Advanced Photography Course; A Serious Step to Becoming a Professional
If you know the basics of photography and now want to improve the quality of your photos by several levels, the Advanced Photography Course is the best next step for you. This course is designed for people who want to move beyond the beginner or semi-professional level and enter the professional world of photography; where lighting, advanced composition and professional editing play a major role in the quality of the output.
What will you learn in the Advanced Photography Course?
Professional Lighting in Different Styles
In the Advanced Photography Course, you will enter the complete world of lighting. The difference between soft and hard light, the effect of the distance of the light from the subject, creating controlled shadows and creating attractive light environments are some of the topics you will learn in this course in a practical way. The goal is to be able to create light in any environment—whether studio or outdoor—exactly according to the result you want.
Understanding Studio Lighting
In this section, you will learn how studio flashes, softboxes, snoots, umbrellas, reflectors, and other lighting tools affect the output of the photo and in what conditions each one works best. With practical exercises, you will learn how to adjust the lighting so that your photos gain more depth, volume, and clarity.
Professional Portrait Photography
Portrait is one of the most important skills for any photographer and is taught in a very specialized way in the advanced photography course. You will learn how to combine facial expressions, body shape, poses, angles, and light to capture a natural, professional, and impressive face. You will also learn how to communicate with the subject to have a more relaxed, natural, and professional output.
Controlling Depth of Field and Creating Professional Bokeh
In advanced photography, mastering depth of field is very important. You will learn how to soften and blur the background, how to control depth of field, and how to guide the viewer’s eye to the main point. These skills are essential for portraiture, modeling, advertising, and even nature photography.
Expert Composition and Professional Image Structure
Going Beyond the Basic Rules
In the introductory course, you learned the basic rules of composition, such as the rule of thirds or leading lines. But in the advanced photography course, you will learn how to break these rules and create more complex, creative, and story-telling compositions. At this level, you will learn how to create space, how to control elements, and how to take photos that have a sense of meaning and narrative.
Analyzing Professional Photos
A key part of the course is analyzing professional photos and understanding why angles, lighting, and compositions were chosen. By looking at strong photos, you will learn how to train your eye and strengthen your artistic vision. These analyses will help your photography level rise several notches in terms of art.
Professional photo editing; from correction to creation
Specialized editing in Lightroom and Photoshop
In the advanced photography course, editing is not limited to adjusting light and color. You will learn how to process RAW files in a systematic way, how to make skin tones more natural, how to control photo tonality, and how to correct blemishes, noise, and image defects with precise Photoshop tools. The goal is for your final output to be of print, advertising, or professional standard.
Creating custom presets and settings
You will learn how to create personalized presets to speed up your editing and have your own unique color style. This is very important for photographers who want to create an artistic signature.
Who is the advanced photography course suitable for?
Suitable for semi-professional photographers
If you have been taking photos for a while but are still not achieving the desired results, this course will help you perfect your skills and be able to take on more serious projects.
Suitable for those interested in the job market
People who plan to enter portrait photography, modeling, advertising or professional projects will learn all the necessary tools in this course.
Connection of the advanced course with other courses at the academy
Continuing the path after the introductory photography course
If you have not yet fully learned the basics such as understanding the camera, light, composition and exposure triangle, we suggest that you first take the introductory photography course before registering for this course. In the introductory course, you will learn the basic foundations of photography and after that, entering the advanced course will be much easier and more practical for you.
Complement your skills with a professional color grading course
Also, to edit and process the color of your photos at a completely professional level, we suggest that you take the professional color grading course after the advanced photography course. This course will teach you specialized color skills and will improve your photos in terms of color, feel, and quality by several levels.
Why Dr. Saeed Arab’s advanced photography course?
In the advanced photography course, the training is completely practical and applicable. The highly experienced instructor explains the topics with real examples so that you can implement your skills in real projects without confusion. At the end of the course, you will not only have learned the technical skills of photography, but your artistic vision has also become deeper and more professional.
The direct relationship and application of three factors (speed-aperture-sensitivity) in creating an image. Photography techniques with variable speed, aperture, and lens settings. Complete definition of depth of field in photography with examples.
Review and introduction to buying the best camera and photography lens for each photography style (architecture-nature-portrait and beauty-wedding-macro-fashion-sports-advertising and children)
Training from zero to one hundred, analyzing and reviewing camera menus and setting buttons with appropriate photo samples to fully understand their function
Reviewing the performance of photographic equipment based on accuracy, contrast, and shine of light on facial skin texture. Appropriate purchasing advice for every genre of photography and videography.
Understanding all the lights in photography
Recognizing the number of lights and whether each is right or wrong
Training in classic and fashionable poses for men and women, teaching appropriate expression techniques and communicating with the model, breaking the rules in golden spots, and correcting the pose, light, framing, and gaze of the subject during photography.
Editing photos lit with flash and natural light. Technique for adding color and light (polishing the image) in the style of Bob Ross' painting.
Flash lighting in cloudy, sunny, shady and backlit environments. Creating optical illusions and saturated colors with the help of light metering and flash (postcard and dream photos).
Flash lighting in cloudy, sunny, shady and backlit environments. Creating optical illusions and saturated colors with the help of light metering and flash (postcard and dream photos).
Lighting and camera settings in studio and outdoor spaces (with 4 different techniques) Controlling distracting shadows and simulating artificial sunlight during photography
Micro-dodge and burn training, frequency separation, natural texture correction and enhancement along with color grading and specialized tools for eyes, eyelashes, and freckles.
Training in fashion-sensory-news poses, techniques for communicating with the bride and groom, time and space management, challenges of photography in sunlight, clouds, and shade.