Creative Compositing: Professional Techniques for Composite Photography
Matt Klowskowski goes behind the scenes with commercial advertising photographer Joel Grimes as he walks through every aspect of creating stunning sports composite portraits. This class is perfect for an intermediate or advanced photographer interested in sports portraits and composite photography.
Release Date: 2012-01-23
Lessons
Introduction
<p>Joel and Matt provide an overview of the class and all of the elements that will go into the final composite.</p>
Duration: 1 mins 18 seconds
Why Composite?
<p>Discover the benefits of shooting for a composite instead of shooting the final image on location.</p>
Duration: 4 mins 46 seconds
The Lighting Setup
<p>The lighting you use on your subject has to work with the background in the final composite. Joel explains how his 3-light studio setup gives him the best results when it is time to put it all together.</p>
Duration: 10 mins 45 seconds
Soccer Player Shoot
<p>This is a creative process and the photographer is in the driver's seat. Go in the direction that feels right for you and fits within your bigger vision for the final composite.</p>
Duration: 7 mins 46 seconds
Shoot with Output in Mind
<p>Keep your final output orientation in mind and shoot as many different angles on the subject as you can to give you more options that can work with the background.</p>
Duration: 7 mins 59 seconds
Capturing Action
<p>Learn the technical details for how to freeze motion with studio strobes.</p>
Duration: 9 mins 41 seconds
Shooting the Ball
<p>Joel provides a few tips for how to shoot a multiple-person composite as he prepares for shooting the soccer ball that will go into the final composite.</p>
Duration: 5 mins 45 seconds
Why HDR for Backgrounds?
<p>With the studio portion of the shoot completed, Matt and Joel head out to the soccer field where Joel explains his rationale for shooting high dynamic range backgrounds.</p>
Duration: 3 mins 6 seconds
Covering All the Angles
<p>Joel races the rain as he captures multiple HDR backgrounds from different angles that he'll be able to choose from later in post production. Check out the second class in the series to see how it is all put together.</p>
Duration: 6 mins 7 seconds