Portrait Compositing from Start to Finish with Matt Kloskowski

Matt Kloskowski

Techniques for making realistic composite photographs

Portrait Compositing from Start to Finish
  • 15 video lessons
  • 2 hours and 22 minutes of class content
  • Streaming access on desktop and mobile browsers
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Capture and create a realistic portrait composite that allows your subject to be anywhere. In this session, Matt Kloskowski will show how to successfully set up a photograph for a composite. He’ll discuss lighting, angles, and some tips and tricks you can use to set yourself up for success right from the start. Once we have our portrait, we'll bring the photo into Photoshop¼, Matt will show how to make a detailed selection (including hair), and then add the person to a new background. You’ll learn how to make great selections, but you’ll also get some techniques for helping people “fit” into the background so they look like they were really there.

Software used:

Adobe Photoshop CC 2017.1.1

Course Instructor

Matt Kloskowski

Matt Kloskowski

Matt Kloskowski is a Tampa-based landscape photographer who loves teaching and photography (in that order).

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Student Reviews

  • Simone S. Jul 4, 2020

    I feel a bit cheated. The image that is advertised is not the one used in the course. I though I would be learning that style of compositing. I didn't really lean anything I didn't already know. Also, he didn't finish the backpackers hair. He just jumped to the blonde woman image. Glad I didn't pay full price.

  • Sean S. Nov 3, 2018

    Good course.

  • Bruce B. Dec 30, 2017

    Not a big fan of this class...didn't offer much

  • P. May 30, 2017

    The class was good for me as a beginner in this field, it covered the studio shot well and the use of photoshop, lightroom is clearly very powerful. I would have liked a segment on shooting the background particularly getting the angles correct so that the subject fits the background, just the pitfalls and must do's would have been nice. But overall I learnt a lot. Justin

  • lael T. May 19, 2017

    Matt is just so easy to listen to and follow, this course was particularly good to give you a well prepared framework to create a composite. Really fine step by step details on unifying the composite, creating lighting & atmosphere. His tips are clever and give great results.

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