Narrative Portrait Photography for Beginners
How to Fail: Additional Tips
A course by SALMA EL KASHEF , Filmmaker and Photographer
About the video: How to Fail: Additional Tips
Overview
“To take good photos, you have to embrace the possibility of failure. Learning from your mistakes is key to your evolution and development as a photographer. I will teach you how to be a reflective learner in this lesson. ”
In this video lesson SALMA EL KASHEF addresses the topic: How to Fail: Additional Tips, which is part of the Domestika online course: Narrative Portrait Photography for Beginners. Learn how to work with a model using natural light to capture emotions and tell powerful stories through your images..
Partial transcription of the video
“Failure is the most essential part of your work. Don't be afraid to take bad pictures. Don't strive for perfection. Just trust and enjoy the process. I remember during my early stages, I took a lot of bad pictures in terms of angle, lighting, compositions. But I realized that bad pictures can be very subjective. The pictures that may look bad for me might look good for someone else. So you'll be able in the future to say that your photography has improved and has changed. Bad pictures can be very useful sometimes. And it's a trick I always use when I run out of ideas, when I have nothing ne...”
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Course summary for: Narrative Portrait Photography for Beginners
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Areas
Digital Photography, Fashion Photography, Portrait Photography
SALMA EL KASHEF
A course by SALMA EL KASHEF
Salma El Kashef is a filmmaker and photographer based in Cairo. She started working on drama series in her native Egypt. This experience opened her eyes to new aspects of cinema and dealing with actors. It helped her develop her cinematic style, which she would later employ collaborating with clients like Samsung, Palm Hills, and Nescafé. She directed a Mother’s Day campaign with Egyptian jewelry designer Azza Fahmy and has hosted photography exhibitions at some of Cairo’s most historic and ancient buildings.
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