The Art of Self-Portraits: Expressing Yourself through Photography
My Equipment
A course by Laura Zalenga , Photographer
About the video: My Equipment
Overview
“In this lesson, you will see what’s in my bag - cameras (Sony A7rii + Sony A7iii), lenses (35mm 1.4 + 85mm 1.4 + 24-70mm 2.8), and accessories (various objects not related to photography; and how I use them). We will also go over my standard settings and technical details such as connecting the camera to a phone.”
In this video lesson Laura Zalenga addresses the topic: My Equipment , 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
“My equipment In this lesson, I'll tell you all about my equipment. And, as you can see by the fact that this is the last lesson of Unit 2, and not the first one, equipment is not the most important thing to me. I think idea, mood and the things that really come from your heart are definitely more important for a good image than what you shoot with. Definitely still, if you have better equipment, things will be easier. But I think with whatever camera you have, you can definitely produce something great. So let's look at the equipment. It obviously begins with a camera, which is a Sony A7 II...”
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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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