Refining the Portrait

A Refined Editing Masterclass

 Description

Colour editing removes nothing — it reveals everything. Without discipline in post-production, every imbalance becomes visible — uneven skin tones, harsh contrast, broken highlight transitions, and artificial texture.

Refining the Portrait is a focused online masterclass designed for photographers who already understand the fundamentals and are ready to move beyond presets, shortcuts, and stylistic over-editing.

This workshop is suited to photographers who:

• Can shoot in manual and understand exposure
• Already use Lightroom or Capture One confidently
• Feel their images look “edited” rather than refined
• Struggle with skin tone consistency
• Want their work to feel more cohesive and mature
• Are transitioning from hobbyist aesthetics to professional standards

It is not designed for complete beginners, nor for those seeking dramatic retouching techniques or heavy beauty manipulation.

In this structured live session, Lucius demonstrates how to approach editing with restraint — prioritising correction rather than manipulation, balance rather than exaggeration, and cohesion rather than effect.

Participants will observe a complete live edit process focused on evaluating RAW files with intention, preserving natural skin texture, controlling highlight roll-off, and building subtle, film-inspired tonal structures.

This masterclass emphasises tonal discipline, texture awareness, and refined visual judgment — developing the ability to create portraits that feel natural, cohesive, and quietly professional.

Designed for photographers seeking greater control, consistency, and maturity in their post-production workflow.

• Professional RAW evaluation workflow 
• Exposure correction beyond histogram 
• Highlight roll-off control 
• Natural skin tone balancing 
• Avoiding over-contrast and over-saturation 
• Texture preservation methods
• Building cohesive film-inspired tones 
• Editing consistency across a series 
• Knowing when to stop
• Modern Editing softwares

• A laptop with Lightroom Classic (or Capture One) installed 
• Photoshop (recommended but optional) 
• A stable internet connection 
• One RAW portrait image (optional for Q&A segment) 
• Basic understanding of exposure and colour adjustment