Professional Outdoor Photography Retouching Techniques

Name: Professional Outdoor Photography Retouching Techniques
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Learn Retouching Techniques by working with Outdoor Portrait Images - Get the most Desired Industry Looks

Created byMarcin Mikus

Last updated 7/2017

English

What you'll learn

Work comfortable with Photoshop
Create Amazing Portrait Images
Be Able to Retouch Any Image
Do Raw Processing in Any Software
Be Professional in Retouching Outdoor Images

Course content

5 sections • 12 lectures • 1h 30m total length

Introduction to The Course4:07
Learn to retouch outdoor photos non-destructively, perform raw processing in my preferred software or in a camera, and apply color grading, dodging and burning, and final touches.
Resources0:04

Raw Processing in Capture One8:27
start with raw processing in Capture One, adjust shadows and highlights, balance contrast, and selectively tune blue and orange tones using local adjustments to preserve natural detail.
Camera Raw Processing5:00
Learn how to process raw images in Camera Raw, balancing highlights, shadows, exposure, and color with hue/saturation/luminance adjustments, then nondestructively prep for Photoshop retouching using smart objects.

Clean up the Images8:32
Learn to clean up portraits in Photoshop by removing skin blemishes, stray hair, pimples, and spots while preserving natural texture using healing brush and clone stamp techniques.
Dodge & Burn Retouching12:47
Master dodge and burn retouching with curves to brighten and darken layers, paint on masks with a soft brush, and group layers for easy color corrections and contrast adjustments.

Adjusting Contrasts9:37
This lecture teaches enhancing portraits by controlling highlights and shadows, using color range and curves to adjust contrast, and dodging and burning to define facial bone structure.
Adjusting Tones8:36
Adjust tones in outdoor photography by using two-tone color correction with shadows and highlights, leveraging color balance, curves, selective color, and adjustment layers to control masks and hues.
Final Touches6:17
Apply non-destructive final touches using camera raw on a smart object, adjusting contrast, shadows, vibrance, hue, and luminance to refine hair color and oranges for the perfect outdoor portrait.

Raw Conversion - Second Example4:05
Learn raw conversion techniques in a second example, restoring shadows and lowering highlights while matching tones, saturation, and skin tones for consistent outdoor imagery.
Cleaning up Process - Second Example9:09
In this second Photoshop cleaning example, the instructor retouches fast by cleaning spots and refining texture using dodge and burn with layered actions, noting outdoor versus studio effects.
Final Adjustements - Second Example13:55
Explore advanced outdoor portrait retouching by mastering curves and contrast, color range edits for highlights and shadows, and non-destructive layering to create balanced, dynamic skin tones and vivid colors.

Requirements

You need to Have Photoshop - even older versions are good

Description

Hi there!

Before you start the course I am sure you want to known more about your instructor - me.

I am Marcin Mikus and I am Internationaly pulished fashion, commercial and beauty retoucher.

I’ve been featured in Jute Magazine, Lucy’s, Lofficiel and many others. Except beaing retoucher I am also photoshop educator,

with over 50k subscibres and over 5 milions views on youtue. And my premium courses were purchased by over 60 thousands students. So I am having high believes I am someone who can really teach you retouching.

In this course I am sharing with you images taken by Ariel Grabowski, so you can follow everything step by step on the same images as me - you just need to download them.

So… What you can get from this course?

We are going to start very simple, from the raw conversion in Caprture One as well as I am going to show you how to do raw conversion in Camera Raw or aay other software.
After this, we jump into photoshop where I teach you how to clean up the images easily, quickly and non destructive.
You will learn dodge burn retouching which is the major technique you need to learn to retouch the skin.
Ine the next step we will be working with shadows and highlights - the key to adjust contrast on the image. I will teach you how to get full control over your mask, to define shadows and highlights just on point!
Of course we cannot miss color grading and lesson about how color harmonies works.
All of this will be ended with final steps in photoshop and Camera Raw just to make sure image looks perfect!

Over this course we will work on the two image examples, and to make it even better, i share with you my actions which going to help you automate your workflow.

So, lets jump into this amazing experience together!

Who this course is for:

Portrait Photographers
Aspiring Retouchers
Lifestyle Photographers
Photoshop Enthusiasts
People who wants to create Amazing Images
People who wants to Create Outstanding Outdoor Portrait Images

Professional Outdoor Photography Retouching Techniques

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Course content

Introduction to The Course2 lectures • 4min

Raw Processing2 lectures • 13min

Cleaning up Process2 lectures • 21min

Contrasts and Colors3 lectures • 25min

Second Example3 lectures • 27min

Requirements

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