Digital Photography & Retouch.Masterclass

This masterclass is about understanding the roots of light, composition, colour, lighting, processing and retouching; an intensive week that can transform the way you use your camera and you look at the world around you.

The course is ideal for all levels, from beginners to professionals. Beginners who are ready to be focused during this intense week, will advance enormously in their understanding of this art. Professionals will be able to go deeper into their craft and will review the whole process from the roots.

The key difference between professionals and amateurs is the depth of understanding of the roots of their craft, in this case, Photography. In this course, Ideami puts the emphasis in helping you understand those roots, the base that will allow you become a master in the future. You can practice for years any craft but if you haven´t understood the roots behind what you are doing, its possible that you won´t be able to go beyond a certain level. This course, by helping you understand the roots of light, color, composition, exposure, digital processing, advanced retouching and others, puts you in the position to move towards professional photography or if you are already a professional, to review and discover even more depth within your craft.


The first two days and a half of this masterclass are focused on the Photography taking process. The second half of the third day deals with the processing and printing of the photos. The fourth day shows you in videos and slides some of the tricks that professionals use when retouching. Finally, the fifth day is used for free exercising, consultation and practice.
You will learn whats behind the composition, the light and the colour that you see in professional photography.

Course outline
DAY 1

• Light: The source of Photography
• How light Interacts with different subjects
• Brief introduction of professional equipment
• Looking at composition using photography and art
• Principles of Digital Histograms and the Zone system

DAY 2

• Looking at the studio and its equipment
• Reviewing different types of lighting
• Meter readings and their uses
• Colour temperatures/White balance
• RAW vs JPEG
• Histogram/Zone exercise

DAY 3

• Depth of field talk
• Depth of field exercise
• Processing RAW through Adobe
• Digital Processing - Workflow
• RAW Format - Adobe Raw Converter
• Colour profiling ready for retouch
• Portrait exercise

DAY 4

• Discussing the use of retouch tools patch, clone, layers and paths
• Introducing masking and blending techniques
• Exercise using portraits and shown techniques

DAY 5

• Free exercise day
• Lighting exercises
• Retouch exercises
• Histogram examples
• To use the above to create a final image
• Q&A session

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