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View Photo Series for Cohesion & Advanced Compositing

Lesson 73 from: Fine Art Photography: The Complete Guide

Brooke Shaden

View Photo Series for Cohesion & Advanced Compositing

Lesson 73 from: Fine Art Photography: The Complete Guide

Brooke Shaden

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73. View Photo Series for Cohesion & Advanced Compositing

Lessons

Class Trailer
1

Class Introduction

19:06
2

Storytelling & Ideas

27:34
3

Universal Symbols in Stories

03:19
4

Create Interactive Characters

02:16
5

The Story is in The Details

04:13
6

Giving Your Audience Feelings

05:49
7

Guided Daydream Exercise

04:20
8

Elements of Imagery

02:19
9

The Death Scenario

01:47
10

Associations with Objects

03:01
11

Three Writing Exercises

06:39
12

Connection Through Art

30:35
13

Break Through Imposter Syndrome

07:40
14

Layering Inspiration

23:13
15

Creating an Original Narrative

07:42
16

Analyze an Image

04:12
17

Translate Emotion into Images

04:31
18

Finding Parts in Images

06:02
19

Finding Your Target Audience

04:05
20

Where Do You Want Your Images to Live?

12:01
21

Create a Series That Targets Your Audience

32:43
22

Formatting Your Work

06:08
23

Additional Materials to Attract Clients

07:24
24

Which Social Media Platforms Will be Useful?

04:17
25

How to Make Money from Your Target Audience

11:27
26

Circle of Focus

07:55
27

The Pillars of Branding

06:18
28

Planning Your Photoshoot

09:05
29

Choose Every Element for The Series

07:38
30

Write a Descriptive Paragraph

09:37
31

Sketch Your Ideas

17:27
32

Choose Your Gear

02:50
33

How to Utilize Costumes, Props & Locations

26:18
34

What Tells a Story in a Series?

13:06
35

Set Design Overview

01:43
36

Color Theory

19:50
37

Lighting for the Scene

12:05
38

Props, Wardrobe & Time Period for Set Design

06:00
39

Locations

04:31
40

Subject Within the Scene

07:26
41

Set Design Arrangement

05:46
42

Fine Art Compositing

03:46
43

Plan The Composite Before Shooting

10:29
44

Checklist for Composite Shooting

18:52
45

Analyze Composite Mistakes

12:11
46

Shoot: Black Backdrop for White Clothing

10:42
47

Shoot: Black Backdrop for Color Clothing

08:36
48

Shoot: Black Backdrop for Accessories

08:17
49

Shoot: Miniature Scene

09:59
50

Editing Workflow Overview

01:57
51

Add Fabric to Make a Big Dress

08:35
52

Edit Details of Images

08:09
53

Add Smoke & Texture

10:47
54

Blend Multiple Images Into One Composite

24:58
55

Put Subject Into a Miniature Scenario

17:55
56

Location Scouting & Test Photoshoot

22:10
57

Self Portrait Test Shoots

22:30
58

Shoot for Edit

04:21
59

Shoot Extra Stock Images

10:01
60

Practice the Shoot

25:07
61

Introduction to Shooting Photo Series

03:33
62

Shoot: Vine Image

10:40
63

Shoot: Sand Image

09:50
64

Shoot: End Table Image

04:59
65

Shoot: Bed Image

06:18
66

Shoot: Wall Paper Image

05:54
67

Shoot: Chair Image

08:02
68

Shoot: Mirror Image

06:57
69

Shoot: Moss Image

05:48
70

Shoot: Tree Image

07:33
71

Shoot: Fish Tank Image

04:09
72

Shoot: Feather Image

09:00
73

View Photo Series for Cohesion & Advanced Compositing

07:35
74

Edit Multiple Images to Show Cohesion

36:55
75

Edit Images with Advanced Compositing

29:33
76

Decide How to Start the Composite

09:35
77

Organize Final Images

21:37
78

Choosing Images for Your Portfolio

08:19
79

Order the Images in Your Portfolio

16:28
80

Why do Some Images Sell More Than Others?

16:03
81

Analyze Student Portfolio Image Order

11:42
82

Framing, Sizing, Editioning & Pricing

02:19
83

Determine Sizes for Prints

16:44
84

How to Choose Paper

13:56
85

How to Choose Editions

07:18
86

Pricing Strategies

18:59
87

How to Present Your Images

13:26
88

Example Pricing Exercise

09:39
89

Print Examples

08:23
90

Licensing, Commissions & Contracts

04:44
91

How to Keep Licensing Organized

06:07
92

How to Prepare Files for Licensing

07:28
93

Pricing Your Licensed Images

12:33
94

Contract Terms for Licensing

12:07
95

Where to Sell Images

04:55
96

Commission Pricing Structure

08:23
97

Contract for Commissions

12:17
98

Questions for a Commission Shoot

08:45
99

Working with Galleries

08:58
100

Benefits of Galleries

07:39
101

Contracts for Galleries

10:32
102

How to Find Galleries

05:22
103

Choose Images to Show

08:53
104

Hanging the Images

03:38
105

Importance of Proofing Prints

08:04
106

Interview with Soren Christensen Gallery

21:59
107

Press Package Overview

04:35
108

Artist Statement for Your Series

18:20
109

Write Your 'About Me' Page

09:04
110

Importance of Your Headshot

03:55
111

Create a Leave Behind & Elevator Pitch

20:19
112

Writing For Fine Art

04:44
113

Define Your Writing Style

14:49
114

Find Your Genre

06:41
115

What Sets You Apart?

02:25
116

Write to Different Audiences

05:10
117

Write for Blogging

39:57
118

Speak About Your Work

14:21
119

Branding for Video

07:37
120

Clearly Define Video Talking Points

14:27
121

Types of Video Content

31:45
122

Interview Practice

13:22
123

Diversifying Social Media Content

22:32
124

Create an Intentional Social Media Persona

24:48
125

Monetize Your Social Media Presence

18:46
126

Social Media Posting Plan

04:01
127

Choose Networks to Use & Invest

02:57
128

Presentation of Final Images

19:13
129

Printing Your Series

09:16
130

How to Work With a Print Lab

13:39
131

Proofing Your Prints

10:11
132

Bad Vs. Good Prints

03:32
133

Find Confidence to Print

10:50
134

Why Critique?

06:55
135

Critiquing Your Own Portfolio

10:39
136

Critique of Brooke's Series

16:18
137

Critique of Student Series

40:07
138

Yours is a Story Worth Telling

02:09

Lesson Info

View Photo Series for Cohesion & Advanced Compositing

We are going to edit the images from the series that we photographed. And I'm very excited about this. I intentionally did not go through and really select images too much, or you know, put anything together because I wanted to do this with everyone, and make sure that we were looking at it fresh for the first time. And really just saying, okay, I haven't practiced, I don't know how this is gonna go for all of them. Let's see how it goes. So we photographed a ton of different setups. And it would be great if every single one of those images was perfect, but I highly doubt that that will happen. So, I wanna go through first, and just take a quick look at what we have photographed here, and what we can do right now to try to put some of them together. I think that working within a series is a very interesting thing to do for an artist because it forces you to take images that hopefully conceptually go together and maybe have some visual links, and really edit for cohesion, to make sure t...

hat these images look like they are meant to go one after the other, after the other. And in the end, that's going to really help with art buying and things of that nature because if your images looked like each other then they're more likely to sell together. And that's good. So, I've got these images here, and you can just see now, the slight changes that we made during this particular photo shoot. And I won't go through every single one, but this was the big change, right? Like, the feet, and making sure that she looked a little bit more comfortable there even though she was on the tiniest little bar stool I've ever seen. And then we finally made this one last change just to soften the hands. And that was all that had the change here. It was a very simple photo shoot. And what you'll see now is that suddenly the stool goes away. And this is one of the images that we could focus on here. And I'm going to use you guys as my focus group, and see which ones we're going to open up. So let me just zoom through all of the images so that we can just take a really fresh look at what we have here. We moved on to the sand room. And the sand room was really interesting for me because it looked really beautiful as it was. And it's really hard for me to edit photos that look beautiful, because I don't know what to do, and I get really overwhelmed because I'm not sure what needs to change if it already looks good. So I tend to actually work better when the image is really ugly to start, because then I know what needs to be fixed. In this case, it's harder to say. But I believe that we're going to edit some clouds outside the window; or just a little something to add more atmosphere instead of just a big, white box in the frame, which is probably not very good for putting the attention on our subject. Another thing that we can do is actually just cover up this window completely, and make it look like there's a wall there. And the lighting wouldn't necessarily be motivated then, but it could be believable that it's coming from just outside the frame, just at the top. So that's another option that we might take with these images. And we have a few different poses that I was inspired to photograph while I was shooting. And as far as these go, I think this one was my favorite, just with the way that the light was hitting, and her pose, and the way that she was integrated into the scene. So then we have the end table, and we have our subject looking really delicate here. And this is probably not one that I'm going to edit today, because this one is quite straightforward, and much more cosmetic. But it's good to just take a look at the different poses. I had her, sort of more balled up like this, but I really liked her position before. She looked a lot more delicate in one of these images, versus at the end there. So then we have the bedroom. And it's really fun to see how this one evolved because, (laughs) it's funny I said bedroom, I realize this is not a bedroom, but, we have the bedroom set. And this was my initial thought, was that we were actually gonna shoot from straight on, looking down at the bed, but I liked seeing the field in the background so I put her in the same position as I would have had her if we were looking straight on. But it didn't quite look right because her legs were the biggest thing in the frame, compared to her head. So, I flipped her around and she was still a little bit static there; and that was when she did this on her own. And I like to be open to that kind of inspiration. And that's definitely the image that I would use in this final edit. I had photographed a few extra pieces; vines and chains, and things like that; extra vines. And then we moved into the wallpaper room, which was by far the most complicated space for me because it didn't really look like wallpaper. And it's going to take a lot of trial and error, so we probably won't edit this one right away either. But the issue comes from there being no actual paper in this room. If there were real wallpaper it would have been much easier to work with, but the bed sheet is going to require some finessing. So, we're going to see about that. And then we had the chair room, where we had this door that was sort of, propped up in place, if you remember. We had Tory in the back just holding it up, hoping that it didn't fall down. Because it matched the ceiling, and I knew that I was going to get the ceiling in this shot. So, I photographed this space, and then we have our subject, who I really liked when she got into that pose with her head down slightly. And then I photographed her hair as well to add on later. That will definitely be a fun image to check out. And then we have our mirror shot, which we're going to skip right past because we're not going to be doing that one today. And then we have the moss. And everyone here is very excited about the moss, because this was a true team effort, and we were just so excited to see this come to life. So we might go ahead and take a little peek at the moss today, and see what we can do for that image. Super creepy, this one was. Oh! Love creep. Okay. And then we finally, we had the tree room, which is where there's going to be a tree busting through this room, with somebody underneath the floor boards. There she is. And we're not gonna look at that one either because this one is going to probably take me, I would say, four to five hours at least, to edit. And we don't have four to five hours, and if we did, you wouldn't wanna watch me do it. So we'll probably leave that one. But then we have this fish tank, and that light was so beautiful. And we have a number of images to choose from here. And this will be good to look at, perhaps with the sand image as well. Just to edit it for cohesion, since it has very similar lighting. So we have this image with her facing forward, and we've been having a debate here about which one is better. So we've got facing forward, versus facing away. And I know that facing forward is winning, so we're just going to have to choose which one will end up being the one that we go with.

Class Materials

Bonus Materials with Purchase

Guided Daydream & Writing Exercises Workbook (Lessons 1-11)
Creating an Original Narrative Workbook (Lessons 12-18)
Finding Your Target Audience Workbook (Lessons 19-27)
Planning Your Series Workbook (Lessons 28-34)
Set Design Workbook (Lessons 35-41)
Compositing Workflow Checklist (Lessons 42-49)
Editing Workflow Checklist (Lessons 50-55)
Location Scouting Workbook (Lessons 56-60)
Stock Image Downloads for Practice (Lessons 61-72)
Organizing Your Portfolio Workbook (Lessons 77-81)
Pricing & Editioning Your Work Workbook (Lessons 82-89)
Writing Contracts & Licensing Images Workbook (Lessons 90-98)
Gallery Best Practices (Lessons 99-106)
Pitch Package Workbook (Lessons 107-111)
Writing Your Brand Workbook (Lessons 112-117)
Marketing Workbook (Lessons 118-122)
Social Media Workbook (Lessons 123-127)
Printing Methods Checklist (Lessons 128-133)
Self Critique Workbook (Lessons 134-137)
Bonus Materials Guide
Syllabus
Image Edit Videos

Ratings and Reviews

April S.
 

I tuned in for most of Brooke's lessons in this course and watched some of them more than once as they were rebroadcast. First I want to say that Brooke is a very good instructor. Her easy-going, friendly, down-to-earth, somewhat quirky manner cannot be mistaken for unprofessional. She is very prepared, she speaks well (not a bunch of hemming and hawing), she is thoughtful, she is thorough, she is very relatable and at ease, and she is definitely professional in her presentation. I really thought when I first tuned in that it would mostly be background noise while I was at work, sound to keep me company. Not because I didn't like Brooke but I really didn't think I was into fine art photography nor did I think I cared about the business side of things much. Not now anyhow. I was really wrong. Brooke sparked a deep interest in me to delve into fine art photography, to consider creating images for myself, from my imagination. In fact, I realized that this was something I'd been thinking about for a couple of years though I hadn't put a name to it (the idea of creating pre-conceived images based on my own creative goals). I gleaned many little treasures from her about image sizes, working with printers, different types of paper, selling, interacting with galleries, and so much more. I may not need all of what she taught right now because I'm definitely headed in another direction at the moment, but she planted ideas and information in my head that I know will be useful at some point. Things I may not have thought of on my own, but that seed is in my head now so when the time comes, I'll know. I'd really like to buy her course but at the moment, with the holidays right around the corner, it's not in my personal budget. I'm grateful to have caught the live and rebroadcast lessons though, and her course is on my list to own. I think it's a great reference to be consulted over and over again, not watched once and forgotten. Kudos Brooke for really putting together an excellent course.

Ron Landis
 

I'm retired now, but spent decades in the people and training business. Brooke is extraordinary! Even though this course is extremely well organized and she's left nothing unattended, she moves through it with friendly conversational manners and without a sense of it being stilted. It's as though we are all her friends, not students, as she shares her heart and passion with us. What a joy it is to listen to her. And what a clear, unambiguous command of her subject. Wow! She explains it with such ease using explanations and techniques that won't overwhelm artists just starting their portfolio or the Photoshop-squeamish among us; but despite its simplicity her resulting art is breathtaking and beyond original. I wish more of my professors at school were as engaging. This was by far my best buy at Creative Live yet.

Angel Ricci
 

When the title says comprehensive, it means comprehensive! I loved every part of this course. It's inspirational, motivating, and insightful towards creating art work. Even if you are not necessarily considering a fine art specialty, the concepts discussed in this course are applicable to many areas! I find this super useful as a videographer and photographer and look to apply all of these exercises and concepts for my personal and business work moving forward. It is lengthy, but you will not regret a single minute. Brooke Shaden is an amazing artist and educator. I recommend keeping up with her work, presentations, and any future courses that may come in the future.

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