Workshops
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This Saturday hands-on workshop covers the basics of exposure and auto focus and brings clarity to the multitude of buttons and settings to produce beautiful images while demystifiying the process.
The session includes live shooting demonstrations employing the automatic exposure modes including manual. There is plenty of time for questions for the instructor and the qualified assistant. The afternoon concludes with a live shoot with professional models, an edit session in Lightroom Classic and a slide presentation of the participants images from the model shoot.
This is a perfect starting place for beginners who have a Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) or Mirrorless camera and want to learn how to shoot with more confidence and creative control. By the end of the day participants will understand the critical buttons, how and when to employ them and the techniques to create the images they see in their minds eye.
The instructor will be working with a camera tethered to a computer and projector, so you can see what they are shooting and follow along with camera settings. The classes are geared toward DSLR and mirrorless cameras like those made by Nikon, Canon, Sony, Pentax, Fuji, Leica and others.
Class size is limited to 6 participants allowing for time for interaction, problem solving and practicing techniques covered in class.
Light Room Classic - Image Adjustment Intensive
This three-hour hands-on workshop covers the basics of post-production image adjustments using Light Room Classic.
The session includes the use of global adjustments including white balance, exposure using the histogram, highlight and shadow recovery, sharpening, tone curve for exposure & color correction/matching, color mixer, transforming geometry, and lens corrections
This is a perfect starting place for implementing a professional workflow. In addition to global changes, localized adjustments using AI mask creation with advanced mask manipulation will be demonstrated.
Bring your laptop and work with RAW files along with the instructor.
The instructor will be working with a computer and projector, so you can follow along with live demonstrations. The classes are geared toward photographers capturing in raw with DSLR and mirrorless cameras like those made by Nikon, Canon, Sony, Pentax, Fuji, Leica and others.
Class size is limited to 6 participants allowing time for interaction, problem solving and practicing techniques covered in class.
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This Saturday hands-on workshop goes deeper into important technical controls on your camera including exposure control, lens choices, composition and creative aspects of photography. This is a perfect workshop if you’ve completed the Beginner Digital Series, or have the equivalent level of experience.
Through live shooting demonstrations and time for questions we’ll get further into the equipment and the creative choices. In the afternoon we’ll shoot professional models and end the day with a live editing session in LightRoom and slide show.
Topics include understanding exposure, how the light meter works, when to use spot metering & how and when to use manual exposure. We take a close look at lenses, how to select the focal length, understanding chromatic aberration and pin cushion & barrel distortion, and how to select the best lens for the task at hand and why the most expensive one may not be the first choice. We consider tripods and stability, sensor cleaning best practices, crop vs full frame sensors. In addition to the technical concerns, we consider methods of refining Composition, using leading lines, frame within a frame, light & shadow and finding one’s personal creative thread.
The instructor will be working with a camera tethered to a computer and projector, so you can see what they are shooting and follow along with camera settings. The classes are geared toward DSLR and mirrorless cameras like those made by Nikon, Canon, Sony, Pentax, Fuji, Leica and others.
Class size is limited to 6 participants allowing for time for interaction, problem solving and putting into practice techniques covered in the class.
This Saturday hands-on workshop focuses on a methodology for designing the composition, the importance of light for creating depth and volume, the intention behind the image, consideration of cultural symbols, using Light Room Classic for post-production with advanced image processing and finding ones creative voice through a review of ones and the other participant's images.
In the morning we begin by analyzing historic and contemporary images through the lens of compositional techniques & lighting considering intention. We keep an eye out for how lighting & composition work together to create compelling images. Next we shoot professional models and do a live editing session in LightRoom using more advanced tools and techniques finishing with a slide show. During the edit we analyze participant images with the same criteria used for composition, lighting and intention from the previous section. The goal is creating touch points for considering images,whether they be in the camera viewfinder during shooting or as finished images.
If you ever been at a cross roads about what to shoot, how to cultivate a lens based art practice or how to energize your image making, this workshop is for you.
Special emphasis is given to placing ones work in an historical and contemporary context while identifying personal threads of interest for inspiration be they technical or aesthetic.
The workshop is geared toward DSLR and Mirrorless cameras and limited to 6 participants.