Up-Close Portrait Photography: Start to Finish

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Free Online Course: Up-Close Portrait Photography: Start to Finish provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 2-3 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Up-Close Portrait Photography: Start to Finish is taught by Chris Orwig.

Overview
  • Follow the portrait photography master, Chris Orwig, as he walks through three start-to-finish, up-close portrait projects in Photoshop and Lightroom.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    • Using the exercise files
    1. Portrait of a Legend
    • Setting the stage
    • Reviewing the photos
    • Selecting the keepers
    • Creating a collection
    • Creating a strong black-and-white look
    • Fine-tune the look and fix the background
    • Fixing the hat
    • Content-aware cropping
    • Final Curves adjustments
    • Wrapping it all up
    2. Portrait of an Artist
    • What is your vision?
    • The scavenger hunt: FInding the keepers
    • Choosing the final selects
    • Cropping the keepers
    • Converting to black-and-white look
    • Fine-tune the image
    • Now it’s your turn
    3. Portrait of a Celebrity
    • Introducing the project
    • Searching for the look
    • Cropping and basic adjustments
    • Fixing graduated adjustment and details
    • Retouching away small details
    • Retouching skin tones
    • Fine-tuning color and tone
    • Testing out other creative ideas
    • Photography your own celebrity
    Conclusion
    • What's next?