Dmitry Chursin – The Practice of Portrait Retouching & Working with a Model
Video: 1080p | 2 hr 23m
https://school.1photo.tv/lesson/110
Dmitry Chursin – portrait photographer from St. Petersburg. Over the past 8 years, he has conducted more than 2500 individual and online lessons both in Russia and in Europe. Favorite genre – portrait face. The peculiarity of Dmitry’s work is the maximum emphasis and transfer of mood and emotional state of the model without loss of naturalness.
Every photographer, and even more so a portrait painter, from time to time asks the question: “How to shorten the time for processing, without losing quality?”. And so it happened that we have the answer! After all, in particular, this will be discussed at the master class of Dmitry Chursin – how to get excellent results with minimal time costs.

Portrait retouching
author’s fast (up to 5-6 minutes) retouching method without frequency decomposition and d & b, but with preserving texture
a complex of 3 methods for creating a natural volume without drawing
additional options for enhancing the volume of photos
2 basic rules when working with “Plastic”
everything about “pure color” and how to create it
alignment of skin color
3 main components of the frame
pure color tinting methods
analysis of basic errors
attention to the eyes
channel usage
optimal number of colors

Work with a model
where to find the model
how to choose the best
emotions and where to get them
angles and working side
poses and how models look natural
inspiration and where to take it
best time to shoot
work with makeup artist
major mistakes
communication features
finances and worth paying for

Language: Russian