PHOTOGRAPHY
NOTE CLASS LOCATION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY CLASSES:
Fire and Light Gallery, 509 E. Ridgeway Street, Clifton Forge, VA 24422
A-109: INTRODUCTION TO ADOBE LIGHTROOM
INSTRUCTOR: CHUCK ALMAREZ
Wednesdays, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Oct. 3, 10, 17 & 24 (4 weeks)
TUITION: $85
Lightroom is a workflow productivity tool that allows photographers to organize, edit, and output all from a single user interface. Lightroom has proven itself to be a significant time-saving tool for active photographers. This workshop is intended to demonstrate the how and why of Lightroom: how it works and why you should or shouldn’t use it. It will provide a broad overview of the Lightroom workflow and will demonstrate how it can be used to input images, how to correct general image problems like exposure or color, and how to output images to the web, to print, or as a slide show. Lightroom is useful for making broad, non-destructive changes to a single file or to multiple files at the same time. If necessary, files can then be opened in Photoshop or Elements for more specific changes, like making selections, adding text, or creating composite images.
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS NOW CLOSED
INSTRUCTOR: CHUCK ALMAREZ
Wednesdays, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Oct. 3, 10, 17 & 24 (4 weeks)
TUITION: $85
Lightroom is a workflow productivity tool that allows photographers to organize, edit, and output all from a single user interface. Lightroom has proven itself to be a significant time-saving tool for active photographers. This workshop is intended to demonstrate the how and why of Lightroom: how it works and why you should or shouldn’t use it. It will provide a broad overview of the Lightroom workflow and will demonstrate how it can be used to input images, how to correct general image problems like exposure or color, and how to output images to the web, to print, or as a slide show. Lightroom is useful for making broad, non-destructive changes to a single file or to multiple files at the same time. If necessary, files can then be opened in Photoshop or Elements for more specific changes, like making selections, adding text, or creating composite images.
REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS NOW CLOSED
A-115: AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT LAYERS, MASKS, & MODES IN PHOTOSHOP
INSTRUCTOR: CHUCK ALMAREZ
Wednesdays, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m., Nov. 7 & 14 (2 weeks)
TUITION: $60
This is an intermediate course in using Photoshop and/or Photoshop Elements. This class will provide a comprehensive look at using and managing the most useful and misunderstood tools used in image editing with Photoshop. Students should have a basic understanding of Photoshop or Photoshop Elements and will benefit most from bringing their own laptop computer to the class.
INSTRUCTOR: CHUCK ALMAREZ
Wednesdays, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m., Nov. 7 & 14 (2 weeks)
TUITION: $60
This is an intermediate course in using Photoshop and/or Photoshop Elements. This class will provide a comprehensive look at using and managing the most useful and misunderstood tools used in image editing with Photoshop. Students should have a basic understanding of Photoshop or Photoshop Elements and will benefit most from bringing their own laptop computer to the class.
A-120: LIGHT PAINTING THE STILL-LIFE IMAGE
INSTRUCTOR: CHUCK ALMAREZ
Wednesdays, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m., Dec. 5 & 12 (2 weeks)
TUITION: $60
Photographers often stop shooting when the sun goes down or grab a flash to capture an image, but there’s a lot more photography to explore at night or in a darkened environment by using moonlight, starlight, or even by adding your own light. Join us as we explore the world of night photography and Light Painting* techniques to develop images that are unique and sometimes otherworldly. The images we’ll capture can’t be seen with the eye or processed with your brain until after they are captured in the camera. The results will amaze you and open your world to an entirely new dimension in photography.
Equipment needed:
-A digital camera with shutter speed control. All but the least expensive point & shoot cameras have this option. And now you’ll learn how to use it!
-A tripod or camera stand. Because the exposures will be of long duration, for most shots the camera should be stable. But we’ll also explore camera movement in capturing images that will stretch your imagination.
-Lights and subjects will be provided, but even a cell phone light will work.
-A workbook will also be provided.
*Light painting is a photographic technique in which exposures are made by moving a hand-held light source or by moving the camera. The term light painting also encompasses images lit from outside the frame with hand-held light sources. Light Painting Photography can be traced back to the year 1914 when Frank Gilbreth, along with his wife Lillian Moller Gilbreth, used small lights and the open shutter of a camera to track the motion of manufacturing and clerical workers. Man Ray, in his 1935 series "Space Writing," was the first known art photographer to use the technique.
INSTRUCTOR: CHUCK ALMAREZ
Wednesdays, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m., Dec. 5 & 12 (2 weeks)
TUITION: $60
Photographers often stop shooting when the sun goes down or grab a flash to capture an image, but there’s a lot more photography to explore at night or in a darkened environment by using moonlight, starlight, or even by adding your own light. Join us as we explore the world of night photography and Light Painting* techniques to develop images that are unique and sometimes otherworldly. The images we’ll capture can’t be seen with the eye or processed with your brain until after they are captured in the camera. The results will amaze you and open your world to an entirely new dimension in photography.
Equipment needed:
-A digital camera with shutter speed control. All but the least expensive point & shoot cameras have this option. And now you’ll learn how to use it!
-A tripod or camera stand. Because the exposures will be of long duration, for most shots the camera should be stable. But we’ll also explore camera movement in capturing images that will stretch your imagination.
-Lights and subjects will be provided, but even a cell phone light will work.
-A workbook will also be provided.
*Light painting is a photographic technique in which exposures are made by moving a hand-held light source or by moving the camera. The term light painting also encompasses images lit from outside the frame with hand-held light sources. Light Painting Photography can be traced back to the year 1914 when Frank Gilbreth, along with his wife Lillian Moller Gilbreth, used small lights and the open shutter of a camera to track the motion of manufacturing and clerical workers. Man Ray, in his 1935 series "Space Writing," was the first known art photographer to use the technique.
