Getting 24/7 Support, Know the Teaching Assistants, and Program Advisors

24/7 Support
Regardless of all lessons are self-paced instructions, we have 24/7 support, where you can directly talk with our faculty, teaching assistants, and program advisors when signup for monthly payable fees commitment. Just let us know your inquiries regarding a lesson, quiz, or an assignment, we’ll get back to you shortly.

Teaching Assistant
Kirsten Brüning
Lecturer, Department of Art & Photography

Program Advisors
Prof. Jim Perceval
Dr. Habib Chowdhury
Muhammed Nafeezul Bari

Study / Explore Course Lessons

To start a lesson of this course, please click “Study / Explore Course Lessons” in top menu, or click the bottom below.

It is Our Great Privilege to Showcase the Work of Our Students

Please explore some assignment works related to the subject – “the Art of Landscape Photography” done by our students of this course as well as our registered photographers from the most prestigious photography award.

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