Join Pulitzer-finalist photographer Natalie Fobes as she takes you in the studio and on location to explore the elements that comprise an effective photo.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Learn how to create effective photographs
- What makes an effective photograph?
- The rule of thirds
- Create movement and interest
- Foreground, background, and in between
- Depth of field as a composing tool
- Depth of field and bokeh
- Create bokeh with Photoshop blur filters
- Using generative AI to enhance composition
- Sunrise and sunset: The Kelvin scale
- White balance: Beyond natural light
- White balance in camera
- Use color according to color theory
- White balance in post
- Black and white
- Converting from color to black and white
- Colorizing photos with Photoshop's Colorize neural filter
- The message of light
- One-light setup
- Two-light setup
- See and enhance natural light
- Change and replicate natural light
- Manipulating light in post
- The role of motion in photography
- Camera settings to freeze or blur motion
- Techniques for panning
- Other ways to create motion
- Creating motion in photoshop
- Peak action
- Capture the decisive moment
- The importance of research
- Plan for your shoot
- Goodbye
Taught by
Natalie Fobes
