Make a Polished Image Background
Brooke Shaden
Lessons
Class Introduction
02:34 2How to Use Bedsheets as Backdrops
05:37 3Effectively Use Color Theory
06:07 4Set Design and Prop Placement
05:02 5Shoot Props and Self-Portraits for Composites
13:41 6Composite in Photoshop®: Selection and Shadows
33:25 7Composite in Photoshop®: Lighting and Color Adjustments
19:43Class Description
Learn how to source, put together and polish backgrounds for your images by utilizing everyday objects, set design, and compositing. Award-winning and fine art photographer Brooke Shaden, shares her secrets to creating the magic behind her subjects. Not having a big budget or a great location should never stop someone from creating images that look expensive and refined.
You'll Learn:
- How to create and use bedsheets as backdrops so that your images have a painterly background.
- How to effectively and inexpensively use color theory and prop placement to create a set in your own home.
- How to shoot backgrounds for subjects you will composite in later, and top tricks for being able to create smooth composites.
This class has been edited in partnership with Adobe
Ratings and Reviews
Kamand
I started to use Photoshop just for two months now, and I just came to this fruitful tutorial from the Adobe Photoshop official page for beginner tutorials. And I can say that it was amazing. For me that had already learned the basics of software, her amazing lessons were a chance to dig even way deeper into the color theory and light/shadow/color aspects of photo editing/compositing. Besides from that, it was a real inspiration on how we can use our simplest tools and options we have even at "home" to just start building our little home-studio and start photo shooting, compositing and eventually CREATING inspiring, mesmerizing artworks. HAVE FUN CREATIVES! =)
Ahmad Mostafa
Great, great to watch, great to listen and great to learn from, loved the instructor.
Deann DaSilva
Fantastic, super helpful. I love her creativity and imagination. Her technical explanation is spot on. Thank you Brooke.