Creative Studio Photography with Scale Models
A course by Felix Hernandez Dreamphography , Photographer, Model Designer, and Digital Artist
Joined June 2015
Create realistic scenes with toys and the light painting technique
Create realistic scenes with toys and the light painting technique
Joined June 2015
Ever wanted to make jaw-droppingly realistic scenes for your photos? Félix Hernández–photographer, model maker, and digital artist specialized in toy photography–teaches you the techniques and secrets to take pictures with scale models and trick the eye to make them look like part of a real scene.
In this online course, discover Felix's entire creative process, which includes choosing the model to photograph, preparing the set, designing the lighting, performing effects in the studio, digital post-production, and color grading in Photoshop.
What will you learn in this online course?
24 lessons & 11 downloads
- 100% positive reviews (508)
- 7,179 students
- 24 lessons (5h 5m)
- 11 additional resources (6 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
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Adobe PhotoshopWhat is this course's project?
Create a realistic image using scale models, items that can mostly be found at home, with the aim of tricking the viewer's eye into believing that what they see is a life-size image.
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Who is this online course for?
Photographers, designers, editors, and any creative who wants to give their craft a unique twist and create with imagination.
Requirements and materials
Basic notions of photography and digital post-production with Photoshop are required.
As for materials, you need a professional or semi-professional digital camera that allows you to take pictures manually (bulb) and in RAW format, a small LED flashlight, a tripod, a scale model (preferably a 1/24 or 1/18 scale model car), and a computer with Photoshop.
Reviews
A course by Felix Hernandez Dreamphography
Félix Hernández is a photographer, designer, and digital artist who lives in Cancún, Mexico.
He develops creative concepts and images for clients of his own creative firm as well as other ad agencies and clients around the world.
He also writes commissioned articles for different photographic magazines such as: Retouched Magazine, DOCMA, Digital Camera, Digital SLR Photography, Digital Photo, Good Light Magazine, and more.
His work has also been published on websites such as Fstoppers, Petapixel, 500px, DIY Photography, Retouching Academy, Canon, Audi Deutschland, Daily Mail, El País, and Bored Panda, among others.
In recent years his work with scale models has gone viral. He works both in the studio and on location, mixing in-camera effects with digital art to achieve realistic images and bring his scale models to life.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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Toy Photography: a brief introduction - Part I
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Toy Photography: a brief introduction - Part II
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U2
Preproduction
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Creation of the concept
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Our model
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Materials and Equipment
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Material tips
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U3
Production
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Lighting: Light painting
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The scene
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Shooting test - Part I
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Shooting test - Part II
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Final shooting
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U4
Postproduction
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Prepared digital file
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Digital negative
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Composite - Part I
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Composite - Part II
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Composite - Part III
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Composite - Part IV
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Composite - Part V
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Composite - Part VI
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Color grading - Part I
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Color grading - Part II
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Final output
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FP
Final project
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Creative photography in studio with scale models
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Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
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elpico99
Pluswow beautiful I start this project the 1 of December 2024 . I just look you works on Hernandez dreamphography wow just wow
jordinebot
Me ha ayudado mucho
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mip65
PlusHola. Es un excelente curso lo recomiendo
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crosadio
Interesante y muy practico, recomendado si les gusta los modelos a escala.
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mescobar00
Muy interesante curso y muy bien explicado
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