Dramatic Portraiture Lighting Styling & Retouching

Watch the tutorial and learn from proficient dramatic portrait photographer Chris Knight. Learn about shadow, mood & expression in detail.

In this video, Chris Knight shows what makes him a skilled photographer. Learn about his focus areas, such as effort, attitude, and talent.

Check out ProEdu’s Dramatic portrait tutorial series by Chris Knight. It will help you to make more dynamic photos.

Learn the secrets of dramatic portraiture. Chris Knight’s tutorials are perfect for looking to improve their skills in dramatic portraiture.

Follow the expert photographer Chris Kinght as he creates mood, emotion, and story to produce dynamically dramatic portrait photographs

Identify the features that direct and compel our attention and concentration in the visuals we generate. Watch the tutorial & learn more.

Check out Chris Knight, as he discusses and displays the language of light. Check out the use case of different lights and its intent.

Watch the tutorial and how to lay the groundwork for extraordinarily dramatic portraits via lighting and composition.

Check out how different shapes of light souces can affect the images. Learn also about the relative distance and angle while using lights.

Follow photographer Chris Knight as he investigates the relationship between lighting position and a subject’s face in this part.

Here you will learn to know the intent of using the lights. Check out the roles and application of Fill, Rim, and Background lighting

Here in this video, you learn the key concepts of lighting ratios from Chris Knight to achieve better portrait images.

Learn how various modifiers’ shapes affect photos, such as the Octabox, Rectangular softbox, Big Umbrella, Stripe Box, and Beauty Dish

Learn the fundamentals of controlling the lights from Chris Knight. Here he covers grids, barn doors, snoots, grids on modifiers, and flags.

Follow photographer Chris Knight as he displays more advanced & subtle lighting to increase the versatility & flexibility of your process.

Listen as Chris discusses the concept’s tone, aesthetic, set, lighting gear, and general goal to create a hollywood style shoot.

Check out how Chris refines this rich, dramatic image’s look and tone through test shots and takes you through the setup.

Learn to create a cinematic, dramatic portrait from Chris Knight. Check out how he uses light and creates different poses to capture images.

Create a connection between subjects with Chris Knight for a dramatic portrait once theme, set, and lighting are accomplished.

Cull through images in Lightroom to find the finest photographs for retouching. Hear Chris discuss his philosophy & selection criteria.

Here Chris Knight takes you through his advanced portrait retouching workflow. Perfect for those who want to improve their skills

Begin retouching The Couple’s final selection - a dramatic portrait shoot. Make use of Photoshop’s strength and layer-based editing tools.

Discover Pratik’s straightforward method for tackling skin tone correction, which can provide stunning results every time.

For this stage of the retouching process, utilize Photoshop to create a global dodge and burn pass for your image.

Learn how to use liquify as a filter to enhance your subjects, shape, clothing, and perspective inside an image.

Manipulate contrast, blend modes, saturation, channel and luminance masking. Watch the tutorial to find out the nuances of color and tone.

Learn how to sharpen the image, add noise, and complete the web output settings in this retouching video from Chris Knight.

Listen in as photographer Chris Knight discusses the tale, movie, and other creative representations of this legendary character.

After you’ve established your technique and practice examples, concentrate solely on developing a nuanced image.

Create a Don Quixote dramatic portrait with a different attitude & tale. Push deeper into the concept’s narrative with this second posture.

Use the spot projector and ring flash to create a sequence of character portraits for the third and final stance of the Don Quixote series.

Transition from the studio to the retouching phase of the Don Quixote dramatic portrait. Watch the tutorial to find out more.

Begin editing the hero image, the Don Quixote series’ standing portrait stance. Follow photographer Chris Knight as he creates a great idea.

Using Photoshop, concentrate on naturalizing the theatre wig and beard, as well as improving your skills with frequency separation.

Explore the themes of Caravaggio’s Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence in the final phase of our series on Dramatic Portraiture.

To achieve the Caravaggio aesthetic in a modern retelling, work with subject positioning and intentional lighting direction.

Check out photographer Chris Knight emphasise the key factors and what he looks for when choosing shots for Photoshop retouching.

Watch as Chris uses Photoshop’s lasso, masking, blend mode & clone stamp tools to join pre-isolated elements into a well-balanced design.

After you’ve finished compositing, go ahead and clean up and tone the Nativity Scene image. Watch the tutorial & learn how to do that.

Move the Nativity Scene to the final phases of retouching, making targeted and global modifications in Photoshop.

Know from Chris Knight how to extend the images’ context so they can speak beyond the frame. Learn to provoke the imagination.