Workshoppers

How to set up on-location lighting in a variety of situations, including everything from interiors to environmental portraits,
Hands-on demonstrations and lectures demonstrating compact flash unit effects,
Use of strobes for various lighting applications,

Fine tuning image density, contrast, color, and saturation,
Applying local corrections such as masking and selections,
Color management principles,
Optimizing prints visual clarity,
Understanding and developing digital printing aesthetics

Discussions and exercises on the nude as a subject in photography,
How to use light and shadow to “sculpt” your subject,
Your responsibility as the artist to emotionally direct the subject,
How to make your images of the human form more expressive,
Controlling the challenges the human form poses for the creative eye

Getting to know the tool bar
Digital imaging concepts (pixels, resolution, resampling, file formats)
Color correction and contrast control
Making selections for local corrections
Hands-on exercises to reinforce key concepts

How to operate a view camera
Camera movements: base v. axis tilt, front v. rear movements
Developing and printing from large format negatives
Large format portraiture demonstration
Practical discussion of equipment and materials

How to set up on-location lighting in a variety of situations, including everything from interiors to environmental portraits,
Hands-on demonstrations and lectures demonstrating compact flash unit effects,
Use of strobes for various lighting applications,

Fine tuning image density, contrast, color, and saturation,
Applying local corrections such as masking and selections,
Color management principles,
Optimizing prints visual clarity,
Understanding and developing digital printing aesthetics

Discussions and exercises on the nude as a subject in photography,
How to use light and shadow to “sculpt” your subject,
Your responsibility as the artist to emotionally direct the subject,
How to make your images of the human form more expressive,
Controlling the challenges the human form poses for the creative eye

Getting to know the tool bar
Digital imaging concepts (pixels, resolution, resampling, file formats)
Color correction and contrast control
Making selections for local corrections
Hands-on exercises to reinforce key concepts

How to operate a view camera
Camera movements: base v. axis tilt, front v. rear movements
Developing and printing from large format negatives
Large format portraiture demonstration
Practical discussion of equipment and materials