The Art of Self-Portraits: Expressing Yourself through Photography
What We Will Do in the Course?
A course by Laura Zalenga , Photographer
About the video: What We Will Do in the Course?
Overview
“This course is about the basic elements of preparing and shooting self-portraits. About developing a concept and finding a location that adds to your concept, or that sparks the idea for a concept in the first place. We will learn the basics of poses for a portrait and self-protrait, as well as understanding how to use natural light in portraits. Additionally, we will look at how to select your best image from a shoot and edit it in Lightroom and Photoshop as a final touch up. ”
In this video lesson Laura Zalenga addresses the topic: What We Will Do in the Course?, which is part of the Domestika online course: The Art of Self-Portraits: Expressing Yourself through Photography. Learn how to use photography to delve into your thoughts and feelings.
Partial transcription of the video
“What we will do on the course? In this lesson I actually wanna have a deep dive into the topic of self-portraiture. What are self-portraits? What are the benefits of them? And what about all your doubts about self-portraiture? So, first thing that I really want to stress is that a self-portrait is not the same thing as a selfie. And I think especially because we live in a selfie generation and people use the words kind of for the same thing, I really want to encourage you seeing that it's two really different things. Selfies are photos that we take quite quickly. Most often with a phone, ma...”
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Course summary for: The Art of Self-Portraits: Expressing Yourself through Photography
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Photography, Portrait Photography, Self-Portrait Photography, Studio Photography
Laura Zalenga
A course by Laura Zalenga
Laura Zalenga is a German freelance photographer with a passion for creating self-portraits filled with emotion. She started taking photographs at eighteen and although she went on to study Architecture in Munich, she always found the time and inspiration for photography, publishing her work on Flickr and Facebook, where she first started to get noticed.
Laura’s visual language is captivating and clear, narrating an intimate story in every image she produces. She believes photography to be a type of therapy and one of the motivating factors behind her work, capable of healing both ourselves and others.
In 2018, she was one of the seven international artists selected for the Adobe Creative Residency and has worked for companies such as Adobe, Artemide, Disney, Lufthansa, Sony, and more. Laura also teaches workshops and gives inspirational talks relating to photography throughout the world.
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