Beauty Retouching for Beginners – NEW COURSE!
This is probably one of the most exciting moments in my Photography career so far and it’s something that I have dreamed about doing for many years. Now I’ve finally had the chance to release my first retouching course, ‘Beauty Retouching for Beginners’ on Teachable.
Last last November, I had started writing down a contents page for a Beauty Retouching course. I tried to cover as many aspects as possible, and that’s when all of the brainstorming began.
From that point, I was hell-bent on getting a course finished by March this year. I’ve had so many questions about mentoring and retouching courses in the past, and I’d finally decided that this was something I really wanted to do in 2020.
Of course, as well all know, the past few months have been a turbulent time for most of us, and it definitely hasn’t been the launch I had planned for this course.
I was due to release ‘Beauty Retouching for Beginners’ back in early March, unfortunately right around the time that Coronavirus was really starting to take hold of the world. So I decided against releasing it then.
After another month’s worth of consideration and inner back-and-forth with my own brain, I’ve decided on launching this course now in April.
As these unprecedented changes in the world could become more longer term, I figured that there are still people out there in the position and willing to learn and refine their own beauty retouching skills right now.
The course runs for a total of six weeks, and each week focuses on a different module.
There will be a linked Facebook Group which will allow me to answer and guide you all through the course and go through any issues you may be having. This will also give a great opportunity for feedback, advice and answering any questions you may have in regards to retouching and beauty photography.
This is the structure of the course below, including week-by-week learning modules:
Week One – Introduction
Introduction to the Course
What is Beauty Retouching?
Why Should You Learn Beauty Retouching?
Potential Career Opportunities and Clients
Transitioning from Fashion and Other Photography Genres
Expectations and Industry Guidelines
Integrating Retouching into Your Photography Business
Wrap Up – Week One
Homework
Week Two – Retouching Fundamentals
Using RAW vs JPEG
Tools of the Trade
Which Program Should I Use?
Workflow
Camera RAW Adjustments
Integral Parts of Beauty Retouching
Wrap Up – Week Two
Homework
Week Three – It’s All About The Skin
Skin Retouching Expectations
Frequency Separation
Dodge and Burn
Skin Tone Colour Correction
Common Mistakes
Wrap Up – Week Three
Homework
Week Four – Other Retouching Components
Retouching Hair
Retouching Eyes
Retouching Lips
Retouching Makeup
Common Mistakes
Wrap Up – Week Four
Homework
Week Five – Colour Grading
Starting Your Colour Grade
Colour Grading Using Adjustment Layers
Creating Colour Consistency
Common Mistakes
Wrap Up – Week Five
Homework
Week Six – The Finished Product
Retouching an Image from Start to Finish
Sharpening Images
Creating a Retouching Portfolio
Promoting Your Retouching to Potential Clients
Practice Makes Perfect
Wrap Up – Week Six
I’m so excited to share this course with you all!
It is a course that I will likely run again several times throughout the year in the future, so if you are understandably not in the position to sign up now, I can assure you all that there will be other opportunities in the future to do so!
I am also offering this course at a special introductory price due to the current world events, at $399AUD.
There are several payment options including a 3 month payment plan, I want everyone to have options to be able to do this course.
The cart will be open initially for 14 days until the 4th of May or until 30 people maximum have enrolled. To sign up, visit here: https://kayleighjune.teachable.com/p/beauty-retouching-for-beginners
Until next time! x
