March, 2008: MCP Class Schedule
Continuing This Month
Steve Bye
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Course #1005 + Introduction to Adobe Photoshop:
for Photographers
January 26 to March 8, 2008
COURSE FULL
Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (7 sessions)
Instructor: Steve Bye
Fee: $256.50 MCP members, $285 non-members
Deadline to Enroll: January 20, 2007
Class Limit: 10
Location: MCP's digital lab
To sign-up contact Jes Schrom, Gallery and Education Coordinator, at jes@mncp.org or call her at 612.824.5500
Course Description
Digital photography and Photoshop are synonymous, but the technical complexity of Photoshop distracts many photographers from focusing on their art. The goal of this class is to give photographers the tools to quickly and enjoyably implement their vision. It avoids getting bogged down in the features of Photoshop that are not pertinent to photography, allowing it to go deeper into those that are. It uses the language of photography, with analogies to darkroom processes, to simplify the learning process.
Though no prior Photoshop experience is required for this course, it is not just an overview of the application. By the end of the class a student will be able to:
+ download images from a digital camera or import images from scanned film
+ adjust highlight and shadow points to get full dynamic range for printing
+ use Photoshop's Curves adjustment to emphasize specific tonal ranges
+ adjust color, removing color casts and optimizing color saturation
+ dodge and burn to adjust exposure for portions of an image
+ create dramatic black and white images from color originals
+ learn the benefits, simplicity, and power of working with RAW files
+ size and crop prints for the web, an inkjet printer, or sending to a photo service
+ sharpen images to get the best appearance for inkjet printing or the web
+ set-up home inkjet printers correctly to print accurate color
Each class will start with an explanation of the concepts and tools, with demonstrations and supporting visuals to simplify learning. Sample images will be provided for students to practice the concepts during class, and some optional take-home assignments will be used.
The class is hands-on, with each student using their own iMac computer using the Photoshop CS3 Suite. Students will practice each concept during class to make sure they understand it. The class is taught on Apple computers but, once within the Photoshop application, the functionality and user interface are nearly identical to Windows. Windows users will easily learn the few Mac computer functions that are required.
At the end of the class students will have a very strong understanding of the basics of Photoshop and know its fundamental concepts and tools.
Those wanting to learn more advanced techniques will be well prepared for the following class, Intermediate Photoshop for Photographers, which will build on the techniques learned in this class.
Requirements
Participants must have a solid working knowledge of computers, and a grasp of photographic concepts, though no prior knowledge of Photoshop is required.
If you have no experience with digital imaging, or you are not sure if you are ready for this class, it might be best to take Course #1000: Introduction to Digital Photography before taking this course. Read the list of skills for Course#1000 to see if you feel confident with the concepts listed.
Participants are allotted 15 hours of open lab time for no additional charge during the duration of this course in MCP's Digital Lab, for class related work only. Ink and paper fees still apply.
Students will need to provide their own jump drive or portable hard drive to bring images to and from class. Storage of student images is not provided on MCP computers at this time.
Instructor
Steve Bye is an Adobe Certified Instructor of Photoshop. He has used it extensively since the release of version 4 over ten years ago.
After shutting down his wet darkroom many years ago, Bye's interest in photography was rekindled when the very first photo inkjet printers became available. Though their quality at the time was poor, digital photography using inkjet printers seemed worth investigating. Now, ten years later, he has worked extensively with over seven models of Epson printers, using Photoshop to optimize images for printing on fine art papers and new media that simulate silver gelatin papers.
Bye's strength as a teacher is in explaining difficult concepts in easily understandable terms, a skill learned while at Hewlett-Packard as a trainer, engineer, and manager.
