Creative Retouching for Portrait Photography
Climate and integration
A course by Mikeila Borgia , Photographer, Art Director, and Retoucher
About the video: Climate and integration
Overview
“In this lesson we are going to separate the environment well from the model, for which I am going to work well the dramatic climate that I chose to give to the photo.”
In this video lesson Mikeila Borgia addresses the topic: Climate and integration, 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
“Climate and integration For this instance I chose a dramatic climate. With this we will be able to separate the model from the environment. For that it is important that we always guide ourselves with this visual aid that we have here in black and white, that will help us a lot to have a much easier reading when detecting the luminosity in our file. I will draw you here a little of what we will mark. Obviously she is the main thing in our image, so this area here has to be very strong. So for that, We are mainly going to darken all these sides of here, so that she starts to stand out. And a...”
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Course summary for: Creative Retouching for Portrait Photography
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
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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