Intro to Better Photography

Whether you shoot with film or digital equipment, if you've been shooting for a while or just starting out, this course has something for you. "Introduction to Better Photography" is a comprehensive class covering the basics of photography in great detail.

Here's a breakdown of just some of the topics covered..

Equipment - learn more about the gear you already have (and want). What to buy and what not to buy.

Digital - basic workflow techniques for editing, saving, archiving and sharing etc.

Exposure - take control of those mysterious shutter and aperture settings

Composition - make every photo more interesting with better compositional skills

Photoshop - mystified? Turn your images to black and white in a snap, learn about layers, cropping and resizing, curves and levels, etc.

 

No previous photography experience necessary.

 

The course runs for 6 classes in total, which includes 5 evenings and 1 field trip (typically on a Saturday morning - date TBA). Students should be prepared for a little "homework" between classes, as there will be an assignment relating to the topic of the week. Includes a set of class notes.

 

Requirements: Students should have an SLR (single lens reflex) camera, film or digital. Alternately, a Digital Camera with some ability to override automatic functions.

Dive into Photoshop!

A "working" photoshop class. You will be expected to bring your own images to work on.

What will be covered:

How to use Photoshop's tools, menus and pallets

Optimize image color and contrast

Use of layers

Crop, resize and straighten images

How to convert to black and white

Retouch blemishes

And much, much more!

 

There will be lots of time to discuss your questions!

Workshop is one afternoon session. Participants need to bring a laptop with software already installed.

 

You can use Photoshop CS3, CS4 or the new CS5 version. Or Elements, depending on registration. Please make note of this upon registration to register for the right class.

 

* Please Note: You can download a 30 day trial for free at www.adobe.com. It is recommended to upgrade to the latest version, so please check what you are currently using. *

Photoshop Extensions

Classes will be added here as they become available.

Collage class: Creating a collage in Photoshop Elements 10 (PSE10).

You will need a laptop with PSE 8 or later installed and your images that you'd like to bring together in a collage. You will learn how to:

Setting up your Photoshop document

Adding text and quotations to your collage

Font selection

Essential selection and knockout techniques

Layers, Layer Groups & Layer Clipping Masks

Simple collages based on image overlays, blending modes

Image transformation tools including Free Transform and Warp

Printing your collage for final presentation

Please contact me for the next available class.

Photography - Onward

More details will be posted on this class shortly. This is an intermediate class.

Requirements: Students should have an SLR (single lens reflex) camera, film or digital, and access to at least 2 different (fixed or zoom) lenses to experiment with.