Creative Post-Processing: Using Simple Techniques to Craft Artistic Images

Join Shelley Vandegrift on a creative journey into crafting dynamic imagery in the digital darkroom. Elevate your understanding of artistic post-processing techniques and the Photoshop and Lightroom skills required to implement them with finesse. Whether you want to add emotion, master basic compositing for storytelling, or simply enjoy the process, this course offers a comprehensive exploration of creative post-processing.

Shelley, an accomplished photographer and educator, simplifies the complexities of post-processing, making it accessible and understandable. Gain insights into the art of processing, discover how it can amplify your vision and express emotions through strategic manipulation of light, focus, color, texture, and content. Unlike traditional courses that focus solely on navigating menus and tools, this program emphasizes mastering the easiest techniques, tools, and workflows to achieve creative results.

Over the course of four sessions, we explore fundamental Photoshop and Lightroom techniques to artistically enhance tonality, contrast, and sharpness. We discuss adding and modifying color through techniques such as split-toning, filters, color grading, and LUTs. Shelley guides you through the creation of blur, glow, and atmospheric effects, imparting an ethereal quality to your imagery. We master the use of multiple layers, blending images seamlessly to craft compelling narratives, and learn to create a cohesive tone by adding texture files.

Join Shelley on this artistic exploration to expand your post-processing toolkit, connect with your unique voice, and achieve the creative results you’ve been longing for. It is a journey that proves creative excellence is easier to attain than you might think.