The Art of Self-Portraits: Expressing Yourself through Photography
The Final Photos
A course by Laura Zalenga , Photographer
About the video: The Final Photos
Overview
“In this lesson, I will use the feedback gained in the previous lessons to shoot the final image. This time I will use the actual outfit and the practiced poses, paying attention to the light, the angle of the shot, and even experimenting with different views on the location.”
In this video lesson Laura Zalenga addresses the topic: The Final Photos, 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
“Final photos As you see, I've changed my outfit into the final one for the photos. It's a bodysuit that has my skin color, which I like, because it gives me the option to have an outfit that blends in with my body. And that means that my attention in the photos can go away from my outfit and go towards the posing, towards my face maybe, towards the objects and towards the surrounding. That doesn't mean that all the time and everyone has to shoot in these things. You can choose for something else if it supports your goal, your story. Make a conscious decision about the purpose of your outfit...”
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Course summary for: The Art of Self-Portraits: Expressing Yourself through Photography
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Areas
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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