Professional Selfies and Video Selfies for Instagram
Where do I wear: the background and the light
A course by Mina Barrio , Product Photographer
About the video: Where do I wear: the background and the light
Overview
“In this lesson I will tell you about the whole process that I always carry out to choose where to take the photos, both when I am on the street and at home. Outdoors, I'll give you tips on choosing the background and explain how I change the way I take the photo depending on the light. Indoors, I'm going to show you how I decide where to take the photos in a practical way with a video of my house.”
In this video lesson Mina Barrio addresses the topic: Where do I wear: the background and the light, which is part of the Domestika online course: Professional Selfies and Video Selfies for Instagram. Become the protagonist behind your camera and communicate in a more personal way on social media.
Partial transcription of the video
“Where I put myself: the background and the light I imagine that you have spent the previous lesson thinking where do i put myself I know how to get high but where? In this lesson we are going to see that, where I put myself when taking the photo if I am in the street or if I am inside a space. When I take photos on the street, I always keep in mind two important things, the background and the light. As soon as I go out on the street, the first thing I look for everywhere it's basically a background. For me, the background is more important because I think that in the end, it will greatly af...”
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Course summary for: Professional Selfies and Video Selfies for Instagram
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Advertising, Instagram, Instagram Photography, Lifestyle Photography, Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Mobile Photography, 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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