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OCTOBER 2011 WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Monday, October 10th - 6:30pm to 9pm
Basic DSLR Camera – Mel Carll instructor $159 for all 3 sessions (Part 1 of a 3 part workshop)
This 3 session workshop will focus only on the camera. We will start session 1 at the beginning with camera modes, aperture, shutter, and ISO, what these mean, and where they are on your camera. We will also discuss how they work together to create the photos you are looking for and then talk about what to work on during the days between sessions. This is a hands-on class, please bring your DSLR camera to class. This class is not geared toward point and shoot cameras. (Part 2 will be held on 10/17 and Part 3 on 10/24/2011).
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Thursday, October 13th- 6:30 to 9pm
Intermediate DSLR Camera – Mel Carll instructor $159 for all 3 sessions (Part 1 of a 3 part workshop)
This 3 session workshop will take what you have learned in Basic Camera and focus behind the camera. We will start session 1 with composition, camera setting, using a tripod and preparing for a photowalk in session 2. (Part 2 will be held on 10/15 on location and Part 3 on 10/24/2011 back in the classroom).
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Saturday, October 15th – 9am to 11am (ON LOCATION)
Intermediate DSLR Camera – Mel Carll instructor (Part 2 of a 3 part workshop)
Today we take our photography to the streets. That’s right, no indoor class today as we head outside. Join Mel as you take everything you have learned and head outdoors and start taking photographs, not just snap shots. Today we will focus on composition, lighting, exposure and just having fun in the field. Please bring your camera, tripod, charged batteries, memory cards and your sense of adventure. Dress comfortably. (Part 1 will be held on 10/13 and part 3 on 10/20/11).
Monday, October 17th - 6:30pm to 9pm
Basic DSLR Camera – Mel Carll instructor $159 for all 3 sessions (Part 2 of a 3 part workshop)
This is a hands-on class, please bring your DSLR camera to class. This 3 session workshop will focus only on the camera. We will start session 2 where we left off in session 1 with a review, then on to depth of field, lens selection, exposure compensation, white balance and composition. This is a hands-on class, please bring your DSLR camera to class. This class is not geared toward point and shoot cameras. (Part 1 will be held on 10/10 and Part 3 on 10/24/2011).
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Tuesday, October 18th -7pm to 9:30pm
Better Landscape Images in Photoshop – Layers, Masks & Composites Made Easy – David Saffir instructor $99 (Part 1 of a 2 part workshop)
You can use layers and masks in Photoshop to tune up and enhance your landscape images – giving them new life and sparkle! Do you want to add a moon, combine a great sky with a great landscape image, or blend two exposures of the same scene? You’ll learn:
- Which images will and will not work for combining and compositing
- Blending images to increase shadow/highlight detail and improve light rendering
- How to use layers and channels to make your image easy to edit
- Using a “layer mask” to brush on, or brush off, a special effect or enhancement
- How to make selections to “cut and copy” part of an image and make it look natural
- How to use the selection tools and which work best for each situation
- Using “color replace” tool to enhance selected colors, or to prepare an image for conversion to black and white
- BONUS: tips and tricks using Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 and Nik Viveza with layer techniques
You are welcomed to bring a laptop to follow along and practice, as we will have images to work together so that you understand the process via hands on editing. (Part 2 will be held on 10/25/11).
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Wednesday, October 19th – 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 Quick Start Workshop – David Green instructor $79
Forget long lectures filled with slides! In this workshop, we are going to get to what you, the students have demanded: A leisurely-paced, hands-on learning experience around the core of Adobe Photoshop Elements. We will brush very lightly on Bridge/Organizer and Camera RAW, then get hot and heavy into the Elements workflow, touching upon the aspects that will help you get up to speed most quickly. Whether you are just looking to clean up your snapshots, or hoping to become a photo retouching master, this workshop will start you on the path to understanding the most of what Elements has to offer. Students are welcome to bring a thumb drive with one image that they have been working on and have questions about, to review during in the workshop. Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 is recommended for this class. Versions 7 and 8 are acceptable, but there are enough critical differences that students should strongly consider upgrading to the current version! Please bring your computer as this will be a hands-on workshop.
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Thursday, October 20th – 6:30pm to 9pm
Intermediate DSLR Camera – Mel Carll instructor (Part 3 of a 3 part workshop)
We will start session 3 with a review of our images from the location shoot on Saturday. We will talk more about composition, types of photography and how each type requires a different thought process. This is a hands-on class, please bring your DSLR camera to class. This class is not geared toward point and shoot cameras. (Part 1 will be held on 10/13 and part 2 on Saturday 10/15/11).
Monday, October 24th – 6:30pm to 9pm
Basic DSLR Camera – Mel Carll instructor (Part 3 of a 3 part workshop)
We will start session 3 with a review of the assignment, sort out the mysteries and then dive back into the camera. Other topics will include color space, exposure controls, bracketing, flash and whatever else time permits. So bring in that camera and let’s get down to what makes it work. This is a hands-on class, please bring your DSLR camera to class. This class is not geared toward point and shoot cameras. (Part 1 will be held on 10/10 and part 2 on 10/17/2011).
Tuesday, October 25th – 7pm to 9:30pm
Better Landscape Images in Photoshop – Layers, Masks & Composites Made Easy – David Saffir instructor (Part 2 of a 2 part workshop)
You can use layers and masks in Photoshop to tune up and enhance your landscape images – giving them new life and sparkle! Do you want to add a moon, combine a great sky with a great landscape image, or blend two exposures of the same scene? You’ll learn:
- Which images will and will not work for combining and compositing
- Blending images to increase shadow/highlight detail and improve light rendering
- How to use layers and channels to make your image easy to edit
- Using a “layer mask” to brush on, or brush off, a special effect or enhancement
- How to make selections to “cut and copy” part of an image and make it look natural
- How to use the selection tools and which work best for each situation
- Using “color replace” tool to enhance selected colors, or to prepare an image for conversion to black and white
- BONUS: tips and tricks using Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 and Nik Viveza with layer techniques
You are welcomed to bring a laptop to follow along and practice, as we will have images to work together so that you understand the process via hands on editing. (Part 1 will be held on 10/18/11)
Wednesday, October 26th – 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Studio Portraits with a Modern Edge – Ted Dayton instructor $79
If your studio portraits seem to be missing something and your’re not sure how to fix them, then learn what the pros know: BE BOLD! Never take an ordinary portrait again. Come spend an evening with Ted and learn how the pros light their subjects for dramatic, high-impact portraits that really grab your attention. Ted will demonstrate modern studio lighting being used on portraits of celebrities, rock stars and world leaders. By emphasizing a simple approach to lighting and posing that makes it easy to get powerful results straight away. Be sure to bring your computer and work along with Ted as he shows you his no-nonsense approach to using Photoshop to finish the strongest portraits you have ever made.