Self-Portrait as a Personal Diary

Self portrait shooting: how to include another person in your photo

A course by Daniella Benedetti , Intimacy and Fashion Photographer

Intimacy and Fashion Photographer. Bogota, Colombia.
Joined May 2019
98% positive reviews (124)
3,789 students
Audio: Spanish, English
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About the video: Self portrait shooting: how to include another person in your photo

Overview

“Sometimes to take these types of photographs we need the help of some extra hands. That is why in this lesson we will see how we can guide third parties to help us create our photography. We must learn to direct and control the situation.”

In this video lesson Daniella Benedetti addresses the topic: Self portrait shooting: how to include another person in your photo, which is part of the Domestika online course: Self-Portrait as a Personal Diary. Explore aspects of your identity by photographing yourself in everyday situations and visually capturing your innermost feelings.

Partial transcription of the video

“Shooting Self-portraits: Including Someone Else in Your Photo In this session, we'll continue with our self-portrait. We'll include someone else in the self-portrait and I'll teach you how you can guide them so they can help you take your self-portrait. I do it because, in intimate life situations, you won't always have a tripod or you'll need to take the photo quickly, it's a special scene, or perhaps a special angle, and it's always helpful to know how to guide someone else to help you take your photo. It's important to learn how to guide them because everyone has a vision and everyone's ...”

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Course summary for: Self-Portrait as a Personal Diary

  • Level: Beginner
  • 98% positive reviews (124)
  • 3789 students
  • 4 units
  • 15 lessons (2h 39m)
  • 8 downloads
  • Category

    Photography & Video
  • Software

    Adobe Lightroom
  • Areas

    Fine-Art Photography, Lifestyle Photography, Portrait Photography, Self-Portrait Photography

Daniella Benedetti

Daniella Benedetti
A course by Daniella Benedetti

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Intimacy and Fashion Photographer

Bogotá native Daniella Benedetti began her photography career on her travels around various European cities including Barcelona and Milan. It was in the latter that she started to use photography as a means of expression, producing her first self-portrait project ""Obsession in Progress,"" which was selected for exhibition at Fotomuseum Winterthur.

Photographing intimacy has always been her first love, and she's brought it into the world of fashion through her work with brands such as Adidas and Mercedes Salazar, as well as into the editorial world collaborating with magazines like Billboard and Vice.


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  • 15 lessons (2h 39m)
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Self-Portrait as a Personal Diary. Photography, and Video course by Daniella Benedetti

Self-Portrait as a Personal Diary

A course by Daniella Benedetti
Intimacy and Fashion Photographer. Bogota, Colombia.
Joined May 2019
  • 98% positive reviews (124)
  • 3,789 students