Beginner’s Photography: Basic Camera Use and Theory
Types of Lenses
A course by Giulia Candussi , Photojournalist and Documentary Filmmaker
About the video: Types of Lenses
Overview
“The camera is useless without a lens! We will discuss what lenses are available on the market and what’s the most fitting lens for each occasion. ”
In this video lesson Giulia Candussi addresses the topic: Types of Lenses, 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 Lenses. In this lesson I'm going to talk about lenses. From my personal experience I know that when you're about to buy your first camera you would probably don't think anything about the lens. You just probably buy whatever comes with the camera, right? And that's called the kit lens. Well, usually kit lenses are the worst. They're really cheap, they have low quality glass. So I want you to really understand that if you're about to buy a camera, you should really take in consideration what type of lens you're buying. There are many things to take into consideration. First of all, ...”
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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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