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Beginner’s Photography: Basic Camera Use and Theory

Composition

A course by Giulia Candussi , Photojournalist and Documentary Filmmaker

Learn how to use a digital camera and its settings to start taking high-quality photos

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About the video: Composition

Overview

“Let’s talk about the basic composition principles such as point of interest, the rule of thirds, framing, point of view, and horizon line. ”

In this video lesson Giulia Candussi addresses the topic: Composition, 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

“Composition In this lesson I'm going to talk about the basic principles of composition, such as the horizon line, the rule of thirds and framing. The first thing to bear in mind is where you want to focus, what's your subject. That's called your point of interest. And how do you isolate it from the rest? Well, you either zoom in or you blur the background. In this picture, what attracts your attention? Well, obviously it's the girl looking straight at the camera. That was no easy task. I was there photographing this event and I saw this girl looking at me various times, but she was very shy...”

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Course summary for: Beginner’s Photography: Basic Camera Use and Theory

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (727)
34912 students
6 units
18 lessons (2h 28m)
14 downloads

Category
Photography & Video
Software
Adobe Lightroom
Areas
Digital Photography, Photographic Composition, Photography

Giulia Candussi

A course by Giulia Candussi

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Photojournalist and Documentary Filmmaker

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.