The Art of Self-Portraits: Expressing Yourself through Photography
Where to Find Inspiration
A course by Laura Zalenga , Photographer
About the video: Where to Find Inspiration
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you how I search for inspiration on different online platforms (such as Pinterest and Instagram - which are free) and how I collect them on boards with different topics or themes. We will look into which keywords work best depending on each concept. This is important to find and define your style and to create an image-pool you can browse for future concepts.”
In this video lesson Laura Zalenga addresses the topic: Where to Find Inspiration , 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
“Where to find inspiration In this lesson, we're gonna talk about inspiration and that's about where to find inspiration and also why it is important. And also because so many of you always ask, "Where do you find your inspiration?" It's actually not that easy. It's not like you sit at home at your chair and it suddenly pops up in your head. So I will show you some of the things that I do to find something or at least places where I search. The first one that I wanna talk about is Pinterest. I like Pinterest because you can literally type in one word and get into a whole another universe. So...”
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Course summary for: The Art of Self-Portraits: Expressing Yourself through Photography
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Photography & Video -
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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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