A couple weeks ago I did a lighting class in the studio for photographers and had a lot of questions regarding how we did our Creative Digital Images for seniors. Which got me to thinking…. why don’t I do a tutorial showing how we do these step by step. So that is exactly what I have done.

I have created a video showing the process step by step. I start with the session and then spend about and hour walking you through the entire Photoshop process.

This is our most popular product with high school seniors and is now quickly becoming one of our best sellers for the younger age groups as well.

I start off the lesson with a portrait session of a baseball player in the studio. We will guide you through the lighting setup and techniques we use when shooting our Creative Digital Images. Proper lighting is critical and makes the production process much easier. Watch as we photograph the session and the posing process we use for this style of photography.

Next stop, Photoshop! Watch and learn as we guide you through the post-process of combining the images to create this very cool composite. We will begin by covering the placement of the photos on the stage to create a dynamic final image.

After that, we cover the Photoshop tools and tricks necessary for our composite. You don’t have to be a Photoshop pro — we will take you step by step and carefully cover and describe these techniques for even the Photoshop novice. We will also take you through an in-depth discovery of the multiple possibilities one has with the masking and blending options found in Photoshop.

Finally, we will add a logo and show you how to create some finishing touches to spice up your final product.

To see the trailer for the new video go here: http://www.studiostyles.net/vt/cdc.html

Here’s some samples from this Creative Digital Session as well as a couple others.

 

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I shot these head shots for Rachel’s portfolio a couple months ago and just finally got to running them through my workflow. Rachel is the model that help me with my latest training video Introduction to Professional Lighting.

After making her sit still for hours and pose in what probably seemed like somewhat ridiculous positions for the video we finally got to get some head shots for her portfolio. The lighting used to light the model was a simple two light set-up. For those of you who have my video’s, this is the same set up I use in the training video Glamourous head shots. You can find more info on that video here:

Video Tutorials

Here are a few of her favorites from the shoot.

Let me know what you think.

Ever had one of these days in the studio?

 

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