In this mini-course, Richard shows us how to adjusts hair and clothing to get the shapes we want.

In this segment, Bella talks all things color and how colors help us see our world in a more colorful way! She will discuss color toning, the psychology of color, and how unlocking the power of color helped her find her style and elevate her work. Once you understand how color applies in the photography world, you can start planning your style and the mood you want your images to convey.

Lara is challenged to create beauty images in a home studio with limited equipment and no access to modeling agency contacts. Watch as she explains how she found her model on SWIPECAST, got creative with props, used natural light, and experimented with shooting outdoors. Learn how to replicate a beauty shoot like this one at home with little to no budget at all!

Award-winning creative & illustrative portrait photographer, Richard Wood, is back with a series on creating profound, soulful and timeless portraits to be cherished by your clients for generations to come. Painterly Portraits is all about contemporary portraiture crafted in the style of the old masters.

There are never too many tutorials on dodging and burning. Even though we’ve covered it in the past, let’s take a second to look into the basics of dodging and burning for people who want to get comfortable and the how and why of each common method.

This mini-course is the third dodge and burn method for creating painterly portraits.

When retouching group shots, you are bound to run into some challenges. Learn how to manipulate the light so that everyone is well lit, effectively execute face-swaps, edit backgrounds, and make sure the detail throughout the image is cohesive.

Enhancing freckles is something that is asked about often. Without manually dodging and burning every one freckle, we’ll talk about methods in making them stand out naturally and effortlessly.

Award-winning creative & illustrative portrait photographer, Richard Wood, is back with a series on creating profound, soulful and timeless portraits to be cherished by your clients for generations to come. Painterly Portraits is all about contemporary portraiture crafted in the style of the old masters.

A skill that is highly useful, and more common than you think. Swapping faces is something that can be handy when you have a pose that needs a better expression. I’ll give you a work flow in order to accomplish this with ease! That way even if you get “the shot”, you don’t have to worry if the face is better in another photo.