Exploring Low-Key Portraiture

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Exploring Low-Key Portraiture provided by CreativeLive is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 2-3 hours worth of material. Exploring Low-Key Portraiture is taught by Chris Knight. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from CreativeLive. The course is taught in Englishand is $29.00. Visit the course page at CreativeLive for detailed price information.

Overview
  • Embrace the dark! No longer be afraid of shadow and murky tones. Explore the low-key portrait with Chris Knight. Learn how to maximize the detail in dark imagery through lighting and post-production. Chris will take you from concept through execution covering simple (yet effective) lighting techniques as well as tethering tips with Adobe® Lightroom®. He'll also discuss how to develop the raw image and retouching tactics to make your image appear powerful and purposeful.


Syllabus
    • Class Introduction
    • What Is Low-Key Lighting?
    • Bringing in the Subject
    • Lighting Patterns
    • Lighting Patterns: Broad vs. Short
    • Giving Your Light a Job
    • How to Create Separation
    • Shoot: Putting it All Together
    • Developing the Raw for Low-Key
    • Enhance with Local Adjustments in Lightroom
    • Creating Different Interpretations in Lightroom
    • Clean Up Image in Photoshop
    • Dodge and Burn in Photoshop
    • Liquify in Photoshop
    • Adjust Color and Contrast in Photoshop