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Fashion photographer Lindsay Adler has risen to the top of her industry as both a photographer and edu-cator. Based in New York City, her fashion editorials have appeared in numerous fashion and photography publications including Marie Claire, InStyle, Noise Magazine, Zink Magazine, Elle, Rangefinder, Profes-sional Photographer and dozens more.  A clean, bold, and graphic style has become the hallmark of her work. And she is renowned for her creativity and collaborating with designers and stylists in order to create fresh looks. 

​Chris Knight was born in Wiesbaden, Germany and hardened by the sweaty, nearly chewable, humidity of Florida.
He combines his unconditional love of art history with his condi-tional love of technology, topping it off with a flare for the cinematic and an uncompromising eye for detail. His work has appeared in or on Vogue, People, MSNBC, ABC, Ocean Drive, GQ and others.
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Chris is an instructor at Pratt Institute as well as the New York Film Academy.

Masterclass Fashion Photography & Retouching

Day 1: BEAUTY (by Lindsay)
09:00-10:30   Building your first fashion shoots (lecture)
10:30-12:00   Essentials beauty photo posing, lighting (demo)
12:00-01:00   Lunch
01:00-02:00   Set 1 (shoot) 
02:00-02:15   Break
02:15-03:15   Set 2 (shoot)
03:15-03:30   Break
03:30-04:30   Set 3 (shoot) 
04:30-05:00   Q&A or if we ran overtime on shoots


Day 2: FASHION (by Lindsay)
09:00-10:15   Gaining style, inspiration (lecture)      
10:15-10:30   Break 
10:30-12:00   Fashion Posing, posing for the full length (demo) 
12:00-12:45   Lunch 
12:45-02:00   Set 1
02:00-02:15   Break
02:15-03:45   Set 2
03:45-04:00   Break 
04:00-05:00   Fashion Business


Day 3: RETOUCING (by Chris)
09:00-12:30  WORKFLOW

- Developing the raw file
       Getting good exposure, 
       Maximizing detail, 
       Developing for print, 
       Local adjustments to direct the eye, 
       Removing tonal and color distractions from the raw, 
       Using a color checker to get correct colors, 
       Creative application of color
- Basic skin clean up
- Advanced skin
       Local Dodge and Burn, Frequency Separation
- Shaping the image – Global dodge and burn
       Directing the eye through tone (feathering selections and masks quickly)

09:00-12:30 ADVANCED WORKFLOW
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- Liquify – using it realistically
- Bringing out the eyes
- Pumping up the hair (adding shine and volume)
- Adding / fixing makeup
- Color grading / controlling color 
       Advanced masking (luminosity, channel masks and blend if)
- Blend modes
- Exporting for the web