The Professional's Guide to Photography Bundle

Master the art of portrait retouching! Learn how to remove skin blemishes, smooth out skin tones, fix distracting backgrounds, clean up and shape hair, dodge and burn, and get the perfect exposure in any portrait – all while enhancing the subject’s natural features and beauty. With 8 hours of step-by-step instruction by Aaron Nace, a pioneer of online Photoshop education, this is the most in-depth introduction to retouching out there!

Josh Lopez Photography: "Probably the best tutorial if you truly want to dodge and burn with more control than ever!"

• Access 28 lectures & 8 hours of content 24/7
• Learn an amazing method for retouching makeup as well as retouching skin
• Add the perfect amount of depth & detail to hair and eyes to make them pop
• Color tone the image to create a more cohesive, artistic feel
• Remove the complexities from correcting colors in shadows, mid-tones & highlights
• Expertly dodge & burn to draw attention to your subject using multiple layers

From high-end product photography to wild conceptual scenes, many of the pictures we see are actually two or more photos combined in post-production. If you’ve been searching for a great entry point into the fun and challenging world of image compositing, look no further! In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to analyze light, perspective, and camera settings to predict how well two photos will merge. It will then take you into Photoshop to break down the compositing process, covering tips and techniques for making selections, finding great composition, and matching light and color.

Ron Dumont: "Having watched several PhLearn compositing tutorials, this one encapsulates all the essential guidance and techniques."

• Access 22 lectures & 5 hours of content 24/7
• Find & capture images that will blend together well
• Learn powerful blending tools, tips & techniques
• Learn the fundamentals of light, perspective, camera settings, & more
• Determine the directionality of light to help make sure your subject fits naturally into an environment
• Find the vanishing point & horizon line in each image

Welcome to the easiest way to learn Photoshop. Through quick lessons and real-world examples, you’ll learn how to improve your photos, help people look at their very best, and share your ideas with the world. Learn how to create and organize Photoshop projects, cut people and objects out of their backgrounds, adjust color and exposure, and much more.

Derek Robertson: "What an incredible guide. The free YouTube videos are great, but this goes to the next level"

• Access 46 lectures & 13 hours of content 24/7
• Fix exposure, correct colors, remove distractions, & help people look their absolute best
• Remove minor blemishes, clean up stray hairs, add more shape & definition, and sharpen like a pro
• Make an eye-catching double exposure, replace a dull sky w/ a more details one, & swap two faces to get the perfect expression

Portrait photography is popular, fun, and in-demand! If you are looking for a course to photograph people for fun or jump-start your photography career and get paid, this course shows you how to create beautiful portraits. If you dream of owning a portrait photography business this course will show you how to create beautiful portraits from headshots to full length, groups, families, and more. In no time you will have all the tools you need to get started creating fine portraits either in the studio or in your own home-based business. And this course is designed specifically for the photographer with no lighting experience.

• Access 40 lectures & 5 hours of content 24/7
• Photograph people in various poses & lighting techniques
• Master strobe lighting
• Understand the difference between key & fill lights
• Do simple photo retouching

Are you new to digital SLR photography and looking for some great photography tips and techniques? Are you unhappy with your photography results? This online photography course will teach you how to create amazing photos with your digital SLR camera is only a few hours. This online course covers the fundamentals of photography including everything on how the camera and lenses work as well as the technical aspect of photography like exposure, focus, depth, lighting, and more. The creative aspects of photography are covered in-depth and include lighting, composition, vision, depth of field, flash, and much more.

• Access 65 lectures & 7 hours of content 24/7
• Familiarize yourself w/ photography fundamentals
• Learn creative photography techniques
• Understand how camera lenses work
• Know how exposure, focus, depth & lightning affect your photos
• Learn about basic processing of images in Lightroom

This course begins with the absolute basics of photography: understanding the exposure triangle. From there, you'll learn about aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and much more. Ultimately, you'll take steps towards shooting manually so that by the end of the course, you'll be able to ditch Auto and shoot in Manual Mode.

• Access 65 lectures & 5 hours of content 24/7
• Get to know the basics of your camera
• Explore a variety of different lenses
• Become a master of understanding light
• Learn the exposure triangle & the missing element
• Master aperture for full creative control
• Discover the 7 Ingredients of Composition

There's more to be a wedding photographer than just photography. It requires knowing how to run your business. You'll learn everything you need to know to be successful. Everything from starting up, pricing for profit, marketing, building a network, and more. If you're interested and willing to learn all of these, then this course is for you!

• Access 60 lectures & 10 hours of content 24/7
• Learn the exact type of insurance you must have before shooting your first wedding
• Know the 15 steps before starting your wedding photography business
• Get some pro tips on most of the 800+ images shown throughout this course

A lot can happen to your photographs after you hit the shutter. While color and exposure corrections are something photographers do every day, creating new and special effects offers a whole new world of possibilities for your photos. You might not know it, but After Effects works hand in hand with Photoshop—and it can help you achieve effects that could not be created with Photoshop alone. In this course, join Chris Converse as he demonstrates how to work with this versatile application to add interest to your photos.

• Access 20 lectures & 1 hour of content 24/7
• Enhance your photographs with Adobe After Effects
• Add a sunset to a photo
• Create a double exposure effect
• Make dramatic color changes
• Create repeating patterns & more