Photoshop For Photographers

Course type: Instructor-led

Course level: 2 levels - Essential Photoshop ( L1) and Creative Photoshop (L2)

Course duration: each course level consists of 4 weeks + prep module

Course format: Online course with step by step tutorials, instructional videos and interactive edit-along live classes, feedback on your learning and support group

key photoshop tools

object removal and placements - face / sky swaps

Overlays & blending modes

The art of adding light

Skin editing and retouching

introduction to compositing

You you already know basics of editing (in Lightroom) but want to take them further into Photoshop ( where more fun happens)

You tried using Photoshop before only to close it immediately after opening due to all the overwhelmingly unfamiliar tools and options

You followed youtube tutorials before but beside replicating what the person did exactly, you still don't really have a good idea of how to use Photoshop - or why you should!?

You want to be able to take advantage of the tools that are missing in Lightroom or do not give you sufficient control over them to do the job seamlessly - such as precise ways of removing unwanted objects in your image - Photoshop's powerful tools, such as the Content-Aware Fill and Clone Stamp enable you to remove distracting objects or people from your photos, ensuring the focus remains on the subject

You want to be able to manipulate or replace elements in your images - from turning your background blurry to replacing blank skies, doing face swaps and more

You want to be able to bring beautiful light into your images - from haze to sun rays, from - with colours that pop and light that's perfectly balanced

You want to be able to take yoru portraits to a new level - remove blemishes, retouch skin,and correct imperfections, giving your images a polished and professional finish.

You desire to create stunning composites: With Photoshop, you can combine multiple images seamlessly to create captivating composite photos. This skill is particularly useful for photographers who want to tell stories or create imaginative and surreal images.

Navigate the software and set it up for a proper, smart, non-destructive workflow

Discover all the essential tools and techniques that take your images way beyond what you could do in Lightroom

Learn the key skills : from masks to brushes, from blending modes to selections, from cloning to canvas extensions, from face swaps to sky swaps - and more!!

How to play with light, colour and blur for unique creative outcomes

How to get more out of the familiar tools - so advanced brushes, advanced selections, advanced blending

More fun skills : from skin edits to retouching, from stitching photos to involved composites, from creating effects such as neon glow to turning your photos into comics and more!

4 core modules - each with detailed step by step tutorials, downloadable videos and PDF workbooks

Support Facebook group

Weekly edit-along live webinar

Practice files to learn on

Feedback on your images

A thorough understanding of Layers, masks and brushes - you cannot really work effectively in Photoshop if you do not know how to use these tools. An absolute must!

Key Photoshop tools - Photoshop is a hugely vast tool used by lots of different creative professions and depending on what you use it for, you will be using different tools. We introduce you to the ones that are key for a photographer!

Working with Adjustment layers - these fantastic tools allow you to change colours, adjust tone and mood of images

Removing and replacing parts of your photos - powerful selection, healing, cloning, content aware tools and more to allow you to clean up your images of everything that's undesirable or distracting in your images

Simple composites ( Face swaps / Sky swaps) - while composites can be hugely complex and challenging, we show you how to get started with a few simple - but effective ones!Understanding

Precision tools and filters for blurring and sharpening

Blending modes and their immense potential for transforming your images with the tools you already know - from working with overlays to

The magic of Colour and blur - adding mood and softness to images to transform the images . We use several creative techniques to completel;y transform the images

Adding and creating light effects in Photoshop - from light beams to sun burtsts to rainbows!

Step by step skin editing and portrait retouching - from adjusting skin tones, removing unwanted colour casts, disappearing blemishes and creating highend, polished portraits that still retain healthy skin texture

Using smart filters and creative adjustment layers to achieve effects such as turning your images into cartoons, watercolours or neon effects

Working with and creating your own custom brushes, overlays etc - the power of photoshop brushes has to be experienced to be believed - from adding light rays to

Playing with composites - adding magic to your images or creating new scenes and stories from scratch

Each course consists of 4 weekly modules with step by step illustrated tutorials and videos + prep module

weekly edit along class online class ( also recorded)

feedback and advice on your edits

private support group

PDF workbook and downloadable videos

Practice images to learn on