Workshop – London, England
Hi. If you’ve looked here, perhaps it’s a sign that it’s time for you to stay with me for a while longer and take a big step in developing your photographic skills.
The first thing I’d like to tell you is that you too are creative and can do exactly the same things as me, but you may not know it yet.
My hope is that you will let me be your guide in discovering your potential and creating something special with you.
The London workshop is a two-day group meeting that includes both studio and outdoor work.
Workshop date – June 29/30, 2024
Workshop price 850 Euro // 733 GBP
952,00 zł – 3 808,00 zł
two-day workshop
studio & outdoor
London, England – June 29/30, 2024
mariola glajcar
I HELP YOU DESIGN THE LIFE YOU WANT
group workshops
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN
During our meeting, I will provide you with information that will help you realize your photographic visions, as well as in your daily work with clients.
Questions I will try to answer:
- how to prepare for a session
- How to bring out the model’s emotions and create a good mood during the session
- how to negotiate with your customer
- how to work with studio light
- modifiers and their role
- How to create both a classic portrait, a fine art portrait and a story in the studio
- Where and when to take outdoor photos
- What to avoid during outdoor sessions
- what to bring to the outdoors
- how to work with light
- How to select photos and prepare them to work in Photoshop
- How to streamline your work using ready-made settings
- How to create and modify custom actions, etc.
- How to find your own style and your own colors
in addition, we will discuss together
light & shadow
techniques to get the most out of Camera RAW,
The essence of working with light in skin retouching,
frequency separation
local and global dodge and burn,
working with mixing modes
working with Blend If options
color
working with selective color
advanced mixing modes
color grading
changing backgrounds and colors
working with a range of colors
color editing in Camera Raw
creativity
creating custom brushes
working with gradients,
use of overlays
using one's own work for photomontage
background editing
Agenda - how it looks like
day one
10:00 Start
- Aperture, depth, focal length, time – topics that you know well, but nevertheless worth repeating before going outdoors(this step is often skipped if the group does not need it)
- Awakening creativity-an exercise to help you change your thinking about making your frames
- Stages of creating a creative image – what, how and when to photograph to get a consistent result
- Working on oneself – motivation for self-development, influence of chosen goals on further photographic activities
- Working with the customer – finding balance in negotiations
- Portfolio – discussing several of my works, which will be the basis for learning how to create compositions
- Social media – some tips on how to manage your photographer profile
12:00 Studio
- I will teach you how to set up the lights for many different variations and how to work with the model.
- This is a time for a joint session and practice, during which you will feel by your own example the importance of proper light positioning.
14:00 – Lunch break
15:00 – Open air
- Preparation of the session plan and the stages of work with the model
- A few words about emotions – what we want to show and how to work with the model for future cooperation
- A joint session in the open air, exploring perspective, light and color
Together we will create an extraordinary atmosphere that will make your photos unique. Together, forming a team of creatives, we will discuss and make several frames, from classic commercial shots , to shots that give us the creation of a fairy-tale atmosphere.
A small group will allow for free work and a lot of fun, which I will wholeheartedly participate in.
Agenda - how it looks like
day two
9:00 Start
This is the day we put on an intensive study of retouching.
We devote the entire second day to the ins and outs of post-production, your questions and supplementing the previous day’s topics.
- Photo selection in Adobe LR
- Selection of the best shots and their brief discussion
- Post-production in Adobe Photoshop CC and CR
Post-production is divided into two stages:
- Watching my editing, asking questions, learning the various steps and tools of Photoshop and Camera Raw
- Individual work on your own photos, with my help.
17:00 Summary, Conclusion.
*Program is subject to change due to student preferences, weather and other factors.
*WORKSHOPS ARE AIMED AT PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE BASICS OF PHOTOSHOP.
I *DO NOT ACCEPT TO JOIN THE GROUP OF TRAINING PHOTOGRAPHERS.
*THE CONDITION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WORKSHOP IS TO GATHER A GROUP OF MIN. 6 PERSONS
What you get
After the workshop
Certificate
After each meeting with me you will receive a certificate of completion of the workshop
Retouching video
When editing photos in Adobe programs, the process is recorded along with the sound. After the workshop and accepting the terms and conditions for the use of the recordings, you will receive a video, so you can return again and again to edit our workshop frames.
Support
As a member of our closed workshop group, you will be able to count on support from me and also from your new photographic friends.
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