Digital Photo 3 - Composition & Technique for Stunning Imagery

The WOW! factor - Creating Atmospheric Images

2012 Winter Photography Workshops
12 1/2 hours over 5 nights -
Pointe Claire Cultural Centre - Stewart Hall
176 chemin Bord-du-Lac / Lakeshore Road
Pointe Claire, Quebec

Composition is about aesthetics. This workshop focuses on how to give your images impact by using visual design principles, and by composing with light, colour, and in Black & White. Creative elements will be explored through the use of filters, stitching images to create panoramas, and processing techniques with both Photoshop Elements 9 & 10, and with Photoshop CS4 & 5.

An evening of outdoor night photography at Stewart Hall is included.

ONE Session only!

12 1/2 hours over 5 nights - from 7pm till 9:30pm

Thursday April 26, May 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2012

Skill level: Advanced. Suggested prerequisites: Digital Photo 101 & 201
Recommended for persons with digital SLR (DSLR) cameras
such as Nikon, Canon, Olympus, Pentax, Sony etc.
Presented mostly in English.

Maximum class size 10

Course Outline :

Composition methodology to produce endearing imagery
Mastering Manual Mode - to create superior images
Camera Spot Meters – How to read and use successfully
Black & White conversions – 3 different methods for best results
Graduated neutral density filters – balancing light levels in a scene
Creating panoramic images

Adobe Photoshop Elements & CS processing techniques :

- Correcting perspective (example - leaning buildings)
- “Stitching” photos in PS to create dynamic panoramics
- Using curves to enhance B&W images
- Sepia toning for that old “antique” look in B&W
- Techniques for BIG enlargements

Each week a handout will be given with the evening’s topic providing some detailed infor- mation. A weekly photo assignment will be given to help participants practice techniques learned in the workshops. Participants are encouraged to bring in their cameras with flash cards to evaluate and provide, helpful critique of the project images.

Online registration is available at:

http://www.ville.pointe-claire.qc.ca/en_1588_index.php

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Non-residents of Pointe Claire can also register in person at the Stewart Hall Cultural Centre, 176 chemin Bord-du-Lac/Lakeshore Road in Pointe Claire.
The cost for the five night workshop is $78.

For more information, call: 514-630-1220

This workshop is crafted and produced exclusively for
the Pointe-Claire Cultural Centre - Stewart Hall
by professional photographer and a/v media instructor

Frederic Hore

Not to be missed!