Crafting Composition
Jared Platt
Lesson Info
3. Crafting Composition
Lessons
Introduction
01:02 2Finding the Light
01:12 3Crafting Composition
00:49 4Histogram and Spot Metering
01:50 5ISO, F-Stop, and Shutter Speed
02:49 6Taking the Shot
02:12 7Capturing an HDR Image
02:23 8Shooting in Manual Mode Recap
01:18Introduction to Lightroom:
00:51 10Lightroom: Importing Albums and Organization
01:53 11Lightroom: Sorting and Ranking Images
01:11 12Lightroom: Auto Adjustments
01:03 13Lightroom: Color Profiles
01:17 14Lightroom: Shadows, Colors, and Luminance
01:47 15Lightroom: Gradients
01:21 16Lightroom: Brush Tool
00:56 17Lightroom: Copy and Paste Settings
01:07 18Lightroom: Contrast, Exposure and Saturation
01:00 19Lightroom: Healing Brush to Remove Objects
03:39 20Lightroom: Export and Share
00:46 21Photoshop: Content Aware Fill to Remove Objects
03:32 22Photoshop: Stamp Tool
01:11 23Photoshop: Dodge and Burn
02:07 24Photoshop: Basic Adjustments
01:02 25Photoshop: Adding Clouds
01:54 26Photoshop: Quick Selection Tool
02:36 27Photoshop: Sharing your Images
00:34Lesson Info
Crafting Composition
When I'm looking at a composition, the most important thing that I can think of is foreground versus background. If you divide your frame into thirds, you'll find that you have a kind of a tic tac toe board. The rule of thirds is that if you put something on those lines of the tic tac toe board, you're gonna have a more interesting composition than if you just simply center things. And that's why the cactus is off to the left. Now, I also have, down on the bottom third of my photograph, I have rocks and bushes and things of that nature. And then you'll notice that in the center of the frame is just some water, which is really not the interesting part of the photograph. And then in the background, you'll see that the mountain is hitting that top third.
Ratings and Reviews
James Kitt
I wish more people would present this way! Each step from beginning to end demonstrated in short, concise and useful actions. Every tool and technique is something that I either use, (now better) or will start using because I now understand how to use it efficiently. I highly recommend this course!
Fauzan Pojam
Finally, a video tutorial that taught me what I've known on basic level and truly explore how to use it properly and what everything means. I've been waiting for something like this for awhile now. Greatly improves my technique now so thank you for this!
Angie Purcell
Great class wi with tons of helpful hints for both Lightroom and Photoshop.