Fremont Art Association Classes
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Intro to Photoshop - For Beginners
- Sep 12 2010 - 12:00 pm
Location: Fremont Art Association Gallery, 37659 Niles Blvd, Fremont, CA 94536
PS-101 - Intro to Photoshop
Beginners
This is a primer course for the 12 week Photoshop for Photographers class. It is designed for photographers and artists who want to start learning Photoshop.
If you are not familiar with Photoshop this class will prepare you with the basic concepts of digital imaging and use of the Photoshop CS program. We will cover basic Photoshop techniques, selection, layers, cropping, sizing, sharpening, retouching and more…
If you want to learn Photoshop for use with photography this is an excellent place to start. We will go into greater depth in this class then in the entry level "Intro to Digital Photo Editing" classes.
o Understand digital imaging and file types
o Make Selections
o Understand Layers and Channels
o Use Adjustment Layers
o Understand Resolution
o Understand Color Balance
o Use Filters
o More…
Required software: Photoshop CSPhotoshop Class - Photoshop for Photographers – RAW file development
- Sep 16 2010 - 07:00 pm
Location: Fremont Art Association Gallery, 37659 Niles Blvd, Fremont, CA 94536
1 - RAW File Development
The first step in creating a spectacular image is the “development” of the RAW file. The RAW converter is very powerful and gives you a robust amount of image control. Learn to use Bridge as an interface to the RAW converter. Learn and use RAW smart objects for non-destructive tonal editing. Find out how to eliminate fringing, the red lines that form around highlights. Use the curves to produce film like tonal scales and eliminate that “digital” look. Control your cameras color and tonal response by using camera profiles. Learn how to recover slightly overexposed highlights.
Photoshop for photography is a three-month series of weekly workshops that will cover in detail the operation of Photoshop CS for intermediate through advanced photographers. If you are a beginner and want to take the series you might consider taking the Photoshop Primer class to get you up to speed on basic digital image editing concepts. The basic operations will be covered in depth from simple through more complex uses. In each class we will divide the time between the introduction of the new concepts and working up images using the techniques we have learned.
To sign up online, contact Cooksey or to get more information visit:
http://cookseytalbottgallery.com/classes.php#8Photoshop Class - Photoshop for Photographers - Selection Strategies
- Sep 23 2010 - 07:00 pm
Location: FAA Gallery, 37659 Niles Blvd, Fremont, CA 94536
2 - Selection Strategies
The basis of all Photoshop manipulation is selecting areas of your image. We will examine the often-bewildering array of techniques for selecting regions. Learn to create complex selections with just a few clicks. Selection modes - add, subtract and intersect. Making trash layers to build selections, interactive edge adjustment, shrinking and spreading, and luminance masking are just a few of the strategies that will be demonstrated.
Photoshop for photography is a three-month series of weekly workshops that will cover in detail the operation of Photoshop CS for intermediate through advanced photographers. If you are a beginner and want to take the series you might consider taking the Photoshop Primer class to get you up to speed on basic digital image editing concepts. The basic operations will be covered in depth from simple through more complex uses. In each class we will divide the time between the introduction of the new concepts and working up images using the techniques we have learned.
To sign up online, contact Cooksey or to get more information visit:
http://cookseytalbottgallery.com/classes.php#8Outdoor Portraiture
- Sep 26 2010 - 12:00 pm
Location: Fremont Art Association Gallery, 37659 Niles Blvd, Fremont, CA 94536
IDP-103 Portrait Photography
Instructor: Cooksey-Talbott
Beginner to Advanced – 4 hours
This is a half-day class for those interested in improving their outdoor portrait photographs. This class is based around using simple equipment to produce a professional looking result.
The skill level is beginner friendly but with enough depth to interest more advanced photographers. We will use standard professional reflectors and stands coupled with an assortment of camera speedlights for flash fill.
A beginning photographer with a point and shoot camera and a 35.00 reflector can make professional looking portraits if they know a few simple tricks!
o Learn to Use 5 in 1 Reflectors (handheld and on stands)
o Subtractive Lighting
o Reflector Fill Lighting
o Trans-Illuminated Silk Lighting
o Cosmetic Lighting
o Flash Fill
o Flash Key
o Posing
o Picking Locations
o Digital Camera Settings for Portraiture
Learn some basic ways to use available light your speedlight and inexpensive “5 in 1” reflectors to obtain professional lighting effects outdoors.
We will also cover the appropriate focal length lenses for different types of poses. shutter speeds and appropriate f stops for portrait photography. Learn the pros and cons of using camera supports and some basic makeup survival tactics.
We will meet at the gallery and use a local park for the location. Wear walkable shoes.
Required equipment: Digital camera (Pocket or DSLR)
Optional Equipment: Speedlight type flash(s)Photoshop Class - Photoshop for Photographers - Adjustment Layers
- Sep 30 2010 - 07:00 pm
Location: FAA Gallery, 37659 Niles Blvd, Fremont, CA 94536
3 - Adjustment Layers
We will examine each of the photographically useful adjustment layer types and review the controls and secret commands. The use of non-destructive adjustments is the key to making great pictures without getting “photo editors remorse”. With adjustment layers you can control all aspects of your image. Using the selection techniques from the previous class you can confine the adjustments to specific regions or tonal ranges of the print. You will be further introduced to the powerful advanced method of Luminance Masking in this lesson.
Photoshop for photography is a three-month series of weekly workshops that will cover in detail the operation of Photoshop CS for intermediate through advanced photographers. If you are a beginner and want to take the series you might consider taking the Photoshop Primer class to get you up to speed on basic digital image editing concepts. The basic operations will be covered in depth from simple through more complex uses. In each class we will divide the time between the introduction of the new concepts and working up images using the techniques we have learned.
To sign up online, contact Cooksey or to get more information visit:
http://cookseytalbottgallery.com/classes.php#8Photoshop Class - Photoshop for Photographers - Color Balancing
- Oct 07 2010 - 07:00 pm
Location: Cooksey-Talbott Studio, 34670 Calcutta Dr. Fremont, CA 94555
NOTE: This class is not at the gallery. Due to the presance of the Fine Art Show in the gallery we will meet at Cooksey's studio in Fremont.
4 - Color Balancing
The nature of digital color will be revealed to create a deeper understanding of how color is reproduced in RGB color space. Learn the color printing colorwheel and complimentary and analogous colors. We will learn to use the eyedropper and color sampler tools to aid in color balancing. Remove pesky color casts from the neutral areas of your pictures to create the feeling of balanced color. Use creative color grading as a tool to manipulate your viewer.
Photoshop for photography is a three-month series of weekly workshops that will cover in detail the operation of Photoshop CS for intermediate through advanced photographers. If you are a beginner and want to take the series you might consider taking the Photoshop Primer class to get you up to speed on basic digital image editing concepts. The basic operations will be covered in depth from simple through more complex uses. In each class we will divide the time between the introduction of the new concepts and working up images using the techniques we have learned.
To sign up online, contact Cooksey or to get more information visit:
http://cookseytalbottgallery.com/classes.php#8Photoshop Class - Photoshop for Photographers - Digital B&W
- Oct 14 2010 - 07:00 pm
Location: Cooksey-Talbott Studio, 34670 Calcutta Dr. Fremont, CA 94555
NOTE: This class is not at the gallery. Due to the presance of the Fine Art Show in the gallery we will meet at Cooksey's studio in Fremont.
5 - Digital B&W
We will examine the creation of our own B&W panchromatic renditions from RGB color images. Learn to use the Channel Mixer, LAB mode, Photo Filter and Selective Color layers to create highly adjustable B&W images. Using the zone system in digital post processing with luminance masking with B&W images is very powerful. We will examine the use of reproduction curves to simulate different classic panchromatic film developers.
Photoshop for photography is a three-month series of weekly workshops that will cover in detail the operation of Photoshop CS for intermediate through advanced photographers. If you are a beginner and want to take the series you might consider taking the Photoshop Primer class to get you up to speed on basic digital image editing concepts. The basic operations will be covered in depth from simple through more complex uses. In each class we will divide the time between the introduction of the new concepts and working up images using the techniques we have learned.
To sign up online, contact Cooksey or to get more information visit:
http://cookseytalbottgallery.com/classes.php#8Photoshop Class - Photoshop for Photographers - Retouching
- Oct 21 2010 - 07:00 pm
Location: Cooksey-Talbott Studio, 34670 Calcutta Dr. Fremont, CA 94555
NOTE: This class is not at the gallery. Due to the presance of the Fine Art Show in the gallery we will meet at Cooksey's studio in Fremont.
6 - Retouching
Learn to not only alter reality but how to use selective retouching to make your photos more powerful compositions. We will examine the use of a variety of tools to perform standard retouching tasks. We will examine the goals and methods of the professional retoucher in a number of instances. Just knowing what they do to an image is more then half the battle as the actual retouch is usually fairly simple. Examples will include portrait, nature and still life subjects.
Photoshop for photography is a three-month series of weekly workshops that will cover in detail the operation of Photoshop CS for intermediate through advanced photographers. If you are a beginner and want to take the series you might consider taking the Photoshop Primer class to get you up to speed on basic digital image editing concepts. The basic operations will be covered in depth from simple through more complex uses. In each class we will divide the time between the introduction of the new concepts and working up images using the techniques we have learned.
To sign up online, contact Cooksey or to get more information visit:
http://cookseytalbottgallery.com/classes.php#8Photoshop Class - Photoshop for Photographers – Sharpening and Sizing
- Oct 28 2010 - 07:00 pm
Location: Fremont Art Association Gallery, 37659 Niles Blvd, Fremont, CA 94536
7 – Sharpening and Sizing
Once an image master has been finished it must be sharpened and sized for printing. Selective sharpening using masks of different types will be demonstrated to allow for the maximum rendition of detail in the image. Different methods of sizing will be demonstrated to show the effects of each. Flattening and truncation of the 16 bit data will be covered and we will prepare a sized ready to print file from several image masters.
Photoshop for photography is a three-month series of weekly workshops that will cover in detail the operation of Photoshop CS for intermediate through advanced photographers. If you are a beginner and want to take the series you might consider taking the Photoshop Primer class to get you up to speed on basic digital image editing concepts. The basic operations will be covered in depth from simple through more complex uses. In each class we will divide the time between the introduction of the new concepts and working up images using the techniques we have learned.
To sign up online, contact Cooksey or to get more information visit:
http://cookseytalbottgallery.com/classes.php#8Photoshop Class - Photoshop for Photographers – Workstation and File Management
- Nov 04 2010 - 07:00 pm
Location: Fremont Art Association Gallery, 37659 Niles Blvd, Fremont, CA 94536
8 – Workstation and File Management
As a digital photographer you find that you have an industrial strength data-warehousing problem often on a shoestring budget. Regular CD’s and DVD’s are not permanent! We will learn how to safely archive our images using Archival DVD media and incremental backup systems. You can manage a large tome of randomly changing data safely with these methods. Learn how to optimize your disk space to create non-fragmented scratch disks for peak performance. A poor workflow can rapidly create a data management nightmare. Learn good workflow practices to prevent the dreaded workstation bloat and overloaded drives. Proper file naming practices will be given to enable you to find all variants of any file in your backups instantly. Use text files of your backup DVD’s directory structures to allow location of files in offline volumes.
Photoshop for photography is a three-month series of weekly workshops that will cover in detail the operation of Photoshop CS for intermediate through advanced photographers. If you are a beginner and want to take the series you might consider taking the Photoshop Primer class to get you up to speed on basic digital image editing concepts. The basic operations will be covered in depth from simple through more complex uses. In each class we will divide the time between the introduction of the new concepts and working up images using the techniques we have learned.
To sign up online, contact Cooksey or to get more information visit:
http://cookseytalbottgallery.com/classes.php#8Photoshop Class - Photoshop for Photographers - HDR Photography
- Nov 11 2010 - 07:00 pm
Location: Fremont Art Association Gallery, 37659 Niles Blvd, Fremont, CA 94536
9 - HDR Photography
32 bit High Dynamic Range photography is an earthshaking development in the digital world. Bracketed sequences of frames shot from a tripod are combined, taking a clearly rendered tone range from each frame, resulting in an image with awesome highlight and shadow detail. HDR images allow you to make photographs that were simply impossible due to the limited range of brightness that could be captured on film. We will learn how and when to use this technique as well as some alternate tools available for the creation of the 32 bit HDR master files. While the 32 bit tools are great in concept you can often produce superior results just using the photoshop chops that you have developed so far in the class. We will have a shoot out between HDR compositing with Photomatix 32 bit and Luminance Masked 16 bit HDR’s with some surprising results!
Photoshop for photography is a three-month series of weekly workshops that will cover in detail the operation of Photoshop CS for intermediate through advanced photographers. If you are a beginner and want to take the series you might consider taking the Photoshop Primer class to get you up to speed on basic digital image editing concepts. The basic operations will be covered in depth from simple through more complex uses. In each class we will divide the time between the introduction of the new concepts and working up images using the techniques we have learned.
To sign up online, contact Cooksey or to get more information visit:
http://cookseytalbottgallery.com/classes.php#8Intro to Digital Photography
- Nov 14 2010 - 01:00 pm
Location: Fremont Art Association Gallery, 37659 Niles Blvd, Fremont, CA 94536
IDP-100 – Basic Digital Photography
Instructor: Cooksey-Talbott
Beginning – 3 hours
This class is for those who have gotten a digital camera and know little about photography or their camera and want to learn, in simple terms, how to operate their camera and make better pictures. We will de-mystify the menus and settings of your camera and teach some basic photographic principles. Learn to stop motion, blur the background, get brilliant colors and make well composed photos.
Basic digital photo is a hands on class where you will use your camera to perform some simple assignments. By doing these assignments you will learn the basic concepts of photography. We will meet at the gallery and go down the street to the Niles Park to do our assignments.
We will have an online review after the class in our group at:
http://faadpg.ning.com/
To sign up online, contact Cooksey or to get more information visit:
http://cookseytalbottgallery.com/classes.php#8Photoshop Class - Photoshop for Photographers - Scanning Film
- Nov 18 2010 - 07:00 pm
Location: Fremont Art Association Gallery, 37659 Niles Blvd, Fremont, CA 94536
10 - Scanning Film
Learn how to successfully scan your film negatives to create ultra high-resolution originals. Fine grain 35mm film has much more resolution then a 10mp camera and is a good place to start if you want a bigger print size. 120 and 4x5 film is incredible when scanned. Learn what to look for when scanning and how to read and improve the RGB histograms of your scans. Producing good color negative scans is easy once you know a few simple tricks. We will use an Epson scanner for the demonstrations but the concepts are fairly universal to all film scanners.
Photoshop for photography is a three-month series of weekly workshops that will cover in detail the operation of Photoshop CS for intermediate through advanced photographers. If you are a beginner and want to take the series you might consider taking the Photoshop Primer class to get you up to speed on basic digital image editing concepts. The basic operations will be covered in depth from simple through more complex uses. In each class we will divide the time between the introduction of the new concepts and working up images using the techniques we have learned.
To sign up online, contact Cooksey or to get more information visit:
http://cookseytalbottgallery.com/classes.php#8Photoshop Class - Photoshop for Photographers - Making Stitched Digital Images
- Nov 25 2010 - 07:00 pm
Location: FAA Gallery, 37659 Niles Blvd, Fremont, CA 94536
11 - Making Stitched Digital Images
By pasting several frames from your digital camera together it is possible to create a higher resolution image. CS4 has made great strides towards the automation of the stitching and works on most images. We will discuss both image processing and camera techniques to create beautiful hi-res Panoramic, Vertoramic and rectangular images. The detail in a 50-100 megapixel image is breathtaking and best of all you can get there with the camera you currently own!
Photoshop for photography is a three-month series of weekly workshops that will cover in detail the operation of Photoshop CS for intermediate through advanced photographers. If you are a beginner and want to take the series you might consider taking the Photoshop Primer class to get you up to speed on basic digital image editing concepts. The basic operations will be covered in depth from simple through more complex uses. In each class we will divide the time between the introduction of the new concepts and working up images using the techniques we have learned.
To sign up online, contact Cooksey or to get more information visit:
http://cookseytalbottgallery.com/classes.php#8Photoshop Class - Photoshop for Photographers – Automation Using Actions
- Dec 02 2010 - 07:00 pm
Location: FAA Gallery, 37659 Niles Blvd, Fremont, CA 94536
12 – Automation Using Actions
Learn to make Photoshop perform repetitive tasks through the use of Actions, Droplets, Batching and Image Processing. The use of actions can save a great deal of work with tasks that you often perform and Droplets make it so you can simply drop your files onto an icon on your desktop and have then processed up to your specifications. Examples will include water-copyright marking, adding EXIF data, making desktops, resize and sharpen for web, convert color profile and more.
Photoshop for photography is a three-month series of weekly workshops that will cover in detail the operation of Photoshop CS for intermediate through advanced photographers. If you are a beginner and want to take the series you might consider taking the Photoshop Primer class to get you up to speed on basic digital image editing concepts. The basic operations will be covered in depth from simple through more complex uses. In each class we will divide the time between the introduction of the new concepts and working up images using the techniques we have learned.
To sign up online, contact Cooksey or to get more information visit:
http://cookseytalbottgallery.com/classes.php#8Intro to Digital Photography
- Dec 12 2010 - 01:00 pm
Location: Fremont Art Association Gallery, 37659 Niles Blvd, Fremont, CA 94536
IDP-100 – Basic Digital Photography
Instructor: Cooksey-Talbott
Beginning – 3 hours
This class is for those who have gotten a digital camera and know little about photography or their camera and want to learn, in simple terms, how to operate their camera and make better pictures. We will de-mystify the menus and settings of your camera and teach some basic photographic principles. Learn to stop motion, blur the background, get brilliant colors and make well composed photos.
Basic digital photo is a hands on class where you will use your camera to perform some simple assignments. By doing these assignments you will learn the basic concepts of photography. We will meet at the gallery and go down the street to the Niles Park to do our assignments.
We will have an online review after the class in our group at:
http://faadpg.ning.com/
To sign up online, contact Cooksey or to get more information visit:
http://cookseytalbottgallery.com/classes.php#8Intro to Digital Photography
- Jan 09 2011 - 01:00 pm
Location: Fremont Art Association Gallery, 37659 Niles Blvd, Fremont, CA 94536
IDP-100 – Basic Digital Photography
Instructor: Cooksey-Talbott
Beginning – 3 hours
This class is for those who have gotten a digital camera and know little about photography or their camera and want to learn, in simple terms, how to operate their camera and make better pictures. We will de-mystify the menus and settings of your camera and teach some basic photographic principles. Learn to stop motion, blur the background, get brilliant colors and make well composed photos.
Basic digital photo is a hands on class where you will use your camera to perform some simple assignments. By doing these assignments you will learn the basic concepts of photography. We will meet at the gallery and go down the street to the Niles Park to do our assignments.
We will have an online review after the class in our group at:
http://faadpg.ning.com/
To sign up online, contact Cooksey or to get more information visit:
http://cookseytalbottgallery.com/classes.php#8
