Portraiture
Studio LightingPost Processing
No photograph is complete without post-shoot processing!
Photographers shooting with film have always fixed, developed and printed their exposures in darkrooms. Thankfully for the casual photographer today, digital cameras transparently 'develop' the exposures with a built-in processor and present a image ready for viewing. For the beginner, such picture quality could be acceptable.
However, for the artist and the creative photographer in you, we present you our masterclass on the Digital 'Darkroom', where you gain the essential knowledge and techniques to push your photographs beyond your camera's processing capability and bring out the best in your photographs.
In this masterclass, you learn the workflow and techniques to understand and correct the composition, dynamic range, colour balance, touch-up and other such factors that take your raw photographs to a higher realm of artistic presentability.
Content Outline
With this workshop, we intend to impart to you not only the skills to use popular post-processing tools, but also the knowledge and attitude needed to dissect, understand and apply fundamental darkroom principles.
The workshop broadly covers :
- Basis
- In-camera image processing workflow
- File formats : Raw v/s JPEG v/s TIFF
- Colour Temperature and Balancing
- Terminology : Exposure, Contrast, Saturation, Sharpness/Blur, Noise ..
- Overview of popular opensource, free and commercial software - capabilities, limitations and synergy
- Setting up the Darkroom
- Using Adobe Lightroom to organise your pictures
- Best practices and tips
- 'Develop'ing with Lightroom
- Operating the toolkit - Re-composition, White balance, contrast, noise, sharpness, colour, spot removal ...
- Creative application - Looking for specifics to improve in your picture
- Operating the toolkit - Re-composition, White balance, contrast, noise, sharpness, colour, spot removal ...
- Publishing your processed picture
- Output configuration - file type, size, watermarking
- Optimising for specific use - lo-res and HD web albums, printing
- Case Studies and Recipes
- Practising on image samples - Wildlife, Landscape, Portraits, B/W
- Beyond post processing : Introduction
- Image manipulation and editing
- Composites - focus stacking (deep DOF), exposure stacking (HDR), composite stitching
Workshop Requirements
Skill & Knowledge Level
This workshop is for entry-level photographers not familiar with post-processing techniques or image editing.
Attendees of this workshop are expected to have a fair understanding of the fundamentals of photography, as well as be comfortable with shooting with their cameras in Manual and semi-assisted modes.
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- For those needing help on these skills, we refer you to our general/customised training programme on Fundamentals of Digital Photography.
Equipment
- A laptop (Windows/Mac) with power accessories
- An installation of Adobe Lightroom (preferably version 5 or later) and optionally Adobe Photoshop (preferably CS6 or later).
- To save time, please make sure that this sofware is installed before coming to the workshop.
- 1 month trial versions can be downloaded from the Adobe website.
- Your pictures in raw file format, stored on your laptop or on suitable media.
Event Details & Booking
| Venue |
Bouncing Bulb Studio, JP Nagar, Bangalore #9, 12th Cross, JP Nagar, Phase 2, Bangalore 560078, Karnataka, India We can be found on Google Maps at https://goo.gl/maps/1if5B |
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| Duration | 1 day | ||
| Timings | 10 AM to 5 PM, with breaks for lunch and tea | ||
| Cost |
Rs. 4,900/- per person |
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| Inclusions |
Lunch, tea & snacks. |
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| Booking |
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Portraiture
The human form and face have both intrigued and challenged the artist in us from times immemorial.
Portrait photography is just an extension to our quest in creating the right pictures with people. The eyes, faces, forms, expressions, lighting, colours and numerous other factors pose a challenge to photographers while making effective portraits with the camera.
In this workshop, you will learn to apply your general photography skills in the context of a portrait shoot. After a brief classroom session on fundamentals, you will shoot with models in natural and assisted lighting under the guidance of our senior photographers. You will also then learn to apply the right post-processing techniques that make your portrait photographs into pieces of art.
Content Outline
This day long workshop includes :
- Classroom Session
- Lighting styles
- Posing, composition and photographic styles
- Equipment - Lenses, lights and peripherals
- Approaches - telling a story with your portrait
- Photography session
- Shooting with models in natural and assisted lighting
- Applying concepts learned in the classroom session
- Using lighting equipment - lights, reflectors, diffusers, ...
- Post-processing session
- Digital Darkroom techniques for portraits
- In-camera image processing workflow
- File formats : Raw v/s JPEG v/s TIFF
- Colour Temperature and Balancing
- Terminology : Exposure, Contrast, Saturation, Sharpness/Blur, Noise ..
- 'Develop'ing with Lightroom - Operating the toolkit, Creative application, Publishing your processed picture
- Post-processing recipes for popular portrait styles
- Digital Darkroom techniques for portraits
Workshop Requirements
Skill & Knowledge Level
Attendees of this workshop are expected to have :
- A fair understanding of the fundamentals of photography, as well as be comfortable with shooting with their cameras in Manual and semi-assisted modes.
- For those needing help on these skills, we refer you to our general/customised training programme on Fundamentals of Digital Photography.
- No familiarity, or basic understanding of post-processing techniques or image editing.
Equipment
- Your camera kit & lenses.
- Wide and intermediate focal lengths (35-200 mm) are preferable.
- Prime lenses and lighting equipment (flashes, etc) are optional.
- If needed, cameras and specific lenses can be hired from us at an extra cost.
- A laptop (Windows/Mac) with power accessories
- An installation of Adobe Lightroom (preferably version 5) and Adobe Photoshop (preferably CS6).
- To save time, please make sure that this sofware is installed before coming to the workshop.
- 1 month trial versions can be downloaded from the Adobe website.
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Your pictures in raw file format, stored on your laptop or on suitable media.
- Your camera kit & lenses.
Event Details & Booking
| Venue |
Bouncing Bulb Studio, JP Nagar, Bangalore #9, 12th Cross, JP Nagar, Phase 2, Bangalore 560078, Karnataka, India We can be found on Google Maps at https://goo.gl/maps/1if5B |
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| Duration | 2 days |
| Timings | 10 AM to 5 PM, with breaks for lunch and tea |
| Cost | Rs. 12,500/- per person |
| Inclusions |
Lunch, tea & snacks. |
| Event Dates |
Course to be announced shortly....Please check in again for updates... Thank you! |
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Studio Lighting
Lighting is a key ingredient (sometimes the lone ingredient !) of astounding pictures that draw our attention and stir our minds.
So, how about taking full control of lighting in your pictures?
This workshop will help you do exactly that - master the science and art of setting up and controlling the lighting arrangement creatively for your photographs. You will learn hands-on, shooting a variety of scenarios using our lighting equipment under the guidance of our senior photographers.
Content Outline
This workshop includes :
- Classroom Session
- Lighting Basics - Light quality, colour temperature, metering & histograms
- Lighting styles - Highlights/Shadows/Reflections, Hi/Lo-key, sculpting the scene .
- Equipment and setup - light sources, diffusers, softboxes, reflectors, backgrounds, triggers, stands/arms, peripherals
- Approaches - planning your picture
- Photography session
- Case Study - Still Life - Table-top, larger objects
- Post-processing session
- Digital Darkroom techniques for still life
- In-camera image processing workflow
- File formats : Raw v/s JPEG v/s TIFF
- Colour Temperature and Balancing
- Terminology : Exposure, Contrast, Saturation, Sharpness/Blur, Noise ..
- 'Develop'ing with Lightroom - Operating the toolkit, Creative application, Publishing your processed picture
- Post-processing recipes for popular styles
- Digital Darkroom techniques for still life
Workshop Requirements
Skill & Knowledge Level
Attendees of this workshop are expected to have :
- A fair understanding of the fundamentals of photography, as well as be comfortable with shooting with their cameras in Manual and semi-assisted modes.
- For those needing help on these skills, we refer you to our general/customised training programme on Fundamentals of Digital Photography.
- No familiarity, or basic understanding of post-processing techniques or image editing.
Equipment
- Your camera kit & lenses.
- Wide and intermediate focal lengths (35-200 mm) are preferable.
- Prime lenses and lighting equipment (flashes, etc) are optional.
- If needed, cameras and specific lenses can be hired from us at an extra cost.
- A laptop (Windows/Mac) with power accessories
- An installation of Adobe Lightroom (preferably version 5) and Adobe Photoshop (preferably CS6).
-
To save time, please make sure that this sofware is installed before coming to the workshop.
-
1 month trial versions can be downloaded from the Adobe website.
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Your pictures in raw file format, stored on your laptop or on suitable media.
- Your camera kit & lenses.
Event Details & Booking
| Venue |
Bouncing Bulb Studio, JP Nagar, Bangalore #9, 12th Cross, JP Nagar, Phase 2, Bangalore 560078, Karnataka, India We can be found on Google Maps at https://goo.gl/maps/1if5B |
|---|---|
| Duration | 2 days |
| Timings | 10 AM to 5 PM, with breaks for lunch and tea |
| Cost | Rs. 12,500/- per person |
| Inclusions |
Lunch, tea & snacks. |
| Event Dates |
Course to be announced shortly....Please check in again for updates... Thank you! |
Can't wait till we announce? Check out our customised training programme