The Art of Self-Portraits: Expressing Yourself through Photography
Practice Self-Portrait Technique
A course by Laura Zalenga , Photographer
About the video: Practice Self-Portrait Technique
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you the different technical set-ups to take a self-portrait. From just having a phone with a timer to having an advanced camera that uses a phone as a remote control to take the photo. You will see that any camera with a self-timer gives you the possibility to take a self-portrait.”
In this video lesson Laura Zalenga addresses the topic: Practice Self-Portrait Technique, 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
“Practice self portrait technique In this lesson, I wanna talk about the technique of taking a self-portrait. In my case, I think there's three different ones on how you can do that and we're gonna look at them now. So, we made some space so I can really show the techniques. We start with the one where you just have a phone and use the phone timer. Let's have a look. Phone, very helpful, because it has a camera. And then I go to the timer. You have different options, but I like the 10 seconds because it gives you more room. Then you need to find something to keep your phone upright. I take a...”
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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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