Now you can learn the same techniques he uses in his own retouching workflow, in the only book of its kind-one written expressly for photographers who do their own retouching. Each year, Scott Kelby, Editor-in-Chief of Photoshop User magazine and the #1 best-selling Photoshop author, trains literally thousands of photographers on how to retouch portraits using Photoshop through his live seminars, online classes, DVDs, and standing-room only workshops at the Photoshop World Conference & Expo.While you’ll find a good deal of overlap between the various videos, each instructor has their own take on certain techniques as well as their own style, so the repetition actually helps to clarify the topics and improves retention. For general photography and street photography, Jay Maisel’s videos will give you a new perspective on things and teach you the thought process that goes on in the mind of one of the best photographers of our time. Finally, Lindsay Adler and Jeremy Cowart also have a couple of really interesting videos on the fashion and commercial side of things. Frank Doorhof’s videos are slightly more dry but also incredibly useful, especially if you want to learn all about light meters and color checkers. Joe McNally’s videos are without a doubt the most useful as they touch on a wide variety of portraiture topics, are narrated perfectly and are enjoyable to watch. That being said, for brushing up on the latest editing, lighting and shooting techniques, Kelby Training is second to none.īelow is a list of some of my favourite courses by category but if you want to start exploring I suggest doing so by instructor. A free complement that solves this problem to a degree is Kelby TV’s free weekly show called The Grid, although the topics are not as nicely packaged or easy to find. This to me is a problem as becoming a successful photographer is 30% talent/skill and 70% business acumen. While CreativeLive courses offer a mix of technical skills and business skills, Kelby Training focuses almost exclusively on the former. Where does it fall short? My biggest gripe is the lack of insight for building a photography business within the various fields. The videos are fairly well organized and streaming performance is excellent on a computer, iPad, or iPhone. With hundreds of courses it will definitely keep you busy and teach you a lot in the process. Although not official, Kelby Training has also started rolling out a la carte pricing for classes which are expected to cost $9.99 a piece. For $30 you could conceivably watch nearly 30 courses, as each one can be digested in a day or less. So what does Kelby Training get right? First off, the pricing model is extremely attractive when you consider how expensive the average photography training DVD is ($100 and upwards). I don’t necessarily see this as a fault, but rather a targeting of the most profitable fields of photography. While the topics are broad, the bulk of it revolves around photographing people and using various Adobe imagining products. In addition to that, there are more niche topics such as composition and light basics, landscape, wildlife, street and automotive photography as well as business related topics such as legal, e-commerce, website creation and marketing. Broadly, Kelby Training breaks down into courses on photo editing, portrait, commercial, fashion, wedding and sports photography. The answer to the question of whether you should should join and whether it will be beneficial to you largely depends on the style of shooting that you do. On the plus side, Kelby Training offers a month to month subscription which lowers your level of commitment and allows you to try it out at a relatively low cost of $25/month. Having explored a great number of videos on Kelby Training for over three months now, I think it’s time that I post a brief review of the site and make suggestions to those that are considering joining.
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