Editing for hybrid film + digital wedding photographers!

Name: Editing for hybrid film + digital wedding photographers!
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Follow along with provided RAW images in Lightroom using VSCO Film to emulate the beautiful dynamics of analog images!

Created byAndrew Vanover

Last updated 7/2018

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What you'll learn

Produce professional level images through retouching post processing
Take images from importing all the way through editing to exporting them for web or print
Begin to develop their own personal style or brand of retouching

Course content

3 sections • 23 lectures • 1h 46m total length

Promo Video1:09

Installing VSCO film for Lightroom CC, 6, 5, or 42:23
Learn how to install VSCO film packs in Lightroom cc, including downloading from the visco daco site, entering the serial key, and preparing to import and use the film presets.
Importing photos into Lightroom2:03
Make sure you download the "RAW Images FOR TUTORIAL PURPOSES ONLY" file from the view resources button at the top of your screen!
Getting started with VSCO film presets1:37
Choose a VSCO film preset and apply it to your imported images, explore Fuji 400H and Kodak Portra 400, and refine exposure and colors to make the subject stand out.
Making custom adjustments2:53
Edit wedding photos by tweaking a Kodak Porcher 400 preset, prioritizing skin tones, then refine exposure, warmth, highlights, shadows, and hue/saturation for balanced color and dynamic range.
Saving Presets2:09
Learn to save and copy presets for hybrid film and digital wedding photography. Create a preset, name it, apply it to new images, and tweak temperature, saturation, and highlights.
Removing Blemishes with the Spot Removal Tool3:57
Selective Toning with the Adjustment Brush5:51
Learn to use the adjustment brush to selectively tone features, adjust brush size, feather, flow, exposure, saturation, and temperature, to enhance eyebrows, eyes, lips, and hair, with sharpness and grain.
Adding Sharpening and Grain1:27
Editing an Image from Start to Finish14:51
Using the Tone Curve1:59
Use the tone curve to add contrast and expand dynamic range, shaping colors and luminance across the entire image. Adjust blackpoint and whites for subtle muting and a film-like look.
Lens Correction1:12
Learn to use Lightroom's lens correction to fix subtle distortion and de-warp images, with emphasis on vignetting and wide-angle lenses.
Editing an Image from Start to Finish3:17
Editing an Image from Start to Finish19:40
Rating Images when Culling2:59
Exporting Completed Images5:43
Master exporting completed images: set export location, choose naming schemes, decide overwrite behavior, pick JPEG with 300 ppi for print, and create reusable export presets.

Comparing Images1:51
Compare film and digital wedding images side by side to study colors, skin tones, and dynamic range, using film references to guide digital edits.
Using Virtual Copies to Develop Your Person Style10:18
Make sure you download the "ADDITIONAL RAW IMAGES FOR PRACTICE" file from the view resources button at the top of your screen!
Editing out Foreground Objects with the Clone Tool, Bonus: Tilt-Shift6:45
Editing an Image from Start to Finish7:19
Edit an image from start to finish by adjusting temperature, exposure, highlights, whites, blacks, and colors, then retouch skin, fix blemishes with healing brush, add grain, and finalize with crop.
Copping and Aligning Images2:01
Editing an Image from Start to Finish4:47
Course Wrap-Up0:27
Celebrate finishing the course by reviewing postprocessing, culling images, and exporting workflows, while inviting feedback to shape future lessons.

Requirements

Download and Install Lightroom CC, 6, 5, or 4
Purchasing VSCO Film 01 Pack is required to take the course (Install process is covered in tutorials)

Description

This course is designed with a hands-on approach. We feel the best way to learn how to edit in Lightroom is to follow along with the process yourself. However every other course we could find online shows you techniques but gives you no way to practice them. That's why we put together a professional styled shoot so we can PROVIDE YOU WITH ACTUAL RAW IMAGES! These images are still under our copyright, meaning they are for tutorial purposes only but they will give you a chance to practice on real professional RAW photographs and produce the same results that you see in the tutorials.

We use VSCO(Visual Supply Co.) film in this course because it allows us to translate our digital RAW data into color profiles that are then able to be edited. In short this is not a pack of "film look-a-like presets" but rather digital film stocks that translate your image data into film. This is only the very first step, in this course we take you much farther than simple presets teaching you to develop an eye for beautiful skin tones which are the very cornerstone of good portrait and wedding photographs.

What cameras does this course work for?

The raw images provided in this course are from Canon 5d Mark III cameras but once you have learned the methods we teach they can be easily applied to Nikon, Fuji, Leica, Olympus, or Sony images as these are all supported by Lightroom and VSCO film.

What will you learn?

How to install VSCO film to be used with Lightroom
How to import photos into your Lightroom catalog with ease
How to rate your images which is also known as culling
How to select a good starting preset for an image
How to tone an image based on the subjects skin
How to make custom adjustments
How to retouch skin imperfections with the healing spot removal tool
How to refine an image with sharpening & grain
How to use virtual copies to develop your personal style
How to make a personal preset for batch processing
How to fix lens warping with lens corrections
How to remove foreground objects with the clone tool
How to crop or re-align images
Bonus: How to make a tilt-shift effect by sending an image to Photoshop
How to export images for print or web!

How will these skills help you?

Everything we will be teaching you in this course is the result of many years of practicing and tweaking our process to develop compelling images. We use the very techniques in this tutorial to do all of our post processing as a profitable wedding photography business. By learning to create high quality images you are developing a product that you can sell and create a sustainable business. Even as a hobbyist these skills will help you document your own life in a way that is as timeless as film.

Who this course is for:

People getting starting in editing who have basic knowledge of editing.
Photographers who have been shooting for years but see their work as becoming outdated and are looking for a refresh.
Hobbyists who seek to take their photography to the next level.
Photographers to have mastered taking "good" images but want to see their images come alive and really draw the viewer into the subject.
Wedding photographers looking to make fine art styled images

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Promo Video1 lecture • 1min

Everything you need to know about using VSCO film with Lightroom15 lectures • 1hr 12min

More Practice and Extra Tips7 lectures • 33min

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