CreativeLive – Exploring Low-Key Portraiture with Chris Knight

Class Description
Learn how to shoot and retouch with shadows and dark tones.
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.

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

HOmepage:

https://www.creativelive.com/class/exploring-low-key-portraiture-chris-knight