Gritty Sports Portraits with Aurora HDR

Aurora HDR is great for landscapes, but did you know you can also use it to create the popular Sports Grit look? Join Sports & Portrait Photographer, Robert Vanelli as he shows you how to use the tools in Aurora to create a Sports portrait.

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Objectives:

How to light a portrait with harsh light (Show lighting diagram)
How to start with HDR Basic to prepare an image for the sports grit look
How to develop the image using multiple layers to selectively apply the right amount of structure
How to apply Top and Bottom Tuning to give the image a finishing touch
How to save a native file for future editing

Robert Vanelli

Photographer, Educator and Author

https://www.VanelliandFriends.com

Vanelli is a working sports and portrait photographer, educator, and author living in Florida. After a successful career as a three-time, Triple Crown Karate champion, Vanelli turned his attention to teaching the visual arts. As an experienced educator, Vanelli has created videos for LinkedIn Learn, has written hundreds of articles, taught at major photography conferences and has developed many photography and digital workflow programs including Click for Kids. Currently, he is the Director of Education at Skylum Software, teaching workshops, writing for Photofocus and creating tutorials for the Vanelli and Friends series.