Done Enrico Fossati- A Journey into the World of Forests

https://www.enricofossati.it/forestsmasterclass-eng









A Journey into the world of forests is a collection of instructional videos to process forest landscape photographs with a particular fantasy and painterly feeling I developed over the years. After many years I spent shooting forests and streams I decided to build a collection of videos focused on this particular genre of photography that I particularly love. The masterclass will talk about inspiration, and processing forest scenes to render them with a special fantasy and painterly style.

The masterclass is composed of 6 Videos plus an introduction in which I explain from start to finish the process of the images for a duration of about 6 hours. The process explained is characterized by a strong artistic component where a certain amount of manual work is needed. Once acquired, the necessary skill can grant you the ability to develop your own unique pictures.


The Software used in the videos is Adobe Photoshop CC2023, Adobe Bridge, ACR, Nik Collection, Topaz Suite, and Tony Kuyper TK7 Panel.
The techniques used and explained are the following:

• Compositing Basics
  
  
• Manual Blending
  
  
• Color Grading
  
  
• Color Dodge
  
  
• Artificial Light Creation
  
  
• Improving Mood and Atmosphere
  
  
• Dodge and Burn
  
  
• Use of Luminosity Masks
  
  
• During the process, I will show how to apply various effects that I personally experimented over the years and that are now part of my workflow including Soft Glow Effects, Glowing Lights, darkening, Light Diffusion, light creation, etc