Portrait Photography: Retouch and Composite Vibrant Images
Compositing and Final Images 7
A course by David Ayllon , Photographer, Creative Director, and Visual Artist
Joined April 2020
About the video: Compositing and Final Images 7
Overview
“In this lesson, I will continue to work on the skeleton hand, adding the necessary shading and other refinements. ”
In this video lesson David Ayllon addresses the topic: Compositing and Final Images 7, 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 I'll move it into place. Let's merge those two. That looks wonderful. I'll smooth this little piece out that's bothering me over here. Beautiful. Now, I'll hide this quickly and I'll use the color picker, the Eyedropper tool. I'll sample this dark purple because I want to add it back in. I'll merge the Blender layer with the clone stamped layer above, so now those are together. I want to add a new layer. Create a clipping mask so you only see how that layer is viewed on top of this Blender layer. I'll just paint in where I think the shadows should be. That's how it looked. It'...”
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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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