Enhancing an Environmental Portrait with Photoshop

Photographer, author, and teacher Chris Orwig details a variety of Photoshop postprocessing techniques that enhance the authenticity and mood of an environmental portrait.An environmental portrait—one photographed in a setting that tells a story about the subject—has the potential to reveal something unique and interesting about the person in focus. In this course, photographer, teacher, and author Chris Orwig explores a variety of Adobe Photoshop postproduction techniques that enhance the authenticity and mood of an environmental portrait. Working with a photograph of world-champion surfer Kelly Slater, Chris steps through each technique, from black-and-white conversion and toning to retouching and more, explaining his creative process along the way. Topics include: Cleaning up small details with the healing tools Using Liquify to make minor adjustments Burning and dodging to add emphasis Experimenting with creative color Creating a black-and-white, sepia-toned effect Adding realistic film grain Blending in texture from another photograph Retouching the background