Course Overview
In this course I will teach you how to retouch black & white gallery-type portraits. This 2-hour course contains 11 projects where you learn to retouch portraits that were taken in a studio or with no professional lighting.
Lessons
29
Length
1 Hour 49 Minutes
Level
Beginner
Required
Lightroom
Part 1
Introduction of lessons and techniques
Importing the Raw files into Lightroom and creating a collection set.
Portrait 1 - Artificial Lighting
Transforming to B&W and creating artificial lighting with brushes.
Portrait 2 - Grungy High-Detail
Creating a grungy high-detail black and white portrait.
Portrait 3 - Artificial shallow depth of Field
Creating artificial shallow depth of field and localized adjustments.
Portrait 4 - High Detailed Close-Up Portrait
Creating a high-contrast, high-detail close-up portrait.
Portrait 5 - Coming out of the Dark Portrait
Creating a portrait photo to make it look like the subject is coming out of the darkness.
Part 2
Portrait 6 - Toddler Portrait
Creating a black and white portrait of a toddler.
Portrait 7 - Tranforming a Snapshot into a Portrait
How to make a piercing portrait of a non-studio photo.
Portrait 8 - Extracting Backgrounds in Portraits
How to extract the background to give your photo more depth.
Portrait 9 - Super Close-Up Portrait
How to adjust a super close-up portrait.
Portrait 10 - HDR-Looking Portrait
How to create an HDR-looking portrait from a studio photo.
Portrait 11 - All the Steps in Retouching a Portrait
How to fix small imperfections and create artificial lighting to make a high-detailed portrait.