[FRAMED] Episode 5: Chris Orwig Find Your Passion

Many photographers are self-taught, and others learn from the best. And this photographer, is one of the best. Why? Because he has found his voice and followed his passion. Because of that, he was a large piece of what many of us use today...Adobe Photoshop. He is sought after by celebrities to spread his wisdom, was featured on TEDx, he teaches on the great resource of Lynda.com, and is currently changing lives one student at a time.
Chris Orwig brings passion to all that he does. He has an insatiable knack for creativity and discovery. Chris is a celebrated photographer, author, speaker, interactive designer and on the faculty of Brooks Institute of Photography is Santa Barbara, CA. His work is widely sought after and enjoys a diverse client base including professional surfers, musicians, artists, etc.
In fact, many of our [FRAMED] artists have attended Brooks Institute and have told us the incredible influence that Orwig has had on their work, their art, their vision, and most importantly, their lives.
Join him today as he gives us a tour of Brooks, shoot some film, speaks inspiration and even gives a sneak into his skills on Lightroom and Photoshop.
Photographer: Chris Orwig
Chris's latest book: Visual Poet
Chris's forthcoming book: Click here
Enjoy more detailed training and tutorials on lynda.com here
Model: Jeff Johnson and www.180south.com - the movie he played the lead role in
Brooks Student / Assistant: Shaun Walton
www.shaunwaltonphotography.com/ - portfolio site

[@dawsonn8087]

Chris Orwig is a thoughtful educator. I've taken several of his courses over the years. He's enthusiastic and energetic. His Photoshop and digital editing skills are superb when it comes to photographic post production. I've never read his books but if you listen to what he says, I get the impression that he truly believes the end goal of photography should be to communicate how you feel about your subject and to share this with your audience. Most educators are too concerned with tricks and techniques (as witnessed here on KZbin). Tricks and tips have their place but I think Chris tries hard to go a little further to help photographers realize that nobody else can possibly ever see and experience the world as you do. Stop mimicking others, develop your own voice (style) - challenge yourself - solve problems - technical skills will follow. I don't see how any reasonable person could dislike Chris. He deserves a much better presentation than this. Thanks Chris.

[@macatack71]

Love watching this over and over

[@KORNMUSIKde]

A very inspiring and comfortable person! Shure he is a great teacher!

[@cakees805]

amazing film. and great inspiration

[@IainHC1]

Brilliant film :-) I was going to bed 45 minutes ago!! (Where did that time go!!)

[@pradhyumanrathod]

chris, always rocks!!!!!!!

[@oceandrew]

You have a lot more control of the tonalities affected in a curves adjustment than in LR. Now that LR4 has a curves adjustment that move may not be totally necessary. But it still comes down to habit and preference and he was using LR3 in the vid.

[@jonnyboy8000]

51 min , man Ilike watching this on tv

[@Molaleni]

Chris is the man. I learned a lot of photoshop tips and tricks from him back when photoshop cs was hot. I still use what I learned from him. Did you know that you can create a curves layer and set its blending mode to "softlight" to increase the contrast of your photo?

[@evgeniyrein4610]

it's so funny to watch it in 2020!

[@1PPPete]

Lot of interesting thoughts.

[@borisstribrnsky3806]

Also very crazy idea, pull his voice to left side, also when he is standing on right side... To much Whiskey guys :D

[@nickynunn]

really good ,inspiring,just wish (as a small aside) that the music wasnt louder than the dialogue

[@tangyorange6509]

Film really is the best way to photograph things. Kinda surprised she didn’t know how to operate a LF camera

[@spookykouki8970]

I wish I could go to Brookes!

[@acmdv]

What lens was used to shoot this video with? I ask because I've noticed lots of visual distortion in the video.

[@QuarterCrawl]

Chris you Inspirer me and I'm and og..........Thanx

[@kingalias]

If all that was needed was more contrast @ 38:35, why did he go to photoshop to adjust the tone curve instead of just doing it in Lightroom? I don't understand the extra step....

[@Molaleni]

does anyone know what large format camera that it?

[@Foxglove963]

The woman sees the camera and says: "What is it? hihihi". Cripey, what a fool.

[@thegabischip]

Can somebody please tell me what type of watch (brand) is Chris Orwig wearing?

[@christopherlsthomsen]

music is WAY too loud when CO talks... can't hear him for it :/

[@DarkAngelEU]

because some people are of opinion that Lightroom is shit? Others just have their own way of working.

[@lilfreakyrocker]

did anyone notice what the guy in the background of 28:23 is doing, lol... (can't do that in front of a camera buddy!) ..

[@BryonLape]

I do wish I understood Photoshop. I see too many mediocre photographers use it to make better photographs instead of taking better photographs.

[@Foxglove963]

And you are talking utter humbug.

[@gathaysinc]

Hack Photography!!!

[@eyesz]

@jonnyboy8000 [Framed] is better than tv!

[@BryonLape]

What is her name?

[@spookykouki8970]

*Brooks

[@mandochiko]

like the show but the music is kinda cheesy.

[@Photocoverage]

Great content BUT-- STOP PUTTING A MUSIC TRACK UNDER YOU INTERVIEW AUDIO ETC VERY AMITURE

[@Check-it-out]

Get a proper mic !!! For the rest awesome ;-)

[@borisstribrnsky3806]

It could be great video, but master of sound must drink a lot during editing. I can't hear nothing, just that old cheap music.

[@brianrae1624]

it is definitely stupid audio editing. I hope the editor was still in school so he or she didn't get fired LOL

[@brianminkc]

ummm. why did I listen to this guy babble for 20 minutes... idk. I must be drunk

[@sixstringer82]

great photographer, but why do we insist on giving a shit if "celebrities" as him for help? as if to suggest celebrities are the pinnacle measurement of everything. like non "celebrities" could not possible be as talented or important. celebrity is a popularity competition, brittany spears is popular does it make her good? you judge.