Digital photography offers the photographer incredible creative expression. From the concept through the final presented image the photographer has control over the look and feel of every image they create, provided they understand the tools and applications that are available.
This workshop takes a deep dive into the creative process of image making from concept through final execution. It will teach you the proper processing for social media, digital slide shows, commercial print making, and fine art printing on ink-jet prints.
Set in northern Minnesota during the wintertime is an ideal time and location for this workshop. A combination of field shoots and classroom gives you the complete photographic experience.
Instruction
This workshop is limited to two participants which allows most of the instruction time to be one on one. The emphasis is on hands-on learning and individual instruction. If you have a particular project or portfolio you want to work on, a style of photography you want to perfect, this is a great opportunity.
Using Adobe products, Lightroom, Bridge, Adobe Camera Raw, and Photoshop, you will learn the differences, advantages, and disadvantages, with the goal of developing a preference that suits your photographic style and goals.
Pre-requisites: laptop computer with a minimum of 16 Gb of RAM and Adobe Photography Plan (Including both Lightroom and Photoshop Apps, $19.99/month). Bring your Raw image files! The more images you have to choose from the greater opportunities you will have to work on and perfect your process.
Location
Duluth Minnesota
Itinerary
This is a sample itinerary intended to demonstrate the concepts and topics that are covered. The instructor reserves the right to deviate from this itinerary if necessary.
Day one
1:00 pm until 3:00pm
Setting up your digital darkroom, how to optimize your computer environment for the best performance while using Adobe software programs. Calibration of your monitor. Sizing your image files for specific uses like digital media, social media, commercial printing or fine art printing. Understanding image compression and how it affects the look of your images. Understanding workspace and how to arrange it within your post processing apps, Lightroom, Adobe Camera Raw, and Photoshop, this makes sure the tools you need are at your fingertips.
4:00pm-6:00pm
Landscape photoshoot location to be determined. Instruction on use of filters for landscape photography. How to photograph in the winter.
Day two
6:30am-9:00am Sunrise photography shoot location to be determined. Instruction in photographing winter landscapes.
10:30am until 5:00 pm
Post Processing your images, learn the fundamentals of your Raw Image processors, Lightroom and/or Adobe Camera Raw. Step by step demos instruct on the use and understanding of the tools available in post processing and Raw conversion. How to maximize your camera’s dynamic range and color gamut. Sharpening your image files. Noise reduction using Adobe tools Image file sizes and how they affect the final look of the image.
Open Lab—this is time for individual instruction and practice of the concepts learned each day
Day three
6:00am-1:00pm Photographing winter birds and Great Grey Owls Sax-Zim Bog. We will take the morning of the third day for a special field trip to the Sax-Zim Bog to look for and photograph the Great Grey Owl and frequent resident of that area. Instruction in winter bird photography.
Afternoon break
Day four
6:30am-9:00am Sunrise photography shoot location to be determined. Instruction in photographing winter landscapes
10:30am until 4:00pm
Understanding Photoshop, demystifying the granddad of all image processing software programs. Photoshop is an incredibly diverse, and deep program, however, most photographer’s needs are relatively simple. The trick is to find the path that works for you and your needs. Through lecture and individual instruction you will learn how to navigate this behemoth program and understand what it will do for you and your image processing.
Day five
9:00am until 3:00pm
The Fine Art Print. Understanding image color profiles, using print profiles. Understanding paper types and how they affect the look and feel of images. Setting up your print file for sending to commercial print labs, how to make sure you get what you want. Printing with an ink-jet printer. The Fine Art Print. Understanding print sizes and how to create the best enlargements of your image. Up-sizing for large prints. Down-sizing for smaller prints. Understanding archival processes, framing, and presentation materials.
Payment & Cost
Cost: $1695
A $500 non-refundable deposit holds you spot until 90 days prior to the workshop when the balance is due.
Includes tuition, ink, paper, use of digital ink jet printer, and instruction.
Each student will make multiple 8.5×11 test prints of their image files as well as two 17×22 sized finished fine art prints suitable for framing.
Does not include transportation, lodging, or meals.
