What is Fine Art Photography 

And how do we make our own portrait a fine art portrait 

There are some basics to cover. Lately, most people have a good camera on their pockets, most people can use that camera to produce amazing images and most people do. Technology companies have put these tools at the reach of almost everyone and it is to say that now more than ever, it is important to understand the fundamentals of certain topics if we wish to participate. All these tools at the reach of our hands is making photography world very confusing. 

Instead of focusing on why not everyone with a camera is a photographer or not everyone that takes a photo and applies a filter to that photo is a fine art photographer, I will focus instead on what fine art really means and how we can translate our own portrait into fine art. 

As a baseline, for a piece of art to be fine art, there needs to be a purpose. A purpose of message generally defined by the artist. In the early stages of planning, an idea has to exist. Later, through that idea, an image or series of images is designed with the specific purpose of externalizing that idea. See it as if this is the voice of the artist. In most cases, it is not about the subject but about the overall context. It is about the elements on the image and how they can defy time by representing more than just that one image. Once all this has been carefully planned, execution takes place. Execution of a fine art can be simple with very little to no post-processing or it can be as complex as the Artist needs it to be in order to make sure the message is transmitted through that image.  

All this being said, there is nothing that prevents this process from being a collaborative process. The artist or photographer in this case has his/her essence and style which is the reason you would hire him/her but the idea or message not always has to come from the artist himself. When Planning your photography experience, we would initially invest time to know you, really and deeply understand what is it that you expect from this experience and make a visual exercise together to help us imagine and plan with precision. If this implies to make a detailed planning on which the outcome is a Fine Art photography, so be it! 

  This is indeed an oversimplified way of touching on the topic of Fine Art and although there is way more to it than just making an image with a purpose, this lays down the foundation to understand more about art and further the conversation. 

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