Intimate Photography: Capture Emotive Portraits

Editing the Pictures 2

A course by Matilde Viegas , Documentary and Portrait Photographer

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1,177 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Editing the Pictures 2

Overview

“You've learned how to create a contact sheet and narrow down your images. In this second part of this lesson, I will continue to work through my starred photos by making any necessary color corrections. ”

In this video lesson Matilde Viegas addresses the topic: Editing the Pictures 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Intimate Photography: Capture Emotive Portraits. Find your creative voice and enhance your portfolio by learning to plan and carry out emotionally-engaged photoshoots in an intimate setting.

Partial transcription of the video

“ Editing the Pictures Let's start with this one. I'm doing it like this with a bit more yellow and a bit more magenta. Then, I can use the Tone Curve here, giving a bit more volume to the image. I'm increasing the highlights and decreasing the shadows. I can also, if I'm not happy with the tone of the skin, change the hue slightly, making it a bit more yellow and orangey. This feels good here. As this looks a little saturated, I can decrease it a tiny bit, like this. If I want, I can also increase the luminance on this tone. I can do this in any area of the image. Color Grading and the... ...”

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Course summary for: Intimate Photography: Capture Emotive Portraits

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (23)
1177 students
4 units
14 lessons (2h 4m)
2 downloads

Category
Photography & Video
Software
Adobe Bridge, Adobe Lightroom
Areas
Documentary Photography, Lifestyle Photography, Photography, Portrait Photography

Matilde Viegas

A course by Matilde Viegas

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Documentary and Portrait Photographer

Matilde Viegas is a portrait and documentary photographer from Portugal. She was always creative from a young age but went on to study biochemistry and theoretical chemistry before attending art school where she was introduced to photography. After her mother bought her a manual camera of her own, she committed herself to learning the craft and eventually started posting her work online.

Since then, Matilde has collaborated with clients like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Monocle, Konfekt, The Guardian, and more. Her work is mostly editorial with a focus on individuals and she is passionate about portraying the world in an optimistic way that encourages others to dream of a better future.