My New “Light it, Shoot it, Retouch it” Class Goes Live!
Dec. 7
12:34 am
The 2nd online class in my three-part series called “Light it, Shoot it, Retouch it” went up live last week at Kelby Training Online, and this one shows how to shoot and retouch a beauty-style headshot like the one you see below left (in-house we call it the “Oil of Olay” look).
I show how to create the exact same beauty-style head shot that I took which wound up being featured in FJ Westcott’s 2009 lighting catalog (seen below), and you see the entire process from start-to-finish including setting up all the lighting, the shoot itself, and the retouching in Photoshop afterward.
I just got incredible feedback from the first one in this series, and I hope you’ll give this 2nd one a look now that it’s live. Here’s a link to the online class.
I just did both number 1 and number 2 over the week end. I learned a ton, straight to the point no frills class.
Thank you
Thanks John!
-Scott
I suppose a subscription is required to kelbytraining eh? Guess what just made my Christmas list – after watching the teaser first part of the video.
Happy Monday! Hope Christmas comes early – I want to see the rest of the sessions!
Scott, I hope your followers who are not subscribing to Scott kelbytraining.com will wake up and give it a try. This is the variety of tutorials that make it whorth every penny. Why don’t you give your blog followers a special discount on the training site for your weekend discount one week? I will not hesitate to renew my subscription and the first year is drawing close!
Just remebered, I did add a year with a promo you recently had.
Remember, you can join Kelby Training for a month and take all the classes you want. A bargain at $24.95 ($19.95 for NAPP members). Also, the first lesson of any class (usually an overview) is free to anyone–a great way to check out the classes and instructors.
Hmm… I guess I’ll splurge — Early Christmas present to myself, and many bloodshot eyes, late nights & that magical Mountain Dew to keep me awake….
i really love the concept of this class – it’s awesome
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do you think there might be a chance of a book with this kind of contents? would love to see it
thanks, wolfgang
Just enjoying the new class now – really excellent as I love this start-to-finish format. But Scott – you’re killing me with all the layer dupes, buddy! I’m curious why you opt to create new composite layers for simple moves like screening to whiten eyes or multiplying to add contrast when an empty adjustment layer will achieve the same thing while not killing your file size. You can have a number of these layers for things like whiten eyes, iris contrast, iris rim etc. all tossed into a group. Particularly where 99% of the layer is masked out anyway.
And don’t even get me started on blemish removal direct on the background layer (patch tool’s limitations aside).
Jay:
I’ve usually got a maximum of three or four layers—are those three or four layers really killing you?
I could understand if my average image had 30 or 40 layers, but I usually flatten as I go (see Matt’s post earlier this year), so I rarely have more than just a few, so there’s not much to gain by creating an empty Adjustment layer.
-Scott
Hey Scott
I think at last count towards the end of your first retouch you were at about 10 layers with a file size of >800MB (compared to base file size of 69MB). But, as you say, if you’re flattening anyway it doesn’t matter.
On a quasi-related note re: the “shoulder balance”, did you ever try copying the left half to a new layer and flipping it horizontally and smoothing together? Not having access to the file can’t test it so not sure if it would work as another alternative to the ones you suggested.
Amazing Scott,
Thanks for this and you are a GREAT teacher!
best
Iden
Hi Scott,
I’ve literally just gone pro, three years after picking up a Nikon D40 whilst recovering from a stroke. I spent two years catching up on PhotoshopUserTV, going through the NAPP site, devouring courses on Kelbytraining.com, along with a LOT of your books, as well as Kloskowski’s, McNally’s, et al.
I had never done any photography before and taking that lil’ ole D40 out of ‘Auto’ terrified me. As I say, that was nearly three years ago and thanks to the ‘Kelby stable’, I have now completely changed my career path and am happier now than I have ever been.
Many, many thanks to you all and keep the great content coming!
Mike.
I absolutely love these classes! It really helps to see the whole process from beginning to end, and I’ve learned something new with each class. I’ve actually gone back and tried to duplicate these shots on my own and it really does indeed help. I hope you continue to do more of these in the future.
Hi,
Loved the classes, extremel helpful, this is what I call the big picture…you really get the feeling what does it mean nowdays to make a great photo….sincerely hope you will these lessons coming…I guess once you get your feet wet there’s no comin back….you have to grow and we grow with ya….all best
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