Lynda - Kids Photography: Retouching with Lightroom and Photoshop

Size: 255 MB | Duration: 1h 10m | Video: AVC (.mp4) 1280x720 30fps | Audio: AAC 48KHz 2ch

Genre: eLearning | Level: Intermediate | Language: English

Photographing kids comes with a unique set of challenges. The best portrait of a kid might be a quirky shot of a kid with a funny expression—not usually what you're looking for in adult portraiture. When it comes to retouching, you're more likely to be cleaning up a runny nose than softening wrinkles. In this course, photographer Erika Thornes shows how to review a kid photo shoot to find the best shot of the bunch. Then, she dives into Lightroom and Photoshop and details a variety of retouching challenges and solutions—including cleaning up that messy nose.

Topics include:

* Selecting and editing the hero shot

* Making a clean edit in Lightroom

* Adjusting exposure and white balance

* Cropping images

* Working with layers and masks

* Using Photoshop to remove stray hairs, brighten eyes, and remove scabs

* Swapping faces in Photoshop