Fine Art Photography: Self-Portraits with Film

Fine Art Photography: Self-Portraits with Film

“I want to thank you for your participation and I hope not only that you gained valuable insight and confidence, but also that I was able to share my passion for taking self-portraits with you. Now I would like to see how you used the different techniques in your photo series. Before that, let me remind you that I don't want you to follow my project to the letter. Rather, I hope that you follow your own inner and outer sources of inspiration, implement your creative ideas and experiment. As a reminder, here I have summarized the most important steps you need to follow to create your project as briefly as possible. The feel and the look First, think about what concept or idea you want to express with your images. Find the right location and choose an outfit. Always keep in mind whether it suits your story or inspiration. digital camera Prepare the set and adjust the digital camera to the given light situation. Then you can start taking the first test photos. Take a close look at her and consider whether the cleavage, the lighting conditions, the outfit and the pose are right. analog camera When you have found pictures that you like, think about how you can implement them analogously and what you need for this. Choose a film that matches the mood of your picture and a suitable trigger. I recommend that you take multiple shots of your picture. Play with exposure and change the pose as well. Let your ideas run free too! The processing of the images Import your fully developed and scanned photos into any image editing program and look at them at your leisure. Make a choice and create a series. Then you can make the necessary color and cropping corrections. How much you edit your images is entirely up to you and your style. The presentation Think about what you want to do with your self-portraits or photo series. How and where do you want to present them? There are numerous options.

Don't forget to upload your finished series of analog self-portraits to the forum! Simply click on "Create your project". You are also welcome to add a small description to explain your work. The forum gives you the opportunity not only to present your projects, but also to exchange ideas with other course participants and to find more inspiration. I'll stop by as often as I can and give you feedback and advice. Thank you again and hope to see you soon!”

Partial transcription of the video

“final project You made it to the end of the course and I'll take a little time here for all the steps you need for the final project, to summarize again. At the beginning of the course I told about myself and my career. I shared my inspirations and hope that you are also a little inspired by it. I told you why I do self-portraits and why they are of such great importance to me. Then we looked at all the materials that we need for our project. We have familiarized ourselves with the analogue camera and saw what the big difference is between digital and analogue photography and why taking pic...”

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Course summary for: Fine Art Photography: Self-Portraits with Film

• Level: Beginner
• 90% positive reviews (20)
• 1272 students
• 4 units
• 14 lessons (2h 28m)
• 9 downloads

• Category

  Photography & Video

• Software

  Adobe Lightroom

• Areas

  Film Photography, Fine-Art Photography, Photography, Self-Portrait Photography