Learn how to capture the essence of Renaissance masters in your photos
With a camera and a computer you can not only create scenes, but also new worlds, something in which Lídia Vives specializes. The Spanish photographer gets inspiration from the great Italian masters of the Renaissance to create realistic and surrealist works in equal parts, as she has shown in the different exhibitions she has done in Mexico, Spain and France.
In this course you will learn, by the hand of Lídia, photo retouching techniques and art direction to create your own portraits of Renaissance pictorial style.
You will start by knowing Lídia, who will tell you a little about his work and how he has been developing his style over the years. You will see its influences, mainly in two worlds: painting and portrait photography.
You will discover all the elements you need to know when creating an image: you will learn about the composition and balance to structure and position all the elements well.
Then, you will see everything you need to know to work the center of interest of your photographs to guide the viewer's eyes wherever you want. You will know the types of formats there are and when you should use them and, in addition, the correct way to reframe, how to work the color taking into account its psychology and characteristics.
You will discover the main characteristics of the Italian Renaissance portrait. Next, you will go to the photo session and see what light you should use and how. In addition, you will prepare the set and also your model.
Lídia will explain to you what is the way to deal with someone when you do a photo shoot and then you can start shooting.
Before finishing the course, you will learn to work well the postproduction of an image, starting in Camera Raw and ending in Adobe Photoshop. You will discover how to give the pictorial effect to your photography through a neat and professional touch-up with the professional advice of Lidia.