Infrared Photography: Capture the World of the Invisible
Tips for creative post-production
A course by Paolo Pettigiani , Photographer
About the video: Tips for creative post-production
Overview
“The time has come to unleash your creativity to the max! In this lesson, I will show you some tricks and secrets to edit our infrared shots in a totally free and creative way, thus creating images with even more surreal colors. I'll also show you how to edit a black and white infrared image. Finally, I'll share a little trick to Channel Swap directly in Lightroom, without going through Photoshop.”
In this video lesson Paolo Pettigiani addresses the topic: Tips for creative post-production, which is part of the Domestika online course: Infrared Photography: Capture the World of the Invisible. Learn to capture light invisible to the human eye and take infrared photographs to creatively reinterpret the world around you.
Partial transcription of the video
“Tips for creative post-production In this lesson I will show you some little tricks that I have learned over the years, which will help you to speed up some steps in Lightroom and to create even more personal images. As mentioned in previous lessons, infrared photography, unlike traditional photography, it leaves us much more freedom to experiment and therefore also greater freedom and creativity throughout the image post-production process. My advice is to start by learning the basic techniques, that will allow you to obtain the desired result, but then have fun and experiment with new met...”
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Course summary for: Infrared Photography: Capture the World of the Invisible
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Architectural Photography, Color Theory, Digital Photography, Outdoor Photography, Photo Retouching, Photography

Paolo Pettigiani
A course by Paolo Pettigiani
Paolo Pettigiani is a photographer specializing in infrared photography who lives and works in Turin, in northern Italy. He discovered his passion for photography at 11 years old during a family vacation to Patagonia when he asked to use his parents' camera to document their trip. Since then, he has been studying photography in depth, taking a particular interest in the technical aspects. After earning a degree in design and visual communication from the Polytechnic University of Turin, he started working as a freelance photographer and graphic designer.
Thanks to his infrared series shot in New York's Central Park, he has gained international recognition and his work has been featured in a variety of magazines including The Washington Post, Wired, [i]La Repubblica[i], Vogue, and Vanity Fair. In 2018, he cofounded the communication agency No Panic with two other partners, through which he has collaborated with brands like Adobe, Huawei, Red Bull, and Pantone.
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