Introduction to Digital Photography with Adobe Lightroom
March 27 & 28, 2010
Judson Community Center, Longview
Registration Fee $125.00
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Learn the basics that will help you take your photography beyond 'point & Shoot'. From beginners to advanced amateurs will find useful information. After the busy two days, attendees will leave with an understanding of the basics of digital imaging as well as the fundamentals of what makes a good photograph. Learn what features to look for when purchasing a new camera. Learn how to put together the computer system that will allow you to edit, print and manage your digital images. Other topics will include exposure, lens selection and pre-visualizing images. Adobe Lightroom is one of the leading image editing and management software packages on the market. It is so feature packed that it may be the only imaging software you will need.
This will be two days of information packed lectures and demonstrations. Feel free to bring your laptop computer with free Lightroom and Elements trial versions loaded. There will not be enough time during the seminars to help you install the software but William will be glad to help by answering questions via e-mail or the telephone. If you don't have laptop, or are not comfortable with your computer skills, there will be a couple of iMacs available for 'testing the waters'. Don't worry about Mac or Windows, Lightroom and Photoshop work almost identically on both platforms.
Each participant will receive a complete set of class notes so that note taking during demonstrations will not be necessary.
Seminar Schedule |
Day 1, Saturday 9:00 AM |
Basics of Digital Imaging |
Types of digital cameras & features to look for |
Digital iamge file formats compared |
Resolution: camera; file; and printer |
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Building a digital 'darkroom' |
Hardware: monitors; processors; and printers |
Software: image editing and management |
Color management |
Backups, protecting your images |
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Lunch 12:00 to 1:00 |
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Before you shoot |
ISO |
White balance |
Metering modes |
Focusing methods |
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Esposure basics |
More about metering |
Effects of varying f/stops (aperture) and shutter speeds |
Understanding the histogram |
Effects of using a Polarizer |
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Basics of Composition |
The components of composition |
(Light, perspective, subject, foreground, background, |
depth of field, leading lines, balance, framing, simplicity, |
the 'Rule of Thirds', avoiding merger) |
The rules |
How to break the rules |
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Overview of image editing software |
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5:00 End of Day One |
Day 2, Sunday 9:00 AM |
Adobe Lightroom |
Setting Preferences |
The Library Module |
Organizing folders |
Collections |
Keywording |
Metadata |
Editing and rating your images |
Image Stacks |
The Develop Module |
Basic tonal controls |
Retouching and spotting |
Cropping and straightening |
Color correction |
The Print Module |
Image sizing |
Sharpening |
Page setup and print settings |
Assigning printer profiles |
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Lunch 12:00 to 1:00 |
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Adobe Photoshop Elements |
Setting Preferences |
Setting up your workspace |
Overview of Adjustment Layers |
Layer Masks |
Tonal and color Adjustments |
adding text to your photos |
Filters |
Sharpening |
Printing |
Other Options |
5:00 PM End of Seminar |