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All The Information You’ll Need To Create Extraordinary Still Life Photographs

 

A Partial List Of What You Will Learn From Harold In This Light Painting Course

LIGHT PAINTING METHODS
  • Proper distance, angle and motion of light
  • Exposure Evaluation in Light Painting (we can't use the Histogram)
  • 4 Steps to Managing Depth-of-Field in the studio
  • How to test for Diffraction with your lens
  • Best lens choice for studio work and why
  • Making the camera perfectly plumb (not level)
  • Where to stand when Light Painting a Still Life (and why)
  • Tethered Shooting with Capture One (you may use Lightroom for
    tethering, but the course is taught using Capture One, a superior
    method (Capture One has a 30 day free trial)
  • Simple use of Adjustment Layers in Capture One
  • Pre-sharpening Harold’s way
  • Harold's approach to Composition 
PHOTOSHOP
  • Masking for Dimension (Harold’s “positive” method, with exercises)
  • Avoiding the pitfalls of Visual Accommodation
  • Understanding the psychology of our perception of light
  • Best practices with a pen tablet to avoid frustration
  • Use of only two simple Adjustment Layers
  • 5 reasons why Grouping is so powerful (don’t worry, it’s simple)
  • The use of only two simple Blending Modes
  • Creation of a “Print Master” file 
  • Setting White and Black Points
  • Simple and very effective Final Sharpening in Photoshop
  • Simple and efficient Retouching methodology
  • Pre-visualize Crop in Photoshop (without actually cropping)

Light Painting The Still Life Online Foundation Course

  • Comprehensive Self-Guided Online Video Course (over 30 Videos)
  • My Photoshop Plugin Panel (Simplified Workflow)
  • Lighting and Masking Exercise Files
  • 25% off of my Lighting Tools (up to 1 complete set)
  • Regular Private Group Zoom Meetings *

* While expected to continue in perpetuity, the regular Zoom Meetings are subject to change or end at any time.  However, as a student of my Foundation Course, you are entitled to at least 5 Group Zoom Meetings. 

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New Photoshop Plugin
Version 2.0

Designed by Harold to speed up and simplify the Photoshop
post-processing while keeping you on track.

Compatible with MAC
Compatible with Windows

(Image is representative...buttons on the actual panel are more descriptive of their function than what you see here)