Udemy
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
Development
Web Development Data Science Mobile Development Programming Languages Game Development Database Design & Development Software Testing Software Engineering Development Tools No-Code Development
Business
Entrepreneurship Communications Management Sales Business Strategy Operations Project Management Business Law Business Analytics & Intelligence Human Resources Industry E-Commerce Media Real Estate Other Business
Finance & Accounting
Accounting & Bookkeeping Compliance Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Economics Finance Finance Cert & Exam Prep Financial Modeling & Analysis Investing & Trading Money Management Tools Taxes Other Finance & Accounting
IT & Software
IT Certification Network & Security Hardware Operating Systems Other IT & Software
Office Productivity
Microsoft Apple Google SAP Oracle Other Office Productivity
Personal Development
Personal Transformation Personal Productivity Leadership Career Development Parenting & Relationships Happiness Esoteric Practices Religion & Spirituality Personal Brand Building Creativity Influence Self Esteem & Confidence Stress Management Memory & Study Skills Motivation Other Personal Development
Design
Web Design Graphic Design & Illustration Design Tools User Experience Design Game Design Design Thinking 3D & Animation Fashion Design Architectural Design Interior Design Other Design
Marketing
Digital Marketing Search Engine Optimization Social Media Marketing Branding Marketing Fundamentals Marketing Analytics & Automation Public Relations Advertising Video & Mobile Marketing Content Marketing Growth Hacking Affiliate Marketing Product Marketing Other Marketing
Lifestyle
Arts & Crafts Beauty & Makeup Esoteric Practices Food & Beverage Gaming Home Improvement Pet Care & Training Travel Other Lifestyle
Photography & Video
Digital Photography Photography Portrait Photography Photography Tools Commercial Photography Video Design Other Photography & Video
Health & Fitness
Fitness General Health Sports Nutrition Yoga Mental Health Dieting Self Defense Safety & First Aid Dance Meditation Other Health & Fitness
Music
Instruments Music Production Music Fundamentals Vocal Music Techniques Music Software Other Music
Teaching & Academics
Engineering Humanities Math Science Online Education Social Science Language Teacher Training Test Prep Other Teaching & Academics
AWS Certification Microsoft Certification AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner CompTIA A+ Cisco CCNA Amazon AWS CompTIA Security+ AWS Certified Developer - Associate
Graphic Design Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Drawing Digital Painting InDesign Character Design Canva Figure Drawing
Life Coach Training Neuro-Linguistic Programming Personal Development Mindfulness Personal Transformation Meditation Life Purpose Coaching Emotional Intelligence
Web Development JavaScript React CSS Angular PHP WordPress Node.Js Python
Google Flutter Android Development iOS Development Swift React Native Dart Programming Language Mobile Development Kotlin SwiftUI
Digital Marketing Google Ads (Adwords) Social Media Marketing Google Ads (AdWords) Certification Marketing Strategy Internet Marketing YouTube Marketing Email Marketing Retargeting
SQL Microsoft Power BI Tableau Business Analysis Business Intelligence MySQL Data Analysis Data Modeling Data Cleaning
Business Fundamentals Entrepreneurship Fundamentals Business Strategy Online Business Business Plan Startup Freelancing Blogging Home Business
Unity Game Development Fundamentals Unreal Engine C# 3D Game Development C++ 2D Game Development Unreal Engine Blueprints Blender
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

This course includes:

  • 5.5 hours on-demand video
  • 1 article
  • 6 downloadable resources
  • Full lifetime access
  • Access on mobile and TV
Photography & Video Portrait Photography Photography

Creative Portrait Photography Series: Outdoor Milk Bath

Learn how to create stunning 'dreamy water' style images on a budget, including setup, shoot and retouching in Photoshop
Rating: 4.1 out of 54.1 (46 ratings)
807 students
Created by Sandy Dee
Last updated 10/2018
English
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Create pool-style portraits on a small budget - including detailed prop shopping tips
  • How to visualize the setup and consider the location
  • Know what the best camera settings are for your project, as well as tips for flash
  • Posing tips on how to shape the model in a small space
  • Understand how to use the light meter
  • 3+ hours of Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop to retouch your images - these tricks will help you in all your future portrait shoots!

Requirements

  • You should have basic DSLR skills, and access to a flash unit with a trigger (e.g. pocket wizard)
  • Access to Adobe Bridge, Adobe Camera Raw/Lightroom, and Photoshop
  • The desire to create fashion inspired portrait images!

Description

Featured Review: 

"This tutorial is first-rate! It shows step-by-step the process of doing an outdoor creative water shoot, and is loaded with helpful tips on how to do it (based on first-hand experience). Highly recommended for anyone interested in doing this super-creative type of shot!" - Dave Palmer

Are you looking for fresh inspiration in your beauty and fashion photography?

Do you want to take advantage of the nice weather and bring your photography sessions outdoors?

Do you suffer from a slow summer season and need new ways to attract more clients?

Do you want to create jaw dropping mini sessions to boost your income?


Do you want to stand out from the crowd, wow your clients and attract models with eye-catching photography?

Then this course is perfect for you. Celebrate the summer with a magazine style 'pool shoot' that is playful with a gorgeous feminine yet empowering look! Your clients will feel like top models in the Caribbean - and what's more, creative portrait photography doesn’t have to break the bank. There are no borders to conceptual photography, as we'll show you with inexpensive props and a small outdoor area.

You’ll be amazed at what you can do with just a kiddie pool, bath drops, flowers, milk and other creative props!

You will learn:

  • Preparing the shoot - location, practical considerations.

  • Posing tips when the model is lying in the kiddie pool.

  • Camera settings, using a light meter, flash and natural lighting options.

  • Fly on the wall view of 3 photoshoot sets - water, colors and flowers, milk 'hot pink'.

  • 3+ hours of Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop videos to transform the images into stunning works of art!

Do you love working with flash? Natural light? Both?

Sandy and Matt will cover flash techniques and camera settings, as well as the best ways to take advantage of natural light to get the most variety from your shoot.

First, Sandy and Matt take you through the preparation and set up of the shoot, including what props to buy, practical tips on handling posing your model in water, and camera and lighting settings. Then you'll get a fly on the wall view of the shoot that implements all the ideas so you can do exactly the same.

Then Sandy walks through a complete, comprehensive Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop set of tutorials (over 3 hours) on how to transform the images into amazing works of fine art. At the end, your images will look like they belong in a high fashion magazine and your clients will receive a truly unique style of photography that sets you apart from your competitors.

Whether you are a beginner DSLR photographer or a seasoned pro, you will find a host of tips and tricks that will help you create fantastic images. 

This highly practical course shows you a new way of beauty photography - how to create a ‘dreamy water’ pool-style that will be an outstanding addition to your portfolio. If you want to achieve higher sales, and help to think outside the box for your next photoshoot, then this course is for you!

Who this course is for:

  • Portrait photographers who are looking for new inspiration
  • Photographers who want to enhance their skills in Adobe Photoshop

Course content

9 sections • 56 lectures • 5h 24m total length

  • Preview02:08
  • Preview01:48
  • Location: The Kiddie Pool And Its Challenges
    02:59
  • Working Around The Kiddie Pool Size Limitations
    01:54
  • Going Shopping!
    02:35
  • Walk Through Of All The Props
    03:59
  • The Flow of the Shoot
    03:07
  • Camera Equipment: Lens and Flash
    03:02
  • Camera Settings: Aperture Effects and Shutter Speed
    03:31
  • Camera Settings: Using an Assistant, Reflectors and White Balance
    03:46
  • Posing the model
    04:22
  • Preview01:18

  • Photoshoot: Set 1 - Kiddie Pool and Water
    07:53
  • Photoshoot: Set 2 Prep- Adding Color and Flowers to the Water
    03:26
  • Photoshoot: Set 2 - Color and Flowers
    03:07
  • Photoshoot: Set 3 - Adding Milk for a Hot Pink Effect
    02:07

  • Editing Intro - Recap and Review of Images
    04:55
  • Workflow - Narrowing Down The Images with the Red Label
    07:30
  • Preview08:25
  • Workflow - Things to Look Out For in your Shoot and in your Images
    11:14
  • Workflow - Recognizing Good Poses and Posing Tips
    04:14

  • Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) - Basic Adjustments for the 'Caribbean Fashion Look'
    07:18
  • ACR - Color Correction and Sharpening for 'Caribbean Fashion'
    13:07
  • Lightroom Overview - Conversion for the 'Caribbean Fashion Look'
    07:49
  • Adobe Photoshop (PS) - Painting the Pool
    05:52
  • Adobe PS - Correcting Pool and Skin with the Healing Brush, and Water Texture
    09:50
  • Adobe PS - How to Add Water Textures
    03:57
  • Adobe PS - Water Color Correction in ACR
    04:12
  • Adobe PS - Body Shaping with Transformation and the Liquify Filter
    08:49
  • Adobe PS - Skin Preparation: How to use the Channel Mixer as a 'Help Layer'
    02:17
  • Adobe PS - Skin Retouching (Shine Removal) with Frequency Separation
    12:36
  • Adobe PS - Skin Softening with the 'Powder Technique'
    09:50
  • Adobe PS - Enhancing Shadows and Highlights with Dodge and Burn
    11:23
  • Preview01:26
  • Adobe PS - How to Darken the Skin for the 'Caribbean Fashion Look'
    08:01
  • Adobe PS - Fine Tuning the Water with the Smart Filter
    07:19
  • Adobe PS - Intensifying Make-Up for the 'Caribbean Fashion Look'
    02:56
  • Adobe PS - Fine Tuning the Image with Patch Tool, Clone Tool and Airbrush
    10:37
  • Adobe PS - Soft and Glamorous Glow with the Nik Filter
    03:44
  • Adobe PS - Sharpening the Image
    06:24

  • Copying ACR Settings Between Images to Save Time
    06:11
  • Copying Adobe PS Information Between Images to Speed Up Your Workflow
    04:09
  • Intro to the Realtime Edit
    00:31
  • Adobe PS - Watch me Edit (Pool Painting)
    02:19
  • Adobe PS - Speed up Your Workflow with the Color Range (Water Texture)
    07:52
  • Adobe PS - Body Shaping with the Liquify Filter
    05:40
  • Adobe PS - Retouching the Skin (Frequency Separation, Powdering, Tanning, D&B)
    14:15

  • Preview04:54
  • Adobe PS Part 1 - Dreamy Water Editing with Smart Objects and Color Range
    18:06
  • Adobe PS Part 2 - How to Achieve the 'Dreamy Water' Colors
    10:46
  • Bonus: How to Clone Flowers From One Image to the Other
    10:00

  • Speed Editing - Putting it all Together with a Fly on the Wall Speed Edit
    04:01

  • Flower Crown - overview
    03:32
  • Flower Crown - putting it together
    07:00

  • Summary and Thank You
    00:48
  • PRACTICE IMAGES
    00:00

Instructor

Sandy Dee
Photographer/Owner at Sandyseyecatcher
Sandy Dee
  • 4.3 Instructor Rating
  • 1,949 Reviews
  • 14,569 Students
  • 18 Courses

Sandy is originally from Germany and studied Photography in London, where she earned a Diploma in Professional Photography. Following her passion for creative conceptual portrait photography, she moved to San Jose, California where she runs stylized portrait workshops, and wrote the book 'Posing Like A Pro' which covers all aspects of posing for the contemporary photographer.

Sandy loves teaching and helping photographers reach new levels in their technique and creativity!

  • Udemy for Business
  • Teach on Udemy
  • Get the app
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Careers
  • Blog
  • Help and Support
  • Affiliate
  • Terms
  • Privacy policy
  • Cookie settings
  • Sitemap
  • Featured courses
Udemy
© 2021 Udemy, Inc.