Beginner’s Photography: Basic Camera Use and Theory
Types of Photo Cameras
A course by Giulia Candussi , Photojournalist and Documentary Filmmaker
About the video: Types of Photo Cameras
Overview
“An experienced photographer should be able to take beautiful pictures with any camera and any lens, but that's a big but. The perfect camera will depend on the type or style of photos you wish to take.”
In this video lesson Giulia Candussi addresses the topic: Types of Photo Cameras, which is part of the Domestika online course: Beginner’s Photography: Basic Camera Use and Theory. Learn how to use a digital camera and its settings to start taking high-quality photos.
Partial transcription of the video
“Types of Photo Cameras. In this lesson we'll talk about different types of cameras. If you're starting out, you probably feel overwhelmed by the offers you find in the market. Or if you have just bought your camera, you might not really know what all these buttons are there for. There's not such a thing as the perfect camera. It's only about the type of photography you're interested in. Also, I'm gonna talk about a myth. The bigger the camera, the more expensive the camera, the better. That's not true. Absolutely not true. It will really depend on what type of photography you're interested ...”
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Course summary for: Beginner’s Photography: Basic Camera Use and Theory
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Photography & Video -
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Areas
Digital Photography, Photographic Composition, Photography

Giulia Candussi
A course by Giulia Candussi
Giulia Candussi is an Italian photojournalist based in Scotland with over a decade of experience in producing photo reportages about human rights, environmental issues, and cultural identity. It was during her studies in International Relations (Bologna University, Italy) where she discovered the field of photo-reportage and the impact it could have on the world. Passionate about expressing her vision, she went on to study a Master’s in Photojournalism in London.
Giulia has collaborated with local media and international news agencies such as Getty Images and her work was published on La Repubblica, L’Espresso, The Guardian, Huffington Post, US Weekly, and more. She has traveled extensively in Europe and the Americas, also working with non-governmental organizations. As a documentary filmmaker, she has produced “Upstream” and “Hogar”. Currently, she produces “Van Life”, a documentary series for BBC Scotland’s “The Social”. Her work has been exhibited in èStoria, international history festival (Gorizia, 2011) and Photomonth, international photography festival (London, 2010), Centro Culturale Candiani (Venice Mestre, 2015), at the art gallery Storie Contemporanee (Rome, Italy 2017), and more.
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