Advanced Fashion Photography Workshop
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An exclusive 2 Days fashion photography workshop at Bangalore. Event featuring fully focused shooting, lighting and business discussions. Working alongside Arindom Chowdhury as your mentor and collaborating with models and styling team you’ll be able to leave with fresh images for your portfolio, new ideas and most importantly – new techniques.
Salient Points
•You will be able to shoot Professional International models and you will get enough camera time to build your fashion photography portfolio.
•If you miss the workshop due to genuine reasons, will be allowed to attend the next workshop or may give 1 to 1 session.
•It is arranged in posh 5 star hotel with Lavish Buffet Lunch, Morning and Evening Tea, Coffee, Snacks
•Bonus Class - You will learn latest Professional Retouching techniques that will boost your photos to the next level!
•You will get indoor & outdoor photography location with studio lighting
Day 1
Introduction
Meet and Greet
Brief Discussion about Creative Process and Vision as an artist
Why Composite? Composite Vs. On Location
Elements of Composition - overview of the class and all of the elements that will go into the final composite.
Studio Overview
Studio Setup – background, Prop and Light Modifiers
Lighting Setup - Principles of lighting and usage of right light modifier
Beauty Light Setup, High Key Light Setup, Full Length Shot, Creative Edge Lights, Working for Details, Usage of Smart lighting on subject for seamless integration with background in the final composite
Fashion Styling
Every Picture Tells a Story
How to tell story will all the details, costume, hair and makeup, Accessories and Styling
Camera Settings
Camera settings, White balance, Tethered Shooting, Shutter Speed Choice, Aperture Choice, Lens Choice
Actual Shot
Two Different Concepts
For Example, Sports Portrait Dramatic Portrait - The story created for his portrait unfolds as he shoots to capture both the vision and the details of his story via technique and art direction.
Closure of Day 1
Finishing the Shoot, Covering all the angle, Capture Action
Quick Capture of the Day
Day 2
Background
HDR backgrounds from different angles, Useful textures for composited background, unusual use of Images as background, adding drama and layer
Raw Conversion & Retouching
Raw Conversion for Details, Techniques to restore amazing details, Building foundation for Skin Retouch, Skin Retouching and Fine Tuning, Dodging and Burning, Creating Dramatic Look, Creating Grungy Look
Textures and Background Processing – Creating Dramatic Look and Grungy effect
Extracting the Selection – Masking, Quick Select & Refine Edge, Making necessary editing to selected portion
Background Addition
Color Manipulation and Tone Curve Adjustment
Shadows and Shading- Adding shadows and shading is one of the most important aspects of "selling the fake" and making the final composite more believable.
Atmospheric Additions - There are a few atmospheric effects you can add to really help pull it all together.
Final Retouches & Adding your own creative style
Closure of Training
Pre-Requisite
This course is open to anyone who wants to learn how to work with studio lighting equipment. As long as they work with your studio lighting set-up, this class is open to users of both digital cameras and film cameras.
I recommend an SLR, but whatever the camera, it should have the following:
•Ability to manually control aperture and shutter speed
•Ability to sync with your lighting system (a PC connection or a hot shoe).
You need to carry your laptop.