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This Specialization is intended for aspiring photographers, content creators, and creative professionals seeking to develop landscape photography, visual storytelling, and color grading skills. Through 3 courses, you will learn composition, lighting, camera settings, editing workflows, and professional color correction techniques that will prepare you to create polished visual content for creative, travel, and commercial projects. Learn from experienced instructors Jordy Vandeput, Sean Dalton, and Fred Trevino.
Syllabus
- Course 1: The Art of Landscape Photography for Beginners
- Course 2: Landscape Photography: Capture the Beauty of Planet Earth
- Course 3: Color Grading: An Absolute Beginner's Crash Course
Courses
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Have you ever wondered what exactly color grading or correction is? Or you know what it is but have always been too intimidated to try to do it yourself? Well this class is for you! In this course, taught by Fred Trevino, he breaks down color correction and grading to its most basic steps. The skills learned in this course transfer over to many programs (not just Da Vinci Resolve) so whether you work in Premiere, FCPX or any other program, you will walk away knowing how to make your images look better. This class is for any beginner who wants a crash course (just the basics) and wants to get up and running in their first grade. In this course, Fred even includes all the media used so that you can easily follow along. In this course we'll go over: * Lift, Gamma, Gain * Highlights * Shadows * Contrast * Saturation * Color Temperature * Tint * Secondaries and More! Watch the first few lessons and I'm sure you'll learn something you'll use on all your projects! About your teacher: Fred Trevino is a colorist at Beambox Studio and a Skillshare Top Teacher, grading projects for filmmakers and clients around the world. He has worked on over 60 feature films as well as hundreds of music videos, shorts, documentaries, commercials, and web spots. Fred’s corporate clients include HBO, ESPN, Shiseido, Under Armour, Sundance Channel, TruTV, and Pepsi. His work has screened at major festivals like Sundance, Cannes, and Slamdance. Based in New York City, he also enjoys street photography. Fred’s courses guide learners from beginner-level color grading to advanced industry techniques, including creating cinematic looks, matching shots, and professional workflows in DaVinci Resolve.
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Love taking photos outside? Join travel photographer Sean Dalton in Bali, Indonesia where he shows you how to capture beautiful photos of the world around you. In this 120 minute course, Sean takes you to some of Bali's most beautiful locations where he covers all the most essential information on landscape photography. In this course you will learn: How to find beautiful locations to capture landscape photos * The best gear for landscape photography * How to compose landscape photos * How to choose the best camera settings in any scenario * Tips for shooting at sunrise, sunset, and blue hour * How to edit your landscape photos following a simple editing workflow * ...Plus plenty of other tips and tricks that will help you capture beautiful landscape photos. This course is for: * Anyone that enjoys the outdoors and wants to learn how to better capture its beauty more effectively * Anyone that has a sense of adventure and wants to experience more of our beautiful planet! Instructor bio: Sean Dalton is a travel and lifestyle photographer passionate about storytelling through emotion and light. Originally from San Francisco, he has spent the past several years capturing stories across Asia and exploring a wide range of photography styles. Sean shares his expertise in travel and lifestyle photography, helping learners improve their craft and find their creative voice.
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Learn professional landscape photography from Jordy Vandeput using your SLR, analogue or smartphone's camera. This beginner course teaches the art and creative skills such as framing, composition, point of interest, visual storytelling, leading lines and more. This Landscape Photography course is for beginners who want to take their vacation landscape photos to a professional level. No expensive gear is required, using your phone's camera is perfect to follow this class. By the end of this course you will be able to implement creative techniques to make your photos more interesting and stand out just like professional photographers do. New to photography? Capturing landscapes are the best place to start! You will learn the following techniques: * Understand how compositions work * Use various professional techniques for framing * How to break the photography rules * Tell stories through a photograph Instructor bio: Jordy is a filmmaker, video editor, and educator, best known for hosting Cinecom, one of the largest YouTube channels on filmmaking and video editing with over 2.5 million subscribers. After graduating from film school in 2012, Jordy discovered his passion for teaching online and has since focused on creating engaging, hands-on learning experiences. Unlike traditional education, Jordy’s classes emphasize practical skills and creative problem-solving, aiming to deliver an immersive class experience rather than just information. His goal is to help learners gain confidence and mastery in filmmaking and video editing.
Taught by
Skillshare