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26. Introduction to Editing
Lessons
M0 - Introductions
1Series Introduction
01:30 2Introducing Finn Beales
01:34 3Q&A Coffee With Finn & Alex
09:48 4Welcome to the workshop
02:31 5Gear
06:56M1 - Storytelling 101
6What is a story?
03:50Essence: Location
05:19 8Essence: Character
03:52 9Essence: Events
04:51 10Photography as a Medium
02:27 11Recap
00:44 12The Importance of Shot Type
08:53M2 - Prepare For Success
13Prepare for Success
00:59 14Asking The Right Questions
05:18 15Identifying Your Locations
03:27 16Developing Treatments & Mood Boards
07:19 17Creating a Call Sheet & Shot List
04:59M3 - SHOOT
18Meeting Your Subjects
04:19 19The Board Room
10:12 20Location Recce
05:24 21The Roadtrip
06:13 22Surf Day
06:14 23Shooting Technique 1: 50 & Stitch
07:13 24Shooting Technique 2: Tracking Shot
05:36 25Alex Shoot Day
13:36M4 - Edit. Better.
26Introduction to Editing
03:21 27Making Selects
08:52 28Grading in Lightroom
09:15 29Analog Film Elements Using the Exposure Plugin
09:58 30Building the Story
10:59 31Using Squarespace to Display Your Work
08:55M5 - Q&A
32Q&A: Q&A: Editing
25:44 33Q&A: Pricing Your Work
22:36 34Q&A: Shooting
33:20 35Q&A: Photography Today
24:17 36Stuff That Alex is Curious About
14:38Outro
37Alex
02:09 38Finn
01:12 39What Alex Learned
02:12 40Bonus: Finishing Touches in Photoshop
13:04Lesson Info
Introduction to Editing
Hey, welcome to the editing module and welcome to my home here in Wales. This is where the magic happens. This is where we pull everything together, shot over the last few days and begin to craft a story out of it. I love this part of my job. I love shooting being out in the wilds, but also really enjoy coming back to base, sticking some headphones on, and starting to work with everything we've captured. So we're gonna run through a few different processes over the next five modules, I think it is. Running through things like importing from your card into light room, the settings I like to use, naming conventions, folder structures, rating systems, using star rating systems, which I'm sure you use already but I'll run through the way I use it. Also color labeling, which you may not have used before. I use it to filter my catalog according to shot type. If you've watched the previous episodes, you'll know I like to shoot different types of shot of the same scene. So that's like closeups...
, medium shots, long shots of the same scene so that I can move my audience around the scene. And I use color labels to filter my catalog according to those different shot types. It just makes image retrieval much, much quicker, and anything that saves me time in the edit saves me money. Time is money when you're a photographer. So we'll run through that. And we'll also run through grading within Lightroom, creating presets, and also how I work with Photoshop to finish files and also a plugin called Exposure, which I use to actively degrade my images. And what I mean by that is introducing inconsistencies into the digital file. Things like grain, film grain, light leak effects anything that I can degrade the image or tip it back into that analog filmic era. I don't actually use this plugin across all of my shoots but for this particular project where the client is called cool and vintage, they specialize in old Land Rovers, restoration of old Land Rovers. The one we are shooting is from the 1970s. My surfer, his company is called The Retro Movement. And I think it's really gonna suit this project. So yeah, I'll run you through how I like to use that. And I think that's it. There'll be a whole bunch of other tips moving away. So I'm actually gonna move from my home here into my office in town, which is a little less atmospheric maybe but I have a big iMac and good working environment and I guess you'll be watching the screen capture anyway. So yeah, let's cracking with it. (peaceful music)
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Ratings and Reviews
Brent Morris
Fantastic My thoughts on the storytelling workshop. The short is; it’s fantastic. The long is I loved all the details covered, from shot types and the ideas behind them to the call sheets and shot lists, and the whole process. I felt like I had a better understanding of how to schedule a professional shoot and I really felt like I had a much better grasp on many ideas and concepts, and I believe I’ve been able to improve my photography with them, so thank you and Finn. It really is fantastic.
Oswaldo Martinez
A path to better stories Very happy I got this workshop. Finn and Alex do a great job at teaching highly useful methods and specific advice to help you improve your own work, and more importantly, tell better stories that are meaningful to you.
Tommaso Selleri
Simply the best This is simply the best workshop out there on photography and storytelling. Finn is awe inspiring and so real and authentic. A pleasure to watch, a joy to learn from such master. I really hope a volume 2 is coming soon! Thank you for this one!
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