Creative Retouching for Portrait Photography
Color harmonies and tonal alteration
A course by Mikeila Borgia , Photographer, Art Director, and Retoucher
About the video: Color harmonies and tonal alteration
Overview
“Color is essential in the image, we are going to work in layers to achieve different harmonies and give it life and presence in the image.”
In this video lesson Mikeila Borgia addresses the topic: Color harmonies and tonal alteration, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Retouching for Portrait Photography. Transform the mood of your scenes and enhance your images with Photoshop to achieve stunning results.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson. we'll explore altering tones to discover how to create color harmony in images. This achieving emotional resonance. As we all know. color is the emotional vehicle of the image. Understanding and analyzing the colors in our scene is vital as it allows us to manipulate them more effectively later on. Creating various color harmonies and making numerous tonal adjustments require that the colors are vibrant and prominent within the image we are crafting. This means paying close attention to how each hue interacts with others. ensuring a cohesive visual experience. In this case. ...”
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Course summary for: Creative Retouching for Portrait Photography
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Fine-Art Photography, Photo Retouching, Photography, Photography Post-production, Portrait Photography

Mikeila Borgia
A course by Mikeila Borgia
More than a decade, Mikeila Borgia has been working as a visual artist, specializing in conceptual photography, art direction and digital retouching. She has always used photography as an expressive medium, and pays special attention to light and color in her projects.
She has worked in film and advertising in several roles including art direction, photo direction, post-production, and character design. Her work can be seen in projects for brands like Philips, Avon, Coca-Cola, and more.
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