The Theatrical Lens
Maria Gawne
Create compelling, narrative-driven photographs inspired by the rich world of theater, film, and television.
Join Maria as she shares how to approach your photography from a different artistic perspective. You’ll learn how to marry multiple mediums so that you can tell more compelling photographic stories through lighting, directing and working the scene.
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what makes it different
This course is different from most out there because it uses a completely different art form to approach photography. There are plenty of courses that use painting, sculpture, and drawing to draw artistic inspiration for photographers but very few that pull from a performance art background. This course will guide you through everything from directing subjects to lighting and composition.
COURSE TYPE
SELF PACED
SKILL TYPE
posing, creativity, light, storytelling, shooting
SKILL LEVEL
INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED
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what you'll get
Hands-on exercises for directing, location scouting from a theatrical perspective and creative use of elements to enhance your scene.
A guide on how to approach photography from a different artistic perspective, marrying multiple mediums so that you can better tell photographic stories.
Behind the scenes studio session applying all of the course themes.
Your “script." Multiple prompts to help you capture more theatrical imagery.
How to utilize the most awkward locations and/or subjects to create a theatrical image.
“My deepest hope is that this course lights a fire for you; inspiring you to get bigger, louder, and more fearless in every way behind the lens.”
check out what's in your classroom
2 Shooting Videos
Comprehensive in-studio shooting sessions with real world examples of how to build your shot to translate to the “back row”
Creative Exercises
Over a dozen exercises to challenge your skills and shoot with the theatrical mindset
3 Downloadable PDFs
The Theatrical Lens Coursebook with Act’s One, Two and Three covering everything from working the scene to directing and lighting for a more dramatic scene
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by the end of this course,
you'll be able to approach your work with a new perspective to create more cinematic like images.
meet your instructor
Maria Gawne
Maria is one half of the married photography and videography team, The Gawnes. They cleverly go by their last names. Gawne is pronounced like “Gone With the Wind” or “Gone in Sixty Seconds”…you get the idea. They have been in business for over 14 years and have shot just over 500 weddings throughout Arizona, Colorado, California, Nashville, Florida, and the French Riviera. Maria’s work has been featured in The NY Times, Style Me Pretty, Wedding Sparrow, GW&M Magazine, Arizona’s Finest Weddings (three covers), The Food Network, and was seen on a billboard in Time Square. Maria is a hybrid film and digital photographer and is passionate about the art of print and design. She loves traveling and hanging out with her boys at home. She has a small social media management consulting business and mentors photographers and business owners. When she’s not holding a camera, a laptop, or a child she enjoys listening to audio books sped up, hot yoga, and a good glass of French rosé.
