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CreativeLive

Landscape Photography

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Overview

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AFTER THIS CLASS YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

  • Capture great shots of landscapes and nature
  • Confidently shoot in manual mode
  • Fine-tune your eye for composition
  • Master light for landscape photography
  • Work with HDR and panoramas
  • Perfect your images with post-processing in Lightroom

ABOUT MARC’S CLASS:

Turn a spark of passion for the outdoors into beautiful landscape photography in this start-to-finish course. From gear and exposure to light and post-processing, master the landscape photography workflow with veteran artist Marc Muench. End the frustration of being unable to capture the raw beauty of nature and capture inspiring awe-inducing views on camera.

With both live instruction and on-site photography tutorials, you'll master both the technical and creative necessities for capturing better landscape images. After the adventure, learn to perfect the scene using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop to crop, color and fine-tune those images. In addition, you'll tackle advanced techniques including HDR and panoramas.

WHO THIS CLASS IS FOR:

  • Beginners ready to get off auto mode
  • Intermediate photographers looking to improve
  • Photographers ready to tackle landscape photography as a new genre

SOFTWARE USED: Adobe Lightroom CC 2015, Adobe Photoshop CC 2015

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR:

As a third-generation photographer, Marc Muench has spent nearly 30 years working as a landscape and sports photographer. His work has appeared on the cover of publications like Time, National Geographic, Traveler, Outside, Sierra Magazine and more. In addition to shooting, he leads photography workshops around the world. He teaches with a mix of technical and creative details and personal insight.

Syllabus

  • Class Introduction
  • The Nature of Landscape Photography
  • Finding Your Eye
  • Gear Bag
  • The Creative Trinity
  • Scale
  • Light and Timing
  • The Technical Trinity
  • Metering, White Balance, and Depth of Field
  • Shutter Speed
  • Focus
  • The Vocabulary of Composition Part 1
  • The Vocabulary of Composition Part 2
  • Techniques in the Field: Scouting
  • Pre-visualization
  • Bracketing
  • Tilt Shift Lens
  • Long Exposures
  • Post Processing: Importing into Lightroom
  • Lightroom Catalog Setup
  • Color Correction
  • Develop Module
  • Basic and HSL Panel
  • Filters - Regional Dynamics
  • Merge HDR Images
  • Stitching Images and Manual Blending
  • Converting to Black and White

Taught by

Marc Muench

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