Maybe you've recently
made the switch from film to digital, or perhaps you’re
considering the switch? Maybe you’re struggling
with terms like “depth of field” or concepts
like “Colour Management”? Perhaps you feel
disheartened by all the time you seem to spend in the
"Digital Darkroom". Have your pictures ever
looked better through the viewfinder than they did in
the final print or transparency? And just what is "shooting
RAW" and why should you care?
Over 5 weekly sessions let
us de-mystify these and other technical elements of photography
and show you how to create images with impact. We’ll
cover basic concepts including creative use of aperture
and shutter speed and show you how to master these technical
skills so they become second nature, allowing you to concentrate
on the visual and emotional content of your images. We’ll
show you how much, and of what equipment you really need
to create strong images (it’s probably less than
you think).
We’ll show you the
six elements of visual design and help you to immediately
begin incorporating these into your own images. Finally,
we’ll discuss post-processing digital images to
bring out the best tonal range, colour and sharpness,
and look at some exciting new developments that enhance
a photographer’s ability to manage the hundreds
of digital images we produce.
This course will be of interest
to advanced beginners and intermediate photographers.
You should own a film or digital interchangeable lens
camera ("SLR") capable of manual control of
both shutter speed and aperture and be familiar with the
operation of these controls. While we will focus primarily
on digital imaging practice, film shooters are welcome.
Scanning services will be available at nominal cost so
that film shooters can benefit from discussions of digital
enhancement techniques. This course is not well suited
to "Point-and-Shoot" cameras as owners of these
cameras will find that they are unable to make full use
of the techniques discussed in class owing to the imitations
of this type of camera.
Bring up to 5 images of
your own to the course for discussion: bring images you
like as well those you’d like to improve. Through
weekly lectures, discussion, assignments and critiques
we’ll help you become a better image maker. As a
bonus we are planning a weekend field trip to an image
rich location to put into action the concepts we have
learned in the class.
Tuition is $249. Email or call 604-307-2451 to register. You may also register
by calling the Phoenix Art Workshops at 604-448-1860
