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Simple Backdrops for Compositing

Offered By: CreativeLive

Tags

Photography Courses Color Theory Courses Set Design Courses

Course Description

Overview

Learn how to source, put together and polish backgrounds for your images by utilizing everyday objects, set design, and compositing. Award-winning and fine art photographer Brooke Shaden, shares her secrets to creating the magic behind her subjects. Not having a big budget or a great location should never stop someone from creating images that look expensive and refined.

You'll Learn:

  1. How to create and use bedsheets as backdrops so that your images have a painterly background.
  2. How to effectively and inexpensively use color theory and prop placement to create a set in your own home.
  3. How to shoot backgrounds for subjects you will composite in later, and top tricks for being able to create smooth composites.


Syllabus

  • Class Introduction
  • How to Use Bedsheets as Backdrops
  • Effectively Use Color Theory
  • Set Design and Prop Placement
  • Shoot Props and Self-Portraits for Composites
  • Composite in Photoshop®: Selection and Shadows
  • Composite in Photoshop®: Lighting and Color Adjustments

Taught by

Brooke Shaden

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