Color Theory MASTERCLASS for Photographers

Add more impact, mood, balance, and style to your photos by learning the basics of color theory and how to apply it to your photos.
Learn the basic color schemes, which colors look good together, and how they impact your photos. Once you know the theory, I walk you through how to add colors to your photos during your photoshoot with light, styling, and composition. Next, I teach you how to add and enhance the colors to your photos using Lightroom and Photoshop.

[Dipankar]

One of the best videos on yt for
understanding colour better ❤️

[samuelmingo]

I love these videos! It feels like a one-on-one tutoring. Truly appreciate the sharing of knowledge.

[RyanH]

Dude.... Seriously. SERIOUSLY, good video!

[AprilClayton]

This was really informative. I didn’t think about how color can enhance mood.

[chelseanorthrup]

You told me you wanted fewer gear videos so I made this for you ❤️📷🎨

[Wendy]

That selective color layer tip at the end 🤯. I was unaware of that. Thanks for the great videos!

[Outlast]

Thank you Chelsea for adding informative "color" as an upgrade to another level.

[Marleydia]

Chelsea, great content! I’m a newer nature photographer. I’ve spent the last year “collecting” species shots. Mostly animal or bird portraits. I realize I need to up my games to understand more about design and art to truly create impactful images. So, keep these coming! I love your channel and content!

[juliancroot]

This was great! Thanks Chelsea. You have a natural teaching style that's pleasant and engaging. Really enjoyed it.

[DjimmyTrovy]

I prefer this types of videos from you guys as opposed to the "X brand beats Y brand???". Also, thanks for posting this for free. <3

[poeticpursuits]

THANK YOU for making this video, I really feel like this will SIGNIFICANTLY increase the quality of my work.

[seyedk]

WoW! Very helpful. Before watching this video i think the only way to pop the subject is lens with a wide aperture but now I know a lot. Thank you a lot Chelsea🙏🏻🌹

[GiPa]

Super useful. I've already seen the application of colour theory but this video truly helped me starting to actually feel it instead of just "ok I know this exists, let me take a cheatsheet somewhere to follow". Thanks for the content.

[andyzehner]

Yes, I am one of those! Thank you for this lesson! (this comment is after watching the first 20 seconds. But I know I'm going to learn from this, so THANKS!)

Very nice overview from color theory thru postproduction! More of these videos would be a great idea! Thanks!

[alanbeamer]

Excellent !! Now I know a tiny bit about colour and how to use that the create better pictures. Thank you !!

[altonmarsh]

This is really valuable. I watched it straight through and was able to follow because I had a previous workshop that had color as one of the topics. It reinforced what I had learned and had started to forget. It even went beyond that. Can’t wait to give it a try. I have to reject my 47 years of journalism that what a scene actually looks like must be exactly what you should see in the photo. I had put my color wheel aside from the other class but will now get it out again—or buy a new one from Amazon if it is lost.

[lionheart]

This is an amazing video, thank you very much.

The color theory part was really good, with great examples.

[SikesPhotography]

Thanks for this Chelsea! I'm glad I stumbled across it. You guys packed a lot into less than a half hour. I appreciate the thought you put into this, as well as the masterful video/tutorials skills involved in making a clip like this. Respect.

[EJohnDanton]

Truly a great video, Chelsea! Important, and can help you in a lot of aspects of life (clothing etc). I learnt a lot of this (primary, tertiary, complementary colours etc) in Housing & Interior Design 12. I took it to impress/chase a girl as the females outnumbered the males 2 to 1 in this class.

It didn't work, but it helped my photography and colour matching incredibly. 😁