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Documentary Photography: Tips by Mads Nissen | Wedio
By Wedio
- Type
- Video
- Level
- Intermediate
- Length
- 14 min
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2021
About this lesson
Mads Nissen on documentary photography: capturing emotion, finding the story, developing your work, mistakes to avoid, lighting and equipment.
Chapters
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:35What is documentary photography?
- 1:43How to capture emotions in documentary photography?
- 3:44How to find the story?
- 5:05How to develop further and take your work to another level?
- 6:15Mistakes to avoid
- 7:00Lighting in documentary photography
- 8:26Camera equipment for documentary photography
- 10:12Editing documentary photography
- 11:34Making a difference with documentary photography (& ethics behind it)
- 12:24Tips & tricks
- 13:05Credits
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