Fine Art Photography: Self-Portraits Filled with Symbolism

Finding Inspiration and Making the Mood Board

A course by Lídia Vives , Photographer

99% positive reviews (124)

3,857 students

Audio: Spanish

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About the video: Finding Inspiration and Making the Mood Board

Overview

“In this lesson I will explain how you can find inspiration and how you could make your mood board.”

In this video lesson Lídia Vives addresses the topic: Finding Inspiration and Making the Mood Board, 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

“Finding inspiration and creating the mood board Now I'll show you methods and examples to find inspiration and then I'll explain how to set down these ideas on a mood board. We will start by finding this inspiration on the web. Let's see it. In this photograph titled "The Butterfly Effect," I was inspired by the concept of the butterfly effect, that as you know, states that the action of a single individual can generate various consequences. Instead of representing it in a scene, what I did was represent it like this, in a more metaphorical way. Something that inspires me a lot are objects....”

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Course summary for: Fine Art Photography: Self-Portraits Filled with Symbolism

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (124)
3857 students
4 units
27 lessons (4h 42m)
4 downloads

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

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Photographer

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.