Meg Loeks
Creating Narrative-Driven Portraits
Class Description
Join Meg Loeks as she pulls back the curtain on how she styles a scene within portraiture. Dive into her creative process, from finding inspiration to weaving subtle details into a frame that transforms everyday spaces into compelling visual stories. Along the way, Meg reveals the nuanced choices that elevate narrative, from intentional compositions to the emotional influence of color.
Meg will also share how she uses created light to shape mood, atmosphere, and emotion, demonstrating practical lighting setups and her favorite modifiers designed for everyday spaces. Learn how light and color work in harmony to heighten emotional impact and strengthen storytelling. This workshop blends creative vision with hands-on techniques, giving you the tools to craft portraits rich in story, depth, and atmosphere.
Why You Should Take This Class:
Meg Loeks
Meg Loeks is a portrait photographer based in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where she lives on a hobby farm with her family. Her work is rooted in classic Americana and home life, but not the polished ideal. She leans into the mess, the beauty, the humor, and the contradictions of domesticity, using color and nostalgia not just as aesthetic choices, but as tools to challenge the status quo. Though Meg’s love for photography began in childhood, hand-developing film in a darkroom, she initially pursued a degree in advertising and public relations.
She returned to photography in a deeper, more personal way after becoming a mother, and it became her way of reclaiming time, space, and story. Today, Meg teaches workshops throughout the U.S. and internationally, encouraging artists to find voice in the everyday.
She is honored to serve as a Imagen, Sigma and Profoto Ambassador, as well as a 2022 Lightroom Ambassador.
Meg is also a volunteer with The Gold Hope Project, offering portrait sessions to families facing pediatric cancer.
Meg Loeks's Gallery of Work
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