Photography: Art and Techniques Specialization

Overview

“This module is about the basic elements of preparing and shooting self-portraits. About developing a concept and finding a location that adds to your concept, or that sparks the idea for a concept in the first place. We will learn the basics of poses for a portrait and self-protrait, as well as understanding how to use natural light in portraits. Additionally, we will look at how to select your best image from a shoot and edit it in Lightroom and Photoshop as a final touch up.”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: What We Will Do in the Course?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Photography: Art and Techniques Specialization. Master basic camera skills, explore photography theory, and capture unique images using any type of camera.

Partial transcription of the video

“What we will do on the course? In this lesson I actually wanna have a deep dive into the topic of self-portraiture. What are self-portraits? What are the benefits of them? And what about all your doubts about self-portraiture? So, first thing that I really want to stress is that a self-portrait is not the same thing as a selfie. And I think especially because we live in a selfie generation and people use the words kind of for the same thing, I really want to encourage you seeing that it's two really different things. Selfies are photos that we take quite quickly. Most often with a phone, ma...”

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Course summary for: Photography: Art and Techniques Specialization

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (17)
• 2955 students
• 7 units
• 92 lessons (14h 16m)
• 37 downloads

• Category

  Photography & Video

• Areas

  Color Theory, Digital Photography, Lifestyle Photography, Outdoor Photography, Photographic Composition, Photographic Lighting, Photography, Self-Portrait Photography, Studio Photography