Artistic Self-Portrait Photography

Overview

“Second part of the lesson.”

In this video lesson Cristina Otero addresses the topic: Photoshop: Basic Edition II, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Self-Portrait Photography. Learn to explore artistic photography by being your own model.

Partial transcription of the video

“The truth is. for me. the eyes are very important. So let's continue with the eyes. I'll make a layer copy. And now. with the dodge and burn tools. i'll start retouching the eyes. I actually use these tools the entire image. as you'll see. as you'll see. I'll begin with dodging. which darkens areas. enhancing the image's depth. where we apply the brush. We can place it in midtones. highlights. or shadows. and I'm going to shadows. What I do with these tools is set the exposure very low. What I do with these tools it's about what is already dark. what is already in shadow. darkening it more....”

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Course summary for: Artistic Self-Portrait Photography

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (503)
• 10312 students
• 4 units
• 17 lessons (3h 4m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Photography & Video

• Software

  Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Fine-Art Photography, Interior Photography, Photography, Portrait Photography, Self-Portrait Photography