Bach Photography Portrait School – Photography From Start To Finish

Master the complete portrait photography workflow with this comprehensive, end-to-end training program created by renowned photographer and retoucher Marko Smiljanic. Designed to take your images from raw camera files to gallery-ready masterpieces, this course reveals exact studio strategies, camera techniques, and high-end Photoshop retouching methods.

Whether you are shooting with natural light or studio setups, Photography From Start To Finish provides step-by-step guidance on capturing, retouching, and color-grading professional portraits with complete confidence.

What’s Inside the Course

• Chapter 0 – Intro: Course overview, software setup, and non-destructive retouching fundamentals.

• Chapter I – Color Correction: Raw processing in Lightroom/Camera Raw, correcting skin tones, and creating balanced base colors.

• Chapter II – Basic Skin Work: Initial skin cleanup, frequency separation basics, and removing distraction details.

• Chapter III – Advanced Skin Retouching: High-end texture preservation and managing complex skin tones while keeping portraits natural.

• Chapter IV – Dodge and Burn: Master local and global D&B to add realistic dimension, smooth transitions, and sculpt facial contours.

• Chapter V – Details: Detailed enhancements for eyes, lips, hair, background cleanup, and focal sharpness.

• Chapter VI – Plugins & Workflow Automation: How to utilize custom Photoshop actions, panels, and scripts to speed up production.

• Chapter VII – Final Color Correction & Export: Creative color grading, final sharpening, and optimizing files for web and print.

Included Assets & Practice Files

• Raw Practice Files (.CR2): Unedited high-resolution sample photos to follow along with every lesson.

• Custom Photoshop Actions & Presets: Save time with pre-built workspace layouts and automated retouching actions.

• Retouching Guides & Checklists: Downloadable PDFs and step-by-step Dodge & Burn diagrams for easy reference.

Specifications

• Instructor: Marko Smiljanic (Bach Photography Portrait School)

• Format: Video Lessons + Downloadable Resources & Assets

• Level: Intermediate to Advanced

• Software Required: Adobe Photoshop & Lightroom (or Camera Raw)