Introduction to Group Portrait Photography
Exposure and White Balance Adjustments
A course by Nolwen Cifuentes , Commercial and Editorial Photographer
Joined September 2021
Joined September 2021
About the video: Exposure and White Balance Adjustments
Overview
“In this lesson, you will learn how to make sure the exposure and white balance are set correctly and then adjust warmth or coolness. After this, I’ll go through each image and check they're all correctly exposed. I will finish by adding highlights or shadows as needed.”
In this video lesson Nolwen Cifuentes addresses the topic: Exposure and White Balance Adjustments, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Group Portrait Photography. Explore styling, lighting, composition, movement, and color to take striking group shots that capture the energy of each subject.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Exposure and White Balance Adjustments Now we've made our selections, in this lesson, we'll go back into Lightroom and learn how to adjust our exposure and white balance correctly. For example, we can see that this image is much bluer than this image. We can also see that this image is a bit underexposed. Their faces are a bit darker than I was hoping for, which happens when you are eyeballing the exposure and you don't have a light meter but that's ok. We can correct that and still have a beautiful image. This one feels a bit more in the correct exposure range. I'll show you this one bec...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Group Portrait Photography
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Photography, Portrait Photography, Studio Photography
Nolwen Cifuentes
A course by Nolwen Cifuentes
Nolwen Cifuentes is an editorial and portrait photographer from California. She studied graphic design at UCLA before deciding to pursue photography, eventually gaining industry experience shooting weddings. Nolwen then expanded into different styles of photography and, after being featured in a magazine, started reaching out to editors and booking jobs.
Since then, she has captured portraits for well-known magazines, media, tech, beauty, and fashion brands. Her clients include Netflix, People, The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, and Variety. She was also featured on The Lit List’s 30 New + Emerging Photographers to Watch. Nolwen is passionate about making content that represents the people she didn’t see in the media growing up, and she is a member of Women Photograph, Diversify Photo, and Authority Collective.
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