GanzChroma 0017
In Which Elmoatasem Ragab Shows the Difference Between Double Printing and Grading the Element
Elmoatasem Ragab was a former student of Andrew Zeller and mine. He was the second person I met in secret and coerced into joining Alpha Chromatica. He said Yes! even before I finished my pitch!
From the moment I met him, I knew he was a true teacher. He gave all his knowledge freely because he genuinely wants the best for everyone who comes in contact with him. He is the first person to tell you that he doesn't know if what he shares with you will be helpful and that they should seek out other perspectives.
And that is what I wanted for my students of ACE. To offer perspectives and techniques that differ from mine. There are lots of ways to achieve photo-realism, and I want my students to be exposed to as many ways as time permits. I briefly touched on the fact that we currently have a ridiculous instructor-to-student ratio in my last post. Right now, Chromatica has 5 instructors for our 5 students. Even though I am the primary instructor, the students of ACE benefit immensively by getting to hear from others all throughout the week.
Last Thursday, Elmo made a lesson covering Aerial/Atmospheric Perspective. It was a 2-hour masterclass where he discussed ways to create the illusion of depth in composites, focusing on real-world phenomena, black level density, light diffusion, and atmospheric perspective itself. The conversation also touched on challenges in creating a realistic foggy scene.
The following is just a short segment where he shows the difference between double printing and grading the element.
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