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DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

AUSTIN HUGHES

Born and raised in Orange County, California, Austin began his interest in story telling and cinematography at an early age after picking up his dad’s old camcorder. He started his first job at 15 as an editor for a stock footage website where he was introduced to film reels as early as the 1930’s and learned to digitize and repair the film.

Finishing his education at Chapman University Dodge College in 2018, Austin works most days creating commercial content through freelance cinematography, editing, and motion graphic design.

Austin looks to engage with forward-thinking industries that give the opportunity to further develop, improve, and obtain new skills. To reach his highest potential as a creative filmmaker and editor by applying these kinds of skills to every project he works on.

The objective is simple: I embrace a culture of creativity and collaboration, and challenge myself to create art that is both inspirational and successfully branded to the production’s needs. I work with other talented self-driven professionals that stay on the cutting edge of technology, and apply them to video, photography, and design.

Austin HughesDirector of Photography

EDUCATION

Dodge College of Film and Media Arts

Visual Storytelling
Film Aesthetics
New Era of Television
Editing I
Editing II
Cinematography I
Cinematography II
Cinematography III

Audio Techniques
Actor-Director Workshop
Directing I
Intermediate Production
Screenwriting Fundamentals
Production Set Management
Production Design I
Film Studies

Film Script Analysis
Intro to Digital Arts
History of Film to 1959
History of Film 1960 – Present
Cinematography Thesis Workshop I
Cinematography Thesis Workshop II
Sound Stage Certification

ProEDU

Retouching Beauty & Portraits (Pratik Naik)
Model Testing (Elizabeth Wiseman)
Natural Light Portraiture (Dani Diamond)
The Science of Color (Kate Woodman)
Fashion Photography & Retouching
(Michael Woloszynowicz)
Colored Gel Photography (Jake Hicks)
Long Exposure Portraits (Jake Hicks)
Advanced Hair Retouching Workflow (Sef McCullough)
Narrative Photography (Kate Woodman)

Commercial Composites (Erik Almas)
Product Photography (Tony Roslund)
Lighting Daytime Interiors
Lighting Daytime Exteriors
Commercial Retouching Workflow (Sef McCullough)
The Business of Retouching
Dramatic Portraiture (Chris Knight)
Creative Photoshop Techniques
Composite Workflow & Studio Lighting (Renee Robyn)
Surreal Portrati Retouching Workflow

Advanced Texture Cleanup with FS 2.0
Pricing for Profits
Commercial Beverage Photography & Retouching (Rob Grimm)
Commercial Color Grading
Architecture Photography & Retouching (Tony Roslund)
Lifestyle Lingerie & Swimwear (Dixie Dixon)
Photographing Men (Jeff Rojas)
Fine Art Photography & Retouching

Aputure

Lighting Masterclass (William Hellmuth)
Lighting Certification Workshop
Commercial Lighting
Lighting Night Car Scene
Product Lighting Basics

Product Lighting
Lightstorm Series Training
Nova Series Training
Amaran Series Training
Lighting Beverage Commercials

Cinematic On-Location Interviews
Mastering Eye Lights
Color Contrast Lighting
Understanding Light Quality

PiXimperfect

Using 3D Luminosity on Portraits with Photoshop
Auto Dodge and Burn with Manual Controls
Check & Match Colors Precisely

Match Colors With 3 Major Clicks
Precisely Cut Out Hair Using Color Range
Crazy Trick to Replace Sky in Seconds
Fix Skin Tones

The Best Color Grading Tools
The Best Way to Whiten Teeth
Preventing Color Shift
Pass Through Blend Mode for Compositing

Phlearn

How to Create Lighting Effects in Photoshop
Match Lighting for Composites

Best Way to Sharpen Portraits
How to Fix an Underexposed Photo

Add a Warm Glow in Photoshop
How to Create a See-Through Frame Effect

Capture One

Perfecting Skin Tones
New to Capture One 20

Editing Travel and Street Photography
Exploring Color with Capture One 20

Color Editor
End to End Editing

RED

REDCODE and 8K Workflow

REDCODE RAW in RCX and Adobe Premiere

Davinci Resolve

Davinci Resolve 16 Beginning to Hero
(Color Grading Central)

Professionally Color Grade Short Film
(SonduckFilm)

Video Copilot

Damage & Decay FX
Colorful Glitch FX
Realistic Rain Drop FX
Saber Plug-In

Element 3D
Advanced 3D Light Rays
Fancy Bevels
Sub Surface Skin

Screen Animations
Advanced Time Freeze
Submerged
The Ring

Creative Live

Fine Art Compositing (Brooke Shaden)

Sit back, relax, and enjoy some of the video productions I’ve been a part of.

Browse through my photo galleries. Easier to view than an NFT.

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Austin Hughes is a Los Angeles based cinematographer, editor, and photographer.