Workshops and Classes

PRIVATE INSTRUCTION

Work one on one with me in your home or my photo studio – contact me to discuss your needs. erika@erikagentry.com

HDR (high dynamic range) and Panoramic Photography Class. ©Erika Gentry

GROUP CLASSES

FALL 2009

Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA
Weekend workshops in Adobe Lightroom, HDR & Panoramic Photography, Master Digital Printing, Digital Negatives.

DIGITAL MASTER PRINTING
Saturday & Sunday | 10:00a – 5:00p | Nov 21 & 22
A 2-day weekend intensive course that shows how to properly prepare your images as beautiful pigment prints. Using Photoshop CS3 tips and tricks as well as understanding the relationship to archival printers will help you unlock the gorgeous print you have been waiting to output! See through the eyes of a master printer and gain a broader understanding of the technical artistry of digital printing. Workshop topics include: basic corrections, best practices for B&W image conversion, tone control with levels and curves, dodging and burning, layer masking, sharpening, and using the advanced B&W print driver controls for Epson printers. Paper and ink will be provided and examples of various paper substrates will also be available. (Pre-Req: Basics of Photoshop layers)(Bring: 6 color or B&W image files in RAW, JPG or PSD).

ADOBE LIGHTROOM (Fall | Beginning/Intermediate)
Saturday & Sunday | 11:00a – 5:00p | Dec 5 & 6
This 2-day weekend workshop introduces the fundamentals of Lightroom and gives tips & tricks on how to professionally develop your digital images. Focus is on setup, work-flow, organization, image management, rating, editing, non-destructive image processing, and delivery of images regardless of what type of output. The course includes some open lab time to work on your own images. Lightroom puts the focus on images being processed and managing large volumes of images. Flash galleries, websites, and self-published books can be made from this single program, which works seamlessly with all Adobe and Macromedia programs. BRING: 25 Unprocessed Images – RAW or JPEG
**Jeff Weston, Instructor extraordinaire will be teaching this session as I will be away at the SPE WEST conference.

HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGING & PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHY (Fall | Intermediate/Advanced)
Saturday|  1:00 – 7:00p (Shoot offsite) | Dec 12
Sunday | 11:00a – 5:00p (Process)  | Dec 13
A 2-day weekend intensive workshop where students learn about HDRI & Panoramic photography. HDRI “high dynamic range imaging” is a technique using camera exposure and software to create images with a greater dynamic range (the range of values between light and dark areas) through the process of tone mapping. Digital panoramic photography uses overlapping camera exposures to “seam” together multiple images into one image with a perceived wide field of view. On day one, learn how to make proper exposures and explore your creativity on location. On day two, learn how to correct and process the images using Photoshop CS3 and third party HDR software. PRE-REQ: Basic Photoshop and Level 1 Digital Photo, or equivalents. BRING: Digital SLR or digital camera with manual exposure adjustments and wide angle lens capabilities, and a tripod.

Fotovision, Berkeley, CA
Photography & Digital Imaging (ongoing)

Fall  2009 ( 18 week credit classes start 8/17 )

City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA starts 8/17/09.
Photography & Multi Media Departments

PHOT60A Beginning Photoshop for Photographers
PHOT60B Intermediate Photoshop for Photographers
PHOT51  Beginning Photography
PHOT67 Digital Negatives For Darkroom Printing

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