Photocomposition for Fine Art Photography
About Me
A course by Dasha Pears , Art Photographer and Visual Artist
About the video: About Me
Overview
“To get started, let me introduce myself. I will talk about how I started out in photography by experimenting with different styles: from wedding to product, advertising, and studio portraits. By copying others and searching for my style, I managed to unearth my personal aesthetic. Though, I didn't realize I had one until people told me so! I will cover how you can find your style by learning from others and understanding yourself better.”
In this video lesson Dasha Pears addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Photocomposition for Fine Art Photography. Learn how to shoot and edit striking portraits that convey deep meaning and emotion through minimalist imagery.
Partial transcription of the video
“ About Me Hi and welcome to my course. My name is Dasha Pears and I'll tell you a few words about myself and my story, and how I became a full-time fine art photographer and visual artist. First, I'm completely self-taught. I never took any photography art school or any Photoshop and Lightroom editing courses. I learned everything by myself and also attending photography workshops from other artists, but mainly by personal trial and error. I got interested in art early in childhood because I had lots of art books at home and I was turning their pages and loving the works of great Renaissan...”
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Course summary for: Photocomposition for Fine Art Photography
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Photographic Composition, Photography, Photomontage, Portrait Photography

Dasha Pears
A course by Dasha Pears
Dasha Pears is an award-winning photographer based in Helsinki, Finland. She works in a style that she calls "psychorealism". With a personal passion for human psychology, her sleek and uncanny photos are focused on portraying what goes on in our inner worlds.
Dasha is a self-taught photographer and editor with an impressive resume of exhibitions and awards. Her work has been shown in Finland, Russia, Poland, Italy, Germany, Israel, UAE, Mexico, the UK, and the US. She has received over 15 international photography awards – including a gold medal from the Photographic Society of America for the best emotional image and a prize from the Smithsonian Magazine for the best-altered photo.
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