Photoshoot themes
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What is often called a photographic theme corresponds rather to a photographic genre. These are generic themes, the most common of which are listed below (fashion, lingerie, sport, etc.).
The shooting themes favored here are more specific: they are built as photographic projects, ranging from staging to their photographic composition, to create images that have meaning by themselves:
- Incarnation of a character (historical, fictional, symbolic,...)
- Representation of an action (sports, lifestyle,...)
- Illustration of an idea or event
- Surreal composition or humorous effect
- and so on...
The collaborations proposed here try to privilege these specific themes without obviously excluding shootings of more generic themes.
As a reminder, the most common generic themes, or photographic genres, are:
- Portrait: classically refers to the representation of people (photoshoot of persons) and more specifically that of their faces (portrait theme).
- Fashion: a type of photography aimed at showcasing clothes and accessories worn by models and by extension a type of shooting using those techniques.
- Hairstyle and Makeup (or Beauty) are specialized themes
- Glamour: a type of photography creating an appearance of luxury and refined elegance that attracts and fascinates
- Lingerie: a variant of fashion shoot but defined separately from it because it requires models willing to expose themselves in lingerie and silhouettes generally specifically sought for the promotion of this type of product
- Swimwear: a variant of a fashion shoot, the main subject of which is the swimsuit and the accompanying atmosphere (decor, accessories)
- Details: photographies of body parts highlighting an accessory, such as jewelry
- Body, Hand, Foot details are categories
- Lifestyle: photography of people in everyday life situations (instead of posed photos, in studio in particular), but which can also be scripted provided that a natural look is preserved
- Sport: a genre taking into account the constraints (distance, speed in particular) specific to this type of activity.
- Boudoir: a category evoking the atmosphere of a boudoir, with its undressed interior outfits (lingerie or transparent clothing).
- Artistic nude: nude photography, real or suggested, taken with an artistic approach that typically plays on lighting and proven aesthetic research
- Hidden nude: photograph suggesting nudity (private parts not visible) or visible nude but with the face hidden
- Bodypainting: painting on body parts
- Erotic: defined as having to do with carnal desire and libido, whether through suggested actions or poses up to full nudity.
In addition to these types of shooting commonly found in people photography, two other themes are privileged here:
- Fiction: imaginary characters or scenes (fantasy, mythology,...) and artistic references (painting, cinema,...)
- Cosplay (incarnation of virtual characters) and Steampunk (sci-fi based on the industrial age of the 19th century) are attached to it
- History: representation of historical characters, events or outfits
Other themes complement these fundamental genres, such as those linked to an activity (corporate photo, advertising, dance, etc.), events (wedding, pregnancy, artist performance, etc.), or themes going beyond the portrait such as street photography for example.
The list is far from being exhaustive...
