Last Updated on 10/05/2018 by Mark Beckenbach
All images by Rebeca Camino. Used with Creative Commons permission.
Many of the outdoor portrait photography we see make use of urban settings to create a youthful feel or cosmopolitan look to their snaps. However, there’s more to outdoor portraits than these locations. As you’ll find in this beautiful set by Spanish photographer Rebeca Camino, shooting somewhere with lots of greens and natural textures is also a good idea.
If shooting somewhere closer to nature is still on your portrait photography bucket list, Camino’s La dame en noir will inspire you to do it soon for a number of reasons. First, if you’re primarily an urban portraitist who crafts visual stories inspired by the hustle and bustle of city life, this is your chance to play around with a totally different narrative. For this, you’ll most likely be inspired to use what you find around you differently, as Camino has done with the rest of her work so far.
Next, you will learn how to conceptualize and style your muse for your shoot in a way that complements the location. In this set, I think the style choices work perfectly with the natural elements, colors, and textures of the location: simple yet elegant, minimalist yet eye-catching, gentle and also graceful. They stand out enough against the greens and neutral colors of the scene, and don’t interfering with the mood inherent to the location.
Camino’s chosen spot for this particular shoot is also a perfect example of how you can make your subject interact with the environment. This way, the poses look more natural, and you can play with narratives, moods, and emotions even with something as simple as making a leaf brush against the face.
Lastly, I think editing for locations like these is often conservative. That typically works well, as we can see in how Camino rendered the colors and textures to craft a delicate imagery.
Do check out her Behance portfolio and our previous features for more of her work.
