Go on a “start to finish” journey of a photograph, from conception to composing, shooting, directing, lighting, right through to Lightroom adjustments and Photoshop post-production. Gina and Valerie discuss a character portrait of a wizened man in Cuba smoking a car, taking you through every step of the process. In this special episode, you can follow along via video.
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In this episode we breakdown the detailed steps to create a character portrait
That you can follow along via video
We discuss:
- How to fail-proof your Lightroom catalogues
- How to speed up lightroom workflow
- My thought process on finding great locations for character portraits
- Posing and directing strangers
- Lighting with off-camera flash
- Editing a portrait for maximum impact
- Rescuing highlights
- Enhancing shadow detail
- Reducing noise
- Adding a smoke overlay
- Fail-proof LR catalogues
- Best external hard drive
- SSD (Solid State Drive)
- Sandisk Extreme Portable SSD, SDSSDE60 1TB, USB 3.1, Type C and Type A Compatible, Speeds up to 550MB/s, IP55 Dust-Water Resistance, 3Y, Black (SDSSDE60-1T00)
Lighting
