Digital Infrared Photography: Dramatic Shooting and Photoshoping Beyond the Visible with Jack Davis Jan 20-22, 2012 9:30am - 5:30pm

© Jack Davis

Members: $745 • Non-members: $795

Prerequisites: Photoshop Basics or equivalent (also see below)

Space Limited to 10 participants.

Description

This hands-on workshop is all about exploring in-depth the dramatic world of creative possibilities opened up by shooting in Infrared! With the advent of digital cameras being able to be converted to shoot the IR spectrum, what was once an incredibly difficult and very UNcreative process (ever try composing, focusing and metering through a piece of black glass???), has now become a wonderfully simple job of Point and Shoot. But the question is How DO you shoot this entirely new world (Lighting? Tripod?, Bracket?, White Balance?), and once you do, what’s the best way to Optimize and Enhance your masterpiece (How to get the best tonal range? Edge Exaggeration? Digital Hand Tint? Glow and Noise Effects?)?
 
The goal of this workshop is to guide you through different in-field Shooting techniques and in-lab Photoshop techniques, leading to the creation of your perfect Infrared image - both landscape and portrait. Actually, most enhancing of IR photography is best done in Photoshop’s Adobe Camera Raw or Lightroom - both of which will be demonstrated and used in class. Jack was one of the pioneers of digital infrared (having started long before there even was such a thing as IR conversions) and has shot extensively all around the world in IR - and would NEVER leave home without an IR camera at hand!
Wether you are a professional photographer wanting to add IR to your commercial options, or you are a passionate photo addict wanting your creative mind blown - or you are BOTH!, this workshop is for you!
 
* A requirement for this workshop is a camera converted to shoot in infrared - either a point-n-shoot camera (like the Canon PowerShot SD960 or G11) or a DSLR camera - (most Nikon and Canon single lens reflex cameras can be converted). Go to >www.LifePixel.com (or another IR conversion service) to find out more about converting a camera to shoot infrared, and if you decide to order you can use the code JHD for a special student discount. And if you want my opinion (and I know you do ;), I prefer the flexibility of the “Standard IR” conversions from Life Pixel, and think the Canon G11 makes an incredible IR camera!

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Biography

Jack Davis is one of the world’s leading experts on Photoshop, as well as himself being an award-winning photographer. Jack is coauthor of the bestselling (a million copies+ in 12 languages) guide to Photoshop, The Photoshop Wow! Book, (Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Computer Book, Computer Press Assoc: Best How-To Book, International Digital Imaging Assoc: Most Useful Book). His latest book, How to Wow: Photoshop for Photography, showcases the process of going beyond what was shot, to crafting what was experienced.

For over 20 years Jack has been an internationally renowned spokesperson on digital imagery, and routinely teaching at conferences and workshops around the world. Davis is part of the “Dream Team” at the Photoshop World Conferences and was one of the first inductees into the Photoshop Hall of Fame for his lifetime contributions to the industry.

Jack has an MA and MFA in Digital Imagery, and when he’s not in his studio in San Diego, he’s usually somewhere in Polynesia, camera in hand, capturing the local color.