Fine Art Photography: Self-Portraits Filled with Symbolism
What Will We Do in this Course?
A course by Lídia Vives , Photographer
About the video: What Will We Do in this Course?
Overview
“In this lesson I will explain what you will learn in this course and what the final project will consist of: you will learn to make a self-portrait from the beginning.”
In this video lesson Lídia Vives addresses the topic: What Will We Do in this Course?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fine Art Photography: Self-Portraits Filled with Symbolism. Learn how to turn your feelings into artistic photographs that are full of emotion and personality.
Partial transcription of the video
“What we will do in the course In this lesson, I'll show you what we will do in this course. In this course we'll create a self-portrait in fine art style. That is, a self-portrait in which the main element is aesthetics and concept. In fine art self-portrait we have two options: You can play yourself or another character. If you play yourself, you can talk about your experiences or things you are concerned about, and it can help you express what you feel. If you play a character, it can be used to tell another story through your image. This type of technique can be used not only to create e...”
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Course summary for: Fine Art Photography: Self-Portraits Filled with Symbolism
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Photoshop, Camera Raw -
Areas
Fine-Art Photography, Photo Retouching, Photography, Photography Post-production, Photomontage, Portrait Photography, Self-Portrait Photography, Studio Photography

Lídia Vives
A course by Lídia Vives
Lídia Vives is an artistic photographer, renowned for her pictorial self-portraits filled with secrets. Influenced by Henri-Cartier Bresson, she discovered photography as a means of artistic expression at sixteen, and decided to switch her paint brush for a camera.
Lídia’s work has been exhibited in Spanish and Australian galleries, using her Instagram account as a visual diary where she expresses all that she doesn’t say out loud. Her main clients include brands and editorials for which she creates fashion and advertising photography, and above all, for art collections.
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