Hollywood Portraits Remastered
A feature length training video showing you how to recreate the enigmatic charm of a bygone era of photography.
In the sample trailer below you get a glimpse into this masterwork by Damien Lovegrove
Learn how to capture classic Hollywood portrait photography with Damien Lovegrove
Hollywood Portraits Remastered, written and presented by Damien Lovegrove, is set against the backdrop of a fabulous 17th century English country house. Starring both Chloe-Jasmine Whichello (star of X Factor, The Face, and Celebrity Big Brother) and Jamie Roche, this video tutorial will show you how to recreate the enigmatic charm of a bygone era of photography.
Damien ventures into the bedrooms, the music room, the library, the grounds and even the cellar of a 17th century English country house to explain and demonstrate the classic lighting techniques he learned during his lighting director training at the BBC.
| Video Size | Full HD 1080p |
| File Type | Quicktime H264 (.mov) |
| Run Time | 1hr 46m |
| Chapters | 17 |
| Download files | 2 |
| Models | Chloe-Jasmine Whichello & Jamie Roche |
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Damien’s Kit List
Camera
FujiFilm X-Pro 1
Lenses
Fujifilm XF 14mm f/2.8 lens
Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 lens
Fujifilm XF 35mm f/1.4 lens
Fujifilm XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 lens
Lighting
Lupolux LED 1000 spotlight
Lupolux LED 650 spotlight
Arri 300W Junior fresnel
Arri 150W Junior fresnel
Lowel id Li-ion battery powered light
Accessories
California Sunbounce Pro Silver/White Reflector Kit
Tiffen 1/4 & 1/8 Black Pro Mist filters
Lee Seven5 ND 0.6 soft grad filter
Lowel Grand Stand
Arri 050MKA stand
Manfrotto CombiBoom stand
Boom Arm
Props
Zorki 5 Rangefinder camera
Deactivated Walther PPK for a 007 look
Reproduction 1940s telephone
Geniune 1929 typewriter (ebay find)
Woodcutter’s axe
A Black Fedora hat
A hardback copy of ‘The House on the Island’ by Arthur Gask
A Bechstein Grand Piano
Reviews
Damien demonstrates brilliantly the concepts of great lighting. Techniques that you’ll be able to adapt to your own studio and wow your clients. In these tough times you have to offer imagery with substance and great lighting.
It’s simple, just relying on colour washing your images will get you quickly found out by your clients. After all instagram is already offering this as a crass substitute for art. You need to create imagery that your clients simply can’t reproduce. Great lighting is a way of doing that. Enjoy this great training video.
Like all of Damien’s training videos, there’s always something to learn! Whether I’m on a workshop or learning from one his training videos, I find myself entering a new door of creativity.
It’s refreshing to see a training video like this that extensively covers how to use continuous light effectively. We’re also shown how to build a scene with multiple light sources (including those already at the location), and all the essential details of what each light is doing and why. I love how Damien gets creative when it comes to light modifiers for both low and high key images!
Damien’s Hollywood Portraits continues the journey in a style of teaching that we have all become accustomed to. Seeing how amazing images are built from start to finish. I learnt a whole bunch of new lighting techniques from this video.
I Love-love-love-this video! Excellent work again, Damien & everyone involved!
This is not Damien´s first training video I’ve seen, but certainly one of the best! As a wedding and portraiture photographer, I love to photograph glamour. Hollywood Portraits is all you need for making outstanding pictures that not only meets but exceeds the expectations of your clients!
If you are a wedding photographer, you´re dealing with several “Uncle Bobs” at each wedding. This video will show you how to build a scene with different light sources and how each light is working and why. Something that uncle Bob just can´t do! This video is the ultimate instruction for making pictures that will let you instantly stand out from the crowd and make your work remarkable, whether you photograph weddings or portraits.
Times are tough for us photographers, even in Germany. But actually, it is as simple as this: don´t be a “Photoshop-er”, be a photographer, create great images with great lighting, classy and elegant style and your work will hang on the wall of your client’s home forever. Damien shows in this video how to create those images.
One more thing ?
If you like this video, you just HAVE to attend one of his workshops! I have worked with Damien several times and his teaching ability is just amazing. Not only is he sharing all of his wisdom, his positive energy will lift your spirit.
FAQs
Reasons to invest
Video training has become one of the most affordable ways to invest in you and your photography business. Learning new techniques and image-making strategies can be a great way to reignite your passion and enthusiasm for photography.
With this video toturial we hope to inspire viewers to utilise and put into practise the breadth of ideas and techniques shown. In turn we hope your newly acquired knowledge and skills will add long-term value and profitability for you and your business.
What will I receive?
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Quicktime support for PC users
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Whilst our videos may state they are Quicktime files, they are actually H.264 encoded MPEG-4 files that should play perfectly fine within many other media players and pose zero security threat in themselves. VLC is a popular free media player that plays .mov files. http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html
Take a look at this article for more information: http://www.howtogeek.com/250926/quicktime-for-windows-is-dead-and-you-should-uninstall-it-to-stay-secure/
Damien Lovegrove
Damien Lovegrove is a world renowned portrait photographer and Fujifilm UK ambassador. He has been a TV cameraman, a commercial photographer, a wedding and portrait photographer and now he is a writer, columnist, teacher, motivator and artist.
He went to the BBC at the age of 19 and trained for three years to be a cameraman, going on to train as a Lighting Director, and leaving the BBC in 1998 to become a full time photographer.
He now specialises in making women look fabulous.
“I’m inspired by beauty and as I have matured as a photographer I’ve learned to see beauty in just about everyone and everywhere. It’s not what I look at that matters, it is what I see.”
“Being a good portrait photographer requires key traits like having integrity, fun, respectfulness and a personable character. It wasn’t until I was in my early 30s that I began to gain that all important confidence needed to hone these skills, and I shot my first portrait in 1996 at the age of 32.”
“Some of the leading photographers I met early in my career had confidence and craft skills in bucket loads, but somehow they lost the desire or focus to really push themselves to greatness, and they fell by the wayside. It takes continual practice and improvement to get the most from photography and there are many obstacles along the way to overcome.”
“The secret of making consistently good photographs is to stay inspired and be passionate about photography. Inspiration fuels the learning of new techniques, and passion generates the motivation needed to continually practice.”
Buy Hollywood Portraits Remastered by Damien Lovegrove for just £20
Please select your preferred currency:
Payments are processed with PayPal, which accepts all global currencies and most major debit/credit cards. A PayPal account is not required. Prices include tax for UK/EU customers. Total price may differ slightly depending on your country’s tax rate. Customers will also need to meet security checks to prove their country of origin.
