A good photo captures people. A powerful photo tells stories about the relationships between people. That’s exactly what this workshop is all about: cinematic portrait photography featuring multiple subjects, atmospheric imagery, and visual storytelling. Together, we’ll create images that look like scenes from a movie—full of suspense, energy, and emotional depth.
The focus is not on individual portraits, but on relationships, interactions, and the impact of multiple people within a single image. Four post-apocalyptic actors in the style of *Mad Max* provide the ideal foundation for striking group scenes, duo dynamics, and narrative visual concepts. Participants will learn how to position characters strategically, how to make relationships visible, and how to create tension through perspective, composition, and framing.
A special focus is placed on cinematic thinking in images. Together, participants explore how the foreground, middle ground, and background can be combined to create a compelling visual narrative, and how light, body language, and lines of sight can be used to guide the viewer’s gaze through the scene. We’ll use available light as well as small, creative light sources such as LEDs, flashlights, or reflectors to create atmosphere and enhance the impact of the images.
In addition, participants learn to organize more complex group situations quickly and effectively without making the shots appear staged or artificial. Topics such as visual hierarchies, spatial depth, dynamics, and the emotional impact of images play a central role in this process.
This workshop is designed for photographers who want to expand their portraiture to include storytelling and create images with a truly cinematic feel. Anyone who wants to learn how to tell stories through photography and create atmospheric scenes featuring multiple characters will find an extraordinary creative playground here, offering a wide range of photographic possibilities.
About Gordon Below
Gordon Below is a photographer, photography instructor, and coach with many years of practical experience in portrait, photojournalism, travel, and people photography. After working in press photography and spending many years running his own studio, he now focuses on photography workshops, photography trips, and one-on-one coaching. In his workshops, he combines photographic expertise with a special flair for light, perception, visual language, and personality.
Workshop information
- Speaker: Gordon Below
- Suitable for: Beginners and advanced users, basic knowledge of operating your own camera should be available.
- Minimum number of participants: 7
- Maximum number of participants: 10
- What to bring: Please bring are your own camera with fast lenses (varying focal lengths, if possible, for group shots and portraits), empty memory cards, and fully charged batteries.
- Duration: 4 hours
- When: Saturday , October 3, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
- Where: Nuremberg Exhibition Center , NCC West, Interview Room, 1st Floor
- Price: 219 €
- Note: The price of the workshop includes a weekend trade fair ticket worth €25.
Experience more at Imaging World 2026
Imaging World 2026 is much more than a single workshop: you can expect a whole weekend full of photography, content creation, video, creativity and inspiration – with exciting program items, strong brands and many opportunities to try out new things directly.
Your weekend ticket includes access to the entire trade fair:
- further workshops and events in the fields of photography, video, lighting, business and content creation
- exciting stage program with lectures, live talks and inspiration for your photography
- creative playgrounds where you can directly experience technology, sets and new image ideas
- leading exhibitors and brands from the photo and imaging industry
- Imaging World photo competition, where you can submit your best pictures
- Free camera check & clean for your equipment on site
This will turn your workshop visit into an entire trade fair experience: you will learn new techniques, gather creative ideas, test equipment, meet like-minded people and take home lots of inspiration.
Plan your personal Imaging World weekend now and discover all the highlights around workshops, stage, playgrounds, exhibitors, photo competition and free services.