Introduction to Group Portrait Photography
Color Grading
A course by Nolwen Cifuentes , Commercial and Editorial Photographer
Joined September 2021
About the video: Color Grading
Overview
“Now that the exposure is set, I will teach you how to apply color grading and shift your colors in Lightroom to give your images a nice polished look.”
In this video lesson Nolwen Cifuentes addresses the topic: Color Grading, 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
“ Color Grading In this lesson, we'll go back into Lightroom and learn how to apply a color grade and shift our colors so that our images have that nice final polished look. Let me show you how. Now I'll start working on the color of both of these images. Again, I'll go to my Develop tab. The first thing I'll do is work on the skin tones. We'll go into the HSL/Color tab. HSL stands for Hue, Saturation, and Luminance. You can also see all of them at once. I'll usually start with the Hue. Oftentimes, your camera will take skin tones that look a bit orange and green. They don't have the exact ...”
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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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