High-End Fashion Photography: Posing & Retouching

Love this course!

Really enjoyed the weekend insights into fashion photography, posing, and photography! Seeing how pro’s go through a photoshoot all the way to retouching has helped so much.

Good

I really like Micheal's photo so I wanted to buy his master class spcifically to learn his retouching process. I paid $40 for the class and for that price, it is VERY VERY good value for money. One point that is bugging me a bit is the level for whom it is adressed. Some of the video describe the lenses and strobes that Micheal is using. If you are a beginer, you can't afford it and if you are experienced, you probably already have it or close to it. For instence, I would not recommand a beginner to use/buy/rent a 200mm 2.8 or to have 2 camera bodies... And if you are a pro, you probably already have 2 profoto/broncolor strobe with all the lenses and bodies needed. So those videos were a bit weird to me. For beginners, a shoot with an 85mm 1.4 and 1 godox strobe + octo would have been a better introduction to studio shooting. A beautyshoot with a 5 light setup isn't really for beginners... The editing in itself is really good ! This is not aimed for someone who has never used photoshop. This is aimed at someone who has seen youtube tutorials on Frequency separation, D&B but wants to learn more and is not experienced yet. It was easy to follow along and I learned a lot. What I would imrpove : Other master classes, cheaper but shorter focused on editing technics and the theory behind them. For instance : 3 hours just on posing for beauty shoots for $30 or 5 hours on skin retouching for $50 but focused on every technics, colour grading, etc to help on any situation and not only on reproducing what Michael does (i understand that every picture is different so it's impossible and would come with practice but yeah... ) I would focus on easier set ups for lights (1 or 2 cheap strobes) to keep it simple for student to reproduce easily. All-in-all this is a good tutorial. I learned a lot and would recommend it !

Invaluable insights and knowledge

Michael Woloszynowicz's wealth of knowledge from set up, to image capture and his process of retouching has given me insights into this art form that has opened up a whole new range of possibilities with my own foray into this world. Incredible value for the price tag.