Creative Photography and Photocomposition with Photoshop
A course by Pitu LópezPhotographer
A course by Pitu López, Photographer
Create a creative self-portrait with simple lighting techniques and digital post-production
The photographer Pitu López, specialist in advertising and editorial portraits, will teach you how to create a fantastic scene using the technique of photocomposition.
From several photographs and an elaborate process of postproduction in Photoshop, you will achieve impressive images that will make the viewer doubt between reality and fiction.
What will you learn in this online course?
20 lessons & 14 downloads
Kitchen of ideas, think bigger!
8 minutes, 19 seconds
The importance of the sketch
4 minutes, 21 seconds
Media analysis
11 minutes, 36 seconds
materials
9 minutes, 30 seconds
Lightroom - Prepare our fund
18 minutes, 28 seconds
Photo session of characters and elements 1
17 minutes, 9 seconds
What's included in this course?
You will begin to know better the work, the beginnings and the influences of Pitu López within the creative photography.
Then Pitu will teach you the importance of having a good idea and be creative during the creation process based on the sketch, the analysis of the means you will need to compose your scene and how to make a good pre-production before the photo session.
Defined the idea and the elements to use, you will discover how to elaborate the lighting scheme starting from the sketch and prepare a background that adapts to the needs of the scene.
Once in the studio, you will learn to photograph people interacting with the environment and you will see Pitu's work flow between the camera and the computer. You will also know how to get the most out of RAW files and organize them so that all your resources are well controlled.
Finally, in the post-production phase with Photoshop you will learn how to turn the background into a night scene with adjustment layers, integrate the elements on the background, shading with brushes, create volumes and endow the final image with an atmosphere according to the scene. lighting effects and textures.
Recommended software & tools for this course
What is this course's project?
The objective of this course is to create a photocomposition with yourself as a protagonist in which there is a great creative and visual charge.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
To photographers, designers, illustrators and all those people interested in creative photography, illustration, film posters and the world of digital art.
Requirements and materials
You will need a digital camera, basic lighting equipment and a computer with Photoshop. If you also have a graphics tablet, much better, but it is not essential.
No previous knowledge of Photoshop is necessary but knowing the basic aspects of the photographic technique (speed, obturation, ISO, etc).
Reviews
- 2 years ago
El curso me aporto bagaje creativo, siendo muy accesible en términos de simpleza de ejecución. Me resulta útil y didáctico la manera de desglosar el proceso, sobre todo la parte inicial, la de planificación, que es donde se gesta la riqueza del concepto que se quiere transmitir. Nos acerca un método que dispara una exploración de alternativas a nuestra línea de trabajo, enriquece nuestra mirada de lo que hacemos y como podemos ayornar nuestros proyectos. En mi caso buscaba eso, y lo conseguí. :)
- 2 years ago
Recomiendo el curso de fotografía creativa y fotocomposición con Photoshop. Ofrece muchas posibilidades. para elevar tu potencial creativo.
- 2 years ago
Muito bom!
- jolofotodigitalPLUS2 years ago
muy bueno, fluye muy bien
- 2 years ago
Algo más que fotografía !
He has worked for brands such as Clarins, Hendrick's Gin, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche or Banco Santander among others and personalities such as Vinila Von Bismark, Eva Hache, Leo Harlem or Alex O'Dogherty.
In most of his professional projects he develops several artistic disciplines, always with photography as a starting point.
In his personal work always seeks to create scenes with characters to generate an atmosphere from them. His images make the viewer doubt the confusion of the real fiction through the photocomposition.
Content
- U1
Introduction
- Presentation
- Influences
- U2
The idea!
- Kitchen of ideas, think bigger!
- The importance of the sketch
- Media analysis
- U3
To the mess, the fun begins ...
- materials
- Lightroom - Prepare our fund
- Photo session of characters and elements 1
- Photo session of characters and elements 2
- Selection of photos of the session and organization of files
- U4
Photoshop and more Photoshop
- Convert our background 1
- Convert our background 2
- Integration of elements on the background 1
- Integration of elements on the background 2
- Integration of elements on the background 3
- Integration of elements on the background 4
- Integration of elements on the background 5
- Integration of elements on the background 6
- Dodge & Burn, the art of volumes
- Creation of the atmosphere
- FP
Final project
- Creative photography and photo composition with Photoshop
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FAQs
Photo compositing is the technique of combining multiple images or visual elements into one photo using digital tools like Photoshop. It lets you create narrative, surreal, or conceptual images that go beyond traditional photography.
Advanced experience isn’t required, but having basic knowledge of photography and Photoshop will help you get the most out of this intermediate-level course.
You’ll learn how to plan, shoot, and edit complex images, integrate characters and backgrounds, apply lighting effects, humanize animals, and create conceptual images using advanced Photoshop and Lightroom techniques.
You’ll need a digital camera, access to Photoshop and Lightroom, your own or stock photo resources, and a computer that can run the editing software.
The course teaches you how to select, cut out, and blend images using layers, masks, and blending modes in Photoshop to create original backgrounds and striking visual effects for your composites.
Yes, you’ll learn how to incorporate pets and animals into photo scenes, using editing techniques and props to give them personality and visual harmony with the rest of the composition.
It covers light effects in Photoshop, handling nighttime lighting, using adjustment layers, simulating light sources, and creating realistic atmospheres in composite scenes.