Photocomposition for Fine Art Photography
Influences
A course by Dasha Pears , Art Photographer and Visual Artist
About the video: Influences
Overview
“I try to draw inspiration from various types of art, not just photography. If you only focus on your own field, which is photography for me, you may end up inadvertently copying others and getting stuck in the "this is how Fine Art photography should look" mindset.”
In this video lesson Dasha Pears addresses the topic: Influences, 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
“ Influences In this lesson, I will tell you about which artists influenced me in my art and what my references are. It is very important to be influenced not only by one type of art, in our case photography, but to broaden your outlook to different types of art. From early childhood, I was influenced by painting. First, by the classical paintings of the Italian Renaissance and Dutch paintings of the Golden Age as well. The reason I was influenced by this particular art is very simple, we didn't have any art museums in my town when I was growing up because I was growing up in a relatively s...”
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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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