Portrait Photography: Retouch and Composite Vibrant Images
Compositing and Final Images 6
A course by David Ayllon , Photographer, Creative Director, and Visual Artist
Joined April 2020
About the video: Compositing and Final Images 6
Overview
“Time to progress to the second image, starting with the skeleton hand!”
In this video lesson David Ayllon addresses the topic: Compositing and Final Images 6, which is part of the Domestika online course: Portrait Photography: Retouch and Composite Vibrant Images. Learn how to create expressive images by exploring identity and iconic references through storytelling, from initial concept to final edit.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Compositing As you can see, there's a bit of a line here and that's from the various layer masks that we had here. All we have to do is go in and paint that out. I think this looks pretty good. Let's jump into the next image now that we've got this all settled and do the compositing there. We've got our second image. I've gone ahead and silhouetted out Scarlet here. I've done the same thing that we did to the other image, just to save some time, which is just add the background to it. There are two main areas that we'll be compositing. It's not quite as much as we did in the last photo, b...”
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Course summary for: Portrait Photography: Retouch and Composite Vibrant Images
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Photographic Lighting, Photography Post-production, Portrait Photography, Studio Photography

David Ayllon
A course by David Ayllon
David’s unique and vibrant style has gained him wide recognition, with several accolades to his name. In 2018, David won a W3 award for his work on the Courtyard/NFL Super Bowl Sleepover digital campaign. He is also a winner of the 2017 PDN Faces photography competition, 2016 Seeing the Light competition (Rangefinder Magazine), as well as the 2009 IAC award for Best Design Website.
David has worked at countless design agencies as well as in-house at companies like Marriott International, Rockstar Games, and Taco Bell. Some of his past clients include Elvira, Todrick Hall, Kid Cudi, Lupe Fiasco, as well as Drag Race winners Trixie Mattel and Sasha Velour. He received his MFA in Graphic Design from Savannah College of Art & Design.
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