Professional Portraits – Step by Step from Lighting to Retouching. 15 portrait sessions fully explained from setup to retouching. Exact, reproducible setups with all specifications. All images available for download in HiRes for better understanding.

With this book, you will learn step by step and in an easily understandable way how to light, photograph, and enhance portraits in the studio and on location for various looks. Scott Kelby reveals the entire process from start to finish, including the complete setup with flashes, softboxes, and light modifiers (including all camera and flash settings) to professional post-processing and retouching in Lightroom and Photoshop. All example images are available for download.

There are no sketches or drawings – you will see the actual lighting setup as it was used during the portrait session, allowing you to clearly see the distance and angle of the light sources to the subject and background. The post-processing is explained in detail, screenshot by screenshot – from the basics of portrait retouching to real professional techniques like frequency separation.

Thanks to this comprehensive documentation and numerous behind-the-scenes images with details on all key parameters, you will soon be able to recreate all the looks shown here. Ideal for learning and later reference!

Content includes: Beauty look with clamshell lighting, dramatic portrait, simple look with one flash, backlighting on location, high-contrast side lighting, business portrait, window light and flash, sporty look, fashion shoot, color filter effects, edge lighting, portrait montage.