Photoshop Techniques for PHOTOGRAPHERS

Sept 1st-3rd, 2007
or
May 17th to 19th, 2008

"Secrets of the Digital Darkroom!"

This stop in our Workshop Series is designed to bring digital photographers into the Digtial Darkroom at Chandler Studios where they can begin to learn those techniques that have proven themselves to be valuable for us as professional photographers. Here students will learn the foundations of Digital Workflow; how to manage your files, how to get your files ready for Photoshop and then the foundations of the Photoshop processes. At the end of this weekend of Photoshop exploration the photographers are better able to find and sort their images, manipulate their images, join images, layer images, stitch images, print images and other proven imaging techniques which will really add a postive and lasting value to thier final imaging products.

We have found that learning and applying Adobe Photoshop in the digital darkroom is a must for digital photographers to have in their "bag of tricks." This workshop will give you all of our tricks and provide you the learning platform from which you will be able to build, or improve, your digital darkroom.

This workshop size is limited allowing students to learn at the their own pace in a stress free environment.

Here is a look at what you will find brewing in our
Digital Darkroom
!


For more information call us 910 324 1646. It is always more fun to talk to someone but the remainder of this page will outline our Goals and Objectives for this great weekend of Photography Fun.

Friday evening: 7 pm. We invite you to join us for an Ice Breaker at Chandler Studios. We will help you arrange lodging at any of several hotels or B&Bs that are near to the Studios. (Please note students, with our assistance, will arrange their own lodging).

Saturday

Saturday morning:
8: am. Morning presentations till 11 am.
1. Introducing you to Windows Explorer and learning how to download your images so that you can find them later. Learning to make directories and sub-directories and then learning to Browse your directories. Finally, learning how to name files both in your camera and in your computer too!
2. Then we move forward with an overview of Photoshop Basics that will get you used to moving around the premier image editing software. Here you will be learning more about Browse, Open, Image sizing, Canvas sizing, resolution for screen and resolution for print.

11:45 am. We have lunch catered into the Studio.

Saturday afternoon:
1pm We bring some color into your life with our Color and Colorizing workshop.
Here you will be learning how to set levels, what saturation can (and cannot) do. What is a Hue and where are you going with it?

3pm. YOUR PROJECT. By this time you will be tired of lecture so you will be assigned a photographic imaging project. Something that we hope will be "way over your head" and can be customized to your discernable needs. YOUR PROJECT allows you to be as creative as you can be while learning Photoshop techniques. We are either near, or over your shoulder, helping you create your project.

5pm. Review and wrap up from our first day.

7pm. Steak cookout on the deck. Our suggested time is 7 pm but we are flexible. We are hosting this dinner as a "Welcome to Chandler Studios!"

Students are not required to own a computer or the Adobe Photoshop Software. We have a full Computer Lab for students in the Studio.

Students who own their own laptops and digital darkrooms are encouraged to bring their equipment to the workshop.

Printers, paper and ink are also included in the price of your Workshop.

For more information contact John Chandler

or phone Chandler Studios at 910 324 1646

Sunday:

8am. Layers and Masking is our first class of the morning and this will be the best two hours of your weekend. We unlock the secrets and simplicity of layering your images and how to make masking work for you.

10am. Learning Black and White and how to colorize your B&W photos with Antiquing, Sepia, or colorizing selected areas for a stunning look from a by-gone era.

Lunch 11:45 Once again lunch will be catered in for our dining pleasure.

1pm. Time to get back to YOUR PROJECT. You continue to put what you have learned to immediate use in YOUR PROJECT.

4pm. We conduct a RAW Workshop in the Studios. You will be picking up your camera for the first time since Friday morning and capturing images in the RAW format. We will teach you the benefits and drawbacks of using the RAW format.

Sunday evening. Dinner. Students choose where we shall dine.

Monday

8 am. The Studios are open so students can begin polishing their PROJECTS for presentations at 10am. Students are expected to be able to explain all the steps they took while producing their PROJECT image(s). .

10 am. Begin review and critique of student PROJECTS.

12pm Workshop ends.

For more information contact
John Chandler

or phone Chandler Studios at
910 324 1646