Professional Photography for Instagram
Create an environment
A course by Mina Barrio , Product Photographer
About the video: Create an environment
Overview
“Let's start taking photos! Find a corner of your house or studio in order to create an environment. It's important that you think about what you want to say with this photo: are you going to display a product? Do you want to say something about your day (for example, what you did when you got out of bed) or some aspect of our work (your creative notebook)? Once you know what you want, it will be easier to choose the elements to include in your environment. ”
In this video lesson Mina Barrio addresses the topic: Create an environment, which is part of the Domestika online course: Professional Photography for Instagram. Learn tricks to take and edit photographs for social media on your phone.
Partial transcription of the video
“Let's start taking photos at once with the mobile and for that I have sat on the ground Cause I've been looking around my house as you will have to do, the places I like the most, what areas, what furniture, what shelves and so on. And that they are also close to some lighting point. In my case, I have a window here by my side from which light enters. Now you won't be able to see it because the shooting lights are on, but then you will see exactly where the light comes from And where are the shadows? And I'm going to take a picture of this bench, That's why I'm basically lying here. Let's s...”
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Course summary for: Professional Photography for Instagram
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Areas
Advertising, Instagram, Instagram Photography, Lifestyle Photography, Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Mobile Photography, Photography, Product Photography, Social Media

Mina Barrio
A course by Mina Barrio
Mina Barrio is a product photographer at Melon Blanc, a multidisciplinary studio that specializes in visual identity design for brands.
Mina’s mission is to create visual content for a range of successful brands including Charuca, Lucia Be, The Singular Olivia, and La Compañía Fantástica. Taking and editing photos for Instagram means taking every single detail into account, right down to the elements that might look out of place.
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