Lessons
Class Introduction
05:49 2Analyzing the Face
14:48 3Light and Skin
10:34 4Science of Light
10:09 5Direction of Light
14:39 6Fill Light
12:19 7Demo and Shoot: Analyzing the Face
07:10 8Demo and Shoot: Distance of Light
19:21Demo and Shoot: Distance from Subject
09:17 10Round Face Considerations
09:55 11Shoot: Round Face
13:23 12Double Chin Considerations
06:51 13Shoot: Double Chin
07:07 14Shoot: Big Forehead
05:17 15Big Forehead Considerations
06:40 16Pronounced Nose Considerations
03:56 17Shoot: Pronounced Nose Considerations
06:23 18Uneven Features Considerations
02:03 19Shoot: Uneven Features
01:20 20Shoot: Large or Small Chin
09:12 21Pronounced Wrinkles Considerations
04:08 22Shoot: Pronounced Wrinkles
12:23 23Shoot: Uneven Skin
06:33 24Oily Skin Considerations
03:17 25Shoot: Oily Skin
04:41 26No Curves Considerations
05:18 27Shoot: No Curves
10:07 28Full Figured Subject Considerations
10:09 29Shoot: Full Figured Subject
04:29 30Shoot: Glasses
09:04 31Balding Considerations
02:27 32Shoot: Balding
07:10 33Retouching: Wrinkles
15:27 34Retouching: Uneven Skin
04:36 35Retouching: Brighten Face & Whiten Teeth
05:06 36Retouching: Large Forehead
04:24 37Retouching: Round Face
07:02 38Retouching: Oily Skin
02:53 39Retouching: Full Figured Subject
13:06Lesson Info
Uneven Features Considerations
So, Mike, you can come out. We've already met Mike, and actually, I'm not just rolling through this and you're missing anything. We already covered these things, right? For somebody with uneven features. And primarily, his uneven feature that we analyzed was his nose. But it might be somebody's eyes, it might be somebody's face, and the most important thing is that you don't want them to be straight on towards camera. Like that's the big one. Straight on towards camera, you're seeing everything. Well, what that can mean to you is it might be a chin turn, or the one that I do often is that when people have uneven eyes, let's say one eye is droopier. All I do is I tilt the head. Because then they're not lined up, so you can't tell one's droopier. So it's just a little tilt of the head, and everything evens out and it looks great. So consider that for sure. Another question I get is what if one eye is bigger than the other? So if you think of it like this, let's say this eye is really big...
and this eye is really small. If I want them to be evened out, the small eye bring closer to camera, because it'll look bigger. Problem is most of the time the side of the eye that's bigger is their side of the face they like better. So, as long as they're turned, it doesn't matter. As long as they're not straight on towards camera, and tilt the head. You're not looking at them and comparing the size as long as they're not straight on. So you're usually good with that. Camera angle, lens choice doesn't matter. Lighting, just avoid super centered and straight on towards camera. Because when centered and straight on towards camera, it's like let's compare symmetry exactly. So bringing the light a little bit off to the side, turning the head a little bit, we're great. Retouching, there's a tool called Face-Aware Liquefy in Photoshop CC. And you have the ability to open one eye or make it smaller. Change the tilt of it. Lift up a side of the face. You have all of those controls, so you wanna check that out and give it a try.
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Ratings and Reviews
Sharma Shari
This class was amazing! It was great seeing a demo class with real people. As a wedding photographer that specializes in offbeat/non traditional couples, it is always good to see how I can enhance all my clients beautiful features, and make them feel their best and confident when I am taking their photos!
a Creativelive Student
I was so excited to get the chance to learn from Lindsay live, and this course did not disappoint! The techniques she shared were insightful and straightforward. I felt like seeing them on different subjects throughout the day really helped to cement the concepts and grow my photography tools to bring out the best in those I'm photographing. I'm not a studio photographer, but the ideas apply in natural light as well.
maria manolaros
Great class! Impressive amount of tips on posing, lighting and photoshop techniques , a real good no nonsense approach by superb teacher. Numerous amounts of thumbs ups
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