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Monthly Photoshop Hour

Improve Your Photoshop Skills - For Beginner & Intermediate Users

We don’t know anyone with a better understanding of Photoshop than the ever-popular Bud Simpson. So, we asked him to provide a monthly one-hour session on Photoshop. He’ll begin by taking you through the menus and teaching you shortcuts and tricks along the way.

We’ll meet every third Thursday of the month, beginning February 19th. Call to sign up, we have to limit the class size. 816-841-9624.

Mar – Image menu

April – Layer menu

May – Select Menu

June – Filter Menu

July – Palettes and Workspaces

HAPPY HOURS

Happy Hours

One hour – one topic – every 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month

$15 in advance

$20 at the door

Happy Hour, workshop and seminar fees are non-refundable.

How-To-Make Panoramas

Wednesday, March 25

6 to 7 pm

$15 in advance, $20 at the door

Our new space will be filled with large panorama images in March. So, we thought we’d let you in on how it’s done. Shooting panoramas used to be a function of having the right hardware. Now, digital imaging makes panoramas much easier and achievable by all types of cameras, even point ‘n’ shoot. Join Brud Jones for a ride on the wide side.

Fixing mistakes – When Good Pictures Go Bad & How to Fix Them

Wednesday, April 8

6 to 7 pm

$15 in advance, $20 at the door

Did that shot look great in the camera, but when you got it to the computer, you see that its way underexposed? Did you ever go too far in Photoshop and “ruin” your image? Then this is the class for you. Learn some valuable ways to fix those mistakes and more.

Portrait Retouching

Wednesday, April 22

6 to 7 pm

$15 in advance, $20 at the door

Retouching skin is the kind of skill your subjects will really appreciate. Peter Obetz will teach you the techniques he uses to make his portraits look so flattering.

Grayscale Conversions

Wednesday, May 13

6 to 7 pm

$15 in advance, $20 at the door

It may be easy to convert an image to black and white, but that doesn’t mean it looks right. Learn new ways to convert your images that really make your photos ‘sing’!

Downloading and Archiving Best Practices

Wednesday, May 27

6 to 7 pm

$15 in advance, $20 at the door

If you think the advantage of those 8 gig digital cards is that you can store more images on it, think again. Those cards are not long-term storage devices. Learn the best practices for storing, handling and filing your digital images. Brud Jones in our resident expert and he’ll teach you everything you need to know to build a safe archive for your valuable images.

Sharpening techniques

Wednesday, June 10

6 to 7 pm

$15 in advance, $20 at the door

There are a lot of ways to sharpen an image in Photoshop, choosing the right one is the trick. Bud Simpson teaches you some of the best ways to sharpen and which method is best for your image.

Flash Basics

Wednesday, June 24

6 to 7 pm

$15 in advance, $20 at the door

Learn some of the tricks photographers use with a flash for cool results, from bouncing to dragging shutter techniques to off-camera uses. Steve Gibson will take you on this tour of flash basics and tricks.

SATURDAY WORKSHOPS

3-4 hours each

$75

Maximum of 10-15 per class

Portrait Lighting Basics

$75

Saturday, February 21, 2009

9:00 a.m. to Noon – note the correct time!

Great portraits require good light. Learn how to control and manipulate light in this popular seminar. Digital Labrador’s Steve Gibson will show you lighting techniques to bring out the best in your subject.

There is only one space left in this workshop, so we are taking names for a second class which will meet on Saturday, March 21 if we have enough sign up to hold the class.

Call to register 816-841-9624.

Lightroom Basics and Beyond

$75

Saturday, March 28

9:00 a.m. to Noon

Frank Hamilton will teach you how to use Adobe Lightroom to import, edit and output photos. The focus will be on learning a workflow to use minimum disk space and streamline your time at the computer. Learn the editing tools in Library module, the non-destructive correction tools in Develop module, and various output possibilities with an emphasis on Print module. Most importantly learn a Lightroom archiving regimen. The integration of Lightroom and Photoshop will be discussed but this is not a Photoshop class.  An extensive list of web resources and a bibliography will be provided, along with keyboard short cuts.

Good Composition Rules and Group Critique

$75

Saturday, April 11

9 a.m. to noon

Join noted photographic educator Frank Hamilton for a practical look at the composition rule book. He will go over some of the basics rules of composition, and expand on the Happy Hour Composition workshop he offered in December. Bring 3 photos on a jump drive for a discussion on composition changes that can be used to improve the images.

Digital Photography Basics

$75

Saturday, May 16

9:00 – 1:00 pm

This workshop is the perfect way to learn the basics of digital imaging. Digital Labrador’s own Peter Obetz will help you wade through the jargon and acronyms and help you get started taking better pictures with any kind of digital camera. This is one of our most popular seminars. Space is limited. Call to register 816-841-9624.

From Click to Print

$75

Saturday, June 13

9 a.m. – noon

Learn the steps between when you snap the shot to making a final print. Bud Simpson will teach best practices for getting the image out of your camera, into your computer, how to process the image and prepare it for printing. This is a good class for beginners and intermediate photographers.