Stefan Kohler

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Stefan Kohler is a full-time retoucher. He's from Germany and likes bacon. In the last years, he built up a broad community around his retouching classes at the Infinite tool's website. You can follow his work oninstagram.

Articles by Stefan Kohler

Healthy skin tones – The Lighting Series #12

Jan 20, 2019 by Stefan Kohler 2 Comments

The name of this installment is meant to be a joke, but anyone who follows the blog knows that I’m a little bit color-obsessed. This image is a play on the highly popular orange and teal color scheme, using the complementary contrast between orange and cyan

Soft fashion light – The Lighting Series #11

Jan 19, 2019 by Stefan Kohler 2 Comments

Sometimes, you want a hard light to make a statement, but sometimes, you want a soft light, a light that draws little attention to itself. That was the case with our Model in a Red Dress shoot.

The Black and White Portrait – The Lighting Series #10

Jan 13, 2019 by Stefan Kohler Leave a Comment

Taking a 180-degree turn from our color-bursting portrait, here is a very soft black-and-white portrait and how to build a great setup for it.

Stylized portrait, right out of the camera – The Lighting Series #9

Jan 12, 2019 by Stefan Kohler Leave a Comment

In some portraits, you just want to be beautiful, not after retouching, but when you’re taking them, right out of the camera. That’s how this one goes.

Multiple lights, Multiple colors setup – The Lighting Series #8

Jan 6, 2019 by Stefan Kohler Leave a Comment

There is one genre of photography that is black and white. There is another genre that is exactly the opposite and it is full of color. Today’s breakdown belongs to the second genre.