Artistic Self-Portraits: Introspective Photography
Natural and artificial lighting
A course by Fotolucida , Photographer
About the video: Natural and artificial lighting
Overview
“Now I will show you how I choose the type of lighting in my sessions and I will explain what I think is the ideal to use in the course project and why. ”
In this video lesson Fotolucida addresses the topic: Natural and artificial lighting, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Self-Portraits: Introspective Photography. Explore the principles of self-portrait photography by learning to capture and edit personal images using Lightroom and Photoshop.
Partial transcription of the video
“Natural and artificial lighting In this lesson, I will show you how do i choose the lighting for my sessions and I will explain what you should take into account for the final project. Natural light When I use natural light it is important for me to do it in the golden hour, at sunset, and thus play with this type of light. Within a closed location, I'm looking for a window or a large door so you can play with different types of light at sunset. However, if it is a cloudy day, you can also take advantage of this light to achieve other types of more dreamlike, nostalgic, mystical sensations....”
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Course summary for: Artistic Self-Portraits: Introspective Photography
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Fine-Art Photography, Portrait Photography, Self-Portrait Photography

Fotolucida
A course by Fotolucida
Handra Rocha communicates with the world through photography. Self-taught for more than 12 years, she started sharing her images on her Instagram account, Fotolucida, eventually reaching more than 130K followers.
Throughout her career, she has worked with national and international brands like Sony Xperia, Cerveza Indio, Mezcal Creyente, Secretaría de Turismo de México, Universal Music, Oreo, Happy Socks, and many more. In 2017, she won a spot in the PECDA 22 program in the Visual Arts section of the Young Creators category, with her project Poesía visual. That same year, she was nominated Instagrammer of the year at the Eliot Awards in Mexico.
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