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“How To Build” Studio Portrait Lighting

admin — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 09:11:05 +0000

A quick slideshow of how I Build my Studio Lighting setup for doing Portrait Photography.

Most of the time everyone throws on all their lights @ once which leaves room for the unknown.

Perhaps you have Hotspots or that unwanted look, Take a look @ this clip and give it a try. Let me know how it went.

Hope it helps!

http://www.sdphotoforum.com

Duration : 0:3:11

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The Art of Portrait Drawing with Joy Thomas

admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:29:11 +0000

From ArtistsNetwork.TV: In this video, professional artist Joy Thomas reveals classical drawing secrets while teaching foolproof composition skills for a structured beginning.

Working your way through a portrait study from life, you will learn a number of techniques to improve your confidence and create a realistic likeness using massing techniques that establish form with a minimal use of line.

Develop your own skills as you watch this award-winning portrait artist explain and demonstrate comparative measuring, simplified shape-maps, the use of plumb lines and how to identify and correct mistakes.

While this unique drawing demonstration is a must see for portrait painters, it contains a wealth of valuable information for all artists of all genres. See the whole video at http://www.ArtistsNetwork.TV !

Duration : 0:3:25

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Sessions – Portrait Painting: Underpainting

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:24:06 +0000

Tutorial video from Sessions Online School of Fine Art’s “Portrait Painting” course.
Learn more at:
http://finearts.sessions.edu/

Duration : 0:3:16

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Studio Portrait Lighting Tutorial 2 ( Etiquette and the Rembrandt )

admin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:30:41 +0000

Presented by http://www.samys.com . Happy Friday, This installment of my Studio Lighting DVD covers a bit about etiquette and posing as well the ever popular Rembrandt lighting Technique. This series is designed to introduce essential concepts of shooting a studio portrait to beginners. Learn and enjoy. P.S. To learn more about the rental studio I am using visit http://www.rorschachcomplex.com

Duration : 0:9:0

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A Photoshop Reference: Portrait Retouching

admin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:30:12 +0000

A video tutorial that takes a look at enhancing portraits using tools such as Liquify, adding catch lights, and skin tone adjustments by the numbers. For more free tutorials, visit www.radiantvista.com!

Duration : 0:27:18

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Freezing motion in the studio

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:50:20 +0000

Even the best studio lights can struggle to capture sharp results on moving subjects. It’s got nothing to do with shutter speed and everything to do with flash duration.

For more background information checkout my blog at
http://gavtrain.blogspot.com

Larger image at http://www.flickr.com/photos/photogavin/4303772116

Strobist info:
Camera: Canon 40D
Lens: Canon 24-105L
Aperture: f8
Shutter Speed: 1/200th sec
ISO: 400
File type: RAW
Flash: Canon 580EXII
Flash Mode: E-TTL
Radio Triggers: Pocket Wizard Flex TT5 & Mini TT1

Duration : 0:5:34

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Sessions – Portrait Painting Preparing to Paint

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:06:41 +0000

Tutorial video from Sessions Online School of Fine Art’s “Portrait Painting” course.
Learn more at:
http://finearts.sessions.edu/

Duration : 0:3:51

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Studio Lighting Photography Tutorial (Lesson 1)

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:06:26 +0000

This is the first in a new line of photography tutorials. Learn how to meter light, Some posing tips, and a solid one light set up. Presented by http://www.samys.com this video will help get you started in creating beautiful studio lit portraits.

Duration : 0:10:0

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photography tutorial how to setup a standard portrait studio by weAam sinjab

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:06:23 +0000

this is the first version of (( HOW TO… ))
thanks for all who helped me finishing it =)

Duration : 0:1:17

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Messed up portraits. (boyfriend and girlfriend merged images, Gimp tutorials) by dom bower

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:45:11 +0000

http://www.dombower.com/

This is disgusting!!! but great way to have a unique facebook profile pic where everyone will be “like totally OOOOHHHH”

Duration : 0:8:14

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