Editorial photography for Beauty and Digital Retouching

You will begin by discovering the way in which Fernando documents for his editorials and will choose the theme for your project. You will also learn to create a moodboard that will help you profile lighting, styling, makeup and any other relevant element for production.

To continue, you will define the color palette that best suits your project, as well as the ideal lighting scheme.

You will learn to select and work with a model according to the needs of your publisher, as well as the essential points that you must take into account before choosing them. In addition, Fernando will give you the guidelines to organize the team of professionals that will help you during the photo shoot, from the assistant to the makeup manager.

It will be then when you get into the studio, the lights go on and you stand behind the camera to start the shooting. Fernando will talk about the equipment he usually uses and will give you some tips to prepare your lighting scheme.

You will see how a professional shooting is with Fernando and his team, in which five looks , varying the lighting, makeup and costumes.

Once the photographs are taken, you will learn to reveal the RAW files in order to work the postproduction in Photoshop, to take care of the framing and to use the liquefied tool correctly.

You will learn to treat the skin and hair with the technique of frequency separation. You will also discover how to use mask tools, focus and how to create and upload actions in Photoshop to automate processes in a professional manner.

To give depth to your image you will learn to use the technique of "dodge and burn", providing lights and shadows in a localized way. Using your predefined palettes you will finish making color adjustments in your photographs.

To finish, Fernando will teach you how to put together the editorial and how to prepare it for the different media.