Creating Breathtaking Floral Images
Join Melanie Kern-Favilla as she shares her secrets for creating stunning and dramatic still life photographs using natural light. In this class, you'll learn how to recognize qualities of light, what gear is needed, how to create your own props and light modifiers, and how to choose the right flowers for your subjects. While Melanie works with flowers, she'll teach you how to apply all of these techniques to any still life subject you choose. As an added bonus, make sure to check out the bonus lesson on macro snowflake photography! This class is perfect for anyone interested in macro photography.
Release Date: 2018-03-21
Lessons
Introduction
Join Melanie as she introduces the class and discusses what will be covered in the lessons that follow.
Duration: 0 mins 58 seconds
Gear
Learn what gear you need to create stunning still life images.
Duration: 5 mins 3 seconds
DIY Hacks
You can save money by doing it yourself on the cheap.
Duration: 16 mins 32 seconds
Choosing the Right Flowers
Melanie shares her tips for choosing the right flowers without spending a fortune.
Duration: 5 mins 46 seconds
Shoot Setup
Learn how to control your natural light source to create a dramatic photograph.
Duration: 18 mins 29 seconds
Overcoming Natural Light Challenges
Natural light is wonderful, but it changes, and you’ve got to be ready to adapt as the light changes.
Duration: 17 mins 8 seconds
Choosing Your Best Photos After the Shoot
Once the shoot is done you’ll need to separate the wheat from the chaff and choose the best photos for post production.
Duration: 10 mins 5 seconds
Post Processing
Now that you’ve made your selects you can move on to developing your photos to make them look their best.
Duration: 29 mins 2 seconds
Closing Thoughts
Melanie wraps up the class with some closing thoughts to help you move forward from here.
Duration: 0 mins 43 seconds
Bonus: Snowflakes and Scanner
In this bonus lesson Melanie shares her process for creating macro photos of snowflakes, and her process for creating still life photos with a scanner.
Duration: 15 mins 44 seconds