The Art of Self-Portraits: Expressing Yourself through Photography

Learn how to use photography to delve into your thoughts and feelings

• Introduction
• Preparation
• Practicing and Examining: Technique, Posing, Light and Composition
• Shooting a Self-Portrait
• Post-Production - How to Select and Edit Your Photos
• Final project

Our most reliable source of creative inspiration comes from within. So when a photographer becomes the subject, a more challenging, introspective form of expression takes place. Self-portrait artist Laura Zalenga claims to have learned everything she knows about photography through this artform. What began as a way to experiment with different techniques and explore her emotions quickly became a full time career for Laura, with clients like Adobe, Disney, and Sony relying on her expertise to communicate a visual message.

In this course, Laura Zalenga takes you on an intimate journey of self-discovery and experimentation through the art of self-portrait photography. See how to develop a strong concept, find unique outdoor locations, and use natural light creatively. She shows you her process, from the initial idea to final editing techniques in Lightroom and Photoshop, by creating a self-portrait that tells a captivating story.

• About Me & Self-Portrait
• Influences
• What We Will Do in the Course?
• Where to Find Inspiration
• Two Ways of Finding Your Concept or How I Found the Concept for 6 of My Portfolio Images
• Scouting Locations
• My Equipment
• Practice Self-Portrait Technique
• Practice Posing
• Examine Lighting
• Examine Composition, Crop, and Ratio
• Setting Up the Location
• Test Photos - “Trial and Error”
• The Final Photos
• Lightroom - Selecting Images
• Lightroom - Basic Editing: Game of Trial and Error
• Photoshop - Final Touches 1
• Photoshop - Final Touches 2
• The Art of Self-Portraits: Expressing Yourself through Photography