Digital Photography Workshop for Beginners
Elements to cover…lighting, composition, editing/photoshop techniques, equipment, blogging, and final presentation. It would be a course for beginners with field work (shooting) and sharing and critique of images. Must have a minimum of eight people to confirm. More information coming soon!
Topics will include the basics of digital photography along with digital image manipulation techniques using Photoshop CS3.
Date: Saturday March 7th
You will need your own digital camera (preferably SLR) that allows you to shoot in manual mode. We will cover manual mode and aperture priority. You will need a jump drive, smart card or personal laptop to save your work. You will need Photoshop CS3 on your personal laptop or PC. A free 30 day trail can be downloaded online. Please bring your personal laptop to the workshop. I will have three laptops accessible for use on the day of the workshop. Please bring your camera as well as all accessories (Lens, external flash, media card (minimum 1 gig), accessory cords to upload to PC and 10-15 image portfolio prepared to share with the class.) I recommend that you bring your portfolio in digital format so they can be presented on screen and manipulated during the workshop. This workshop will focus on outdoor portrait photography. I will cover basic flash photography in a low light situation.
The workshop will cover:
~DPI (sizing for print processing, web application, blog, ect.)
~Manual mode
~Aperture priority
~Composition (guest speaker Jenny Harris Starr)
~Lighting, depth of field, and use of external flash
~Print Processing & Photo-books ( guest speaker Debbie G. Johns)
~Photoshop Techniques to include color pop, saturation, levels, actions, retouching, text and drop shadow, dodging and burning, & color isolation on a black and white image.
We will have a mock outdoor session with a live model to cover basic shooting and posing techniques.
I use actions on every image I present to a client. I have purchased these actions online and some I have written myself. If you would like to obtain similar effect to your images you will need these actions. You must purchase the actions from the original source. I will publish a list of my favorite and most used actions prior to the workshop. I recommend that these actions be purchased prior to class.
The workshop will include lunch and dessert.
Fee for the workshop: $95.00 per person
I must have a minimum of 8 confirmed and no more than 10 persons.
The workshop will be held at my house located close to Thomas Crossroads in Newnan, Ga.
One image will be selected from each person to be showcased in a calander or photobook
and presented on my blog.
Please email if you have any questions or suggestions!!
Sincerely,
Heather Powell
www.newsimplicityphotography.com
www.newsimplicityphotography.wordpress.com
heatherpowell4@yahoo.com
