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How to Take Beautiful Self Portraits for Blogging & Instagram: Self Portraiture Photography

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Overview

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Take your own photos and wow your audience with your images! In this course, photographer and Insta-addict Claire Petersen will show you how you can take incredible shots and edit your own self portraits, for use on your blog or Instagram.


You'll learn how to:

  • Style a self portrait shoot and tell a story through your images
  • Capture your most flattering angle 
  • Take the perfect Instagram picture without a professional photographer
  • Edit your photograph so it fits in with your Instagram or blog style

If you see other people’s Instagram stories and wonder, how the hell did they do that, then this is the course for you!

Suitable for any level. Whether you’re using a DSLR or the camera on your phone, this course will help you snap self portraits to be proud of.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • What You'll Need
  • Why, Oh Why
  • Style it Out
  • Pop in a Prop
  • The Set Up
  • Get Shooting
  • Experiment: 4 Fun Self-Portraits & Examples
  • The Edit
  • Conclusion

Taught by

Claire Petersen

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