Conceptual Portrait Photography
Light curves
A course by Veronica Cerna , Photographer
About the video: Light curves
Overview
“After having selected the most powerful image of the session, I will teach you to edit it to highlight certain elements with the use of lights and shadows. You will learn to use curves and masks in Adobe Photoshop to improve the direction of light and image textures. ”
In this video lesson Veronica Cerna addresses the topic: Light curves, which is part of the Domestika online course: Conceptual Portrait Photography. Explore your imagination and delve into lighting and post-production techniques to create conceptual photos.
Partial transcription of the video
“Light curves Now that we have the most powerful image of our session, I will teach you to edit the lights and shadows with curves in Photoshop. Let's see. Once I have the image imported into Photoshop, I'm going to start the division through the layers. This is a tool that allows you to add information to the image without altering the original file. In case you don't see this bar on the right side of the screen, you can always go to Window and click on Layers to make sure you have this tool always at hand. The first thing I always do is create a group. I will call this group Luz because it...”
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Course summary for: Conceptual Portrait Photography
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Fine-Art Photography, Photography, Portrait Photography

Veronica Cerna
A course by Veronica Cerna
Verónica Cerna is a Peruvian-born photographer. She studied Audiovisual Communication at the University of Lima, she has a postgraduate degree in Photography from The International Center of Photography in New York, and specialization courses in portraits and experimental video in Buenos Aires.
In 2013, she co-founded BAF, a photographic and audiovisual studio dedicated to the creation of conceptual projects.
Her work has been recognized at the International Photography Awards, The Photo Phore, and published in magazines such as Musée Magazine, Shots Magazine, Better Photography, and Pecado Magazine.
She currently resides and works between Lima and New York.
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