Creating Portraits that Matter with Chris Orwig
02/13/2026Sony Artisan of Imagery Chris Orwig explores a modern approach to portraiture, giving you the foundational understanding you need to build valuable skills and develop as a portrait photographer.
- 0:00 - Intro
- 3:50 - About Chris
- 4:41 - How has photography changed?
- 14:52 - Why does portraiture matter?
- 19:46 - Portraiture is a process
- 21:53 - Portraiture is historic
- 23:53 - Is traditional portraiture dead? / Future-proofing
- 26:29 - Expand & build upon what you already know
- 31:28 - You can't tell stories with AI
- 38:26 - How the market has shifted
- 46:20 - What matters to you?
- 50:27 - Portraits can tell a story
- 57:06 - Deciding what we want to share
- 1:04:14 - Final thoughts
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