Picture Print Publish Youth Workshop with Wes Carson Ages 9 to 17 Apr 9, 2011 Sat, 10am - 5pm

© Wes Carson

Members: $95 • Non-members: $125 • Prerequisites: Ages 9 - 17

Space Limited to 12 participants.

Description

Are you interested in digital photography? Do you want to learn more about using your camera, taking great pictures, and editing them in Photoshop? Do you want to publish your photography art in a book? If you are between the ages of 9 and 17 and love photography, join us for Picture Print Publish.

Picture Print Publish is a 2-session workshop where participants learn the basics of digital photography and image editing with Adobe Photoshop. There will be an expedition downtown to take pictures and then return to the computer lab to make our very own photography book.

Each participant is issued a Canon digital SLR Camera for the day. Using Adobe Photoshop you will learn image adjustment techniques such as color correction, adjustment layers and layer masks and other digital imaging technology. Sessions in the computer lab will expose you to downloading images, saving and renaming files, burning CDs, and creating a book through www.Blurb.com.

A basic understanding of operating a DSLR camera is required for this workshop. No prior photography experience required but students need to bring their own Epson Photo Paper for printing images.

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Biography

Wes Carson is the head of the photography program at Miami International University of Art and Design and a former assistant to Irving Penn. Carson has over 20 years experience in commercial photography and has been an actively exhibiting fine art photographer for the past 13 years. He received his BA in Photography from the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California and his MFA in Photography and Digital Imaging from the University of Miami. Carson has been teaching at the university level for the past 5 years at MIU, the University of Miami and Barry University. He is currently working on a documentary project that examines the influence of popular culture on contemporary society.