DIGITALworkshops

Members: $925.00 • Non-members: $995.00
Prerequisites: Photoshop for Beginners or equivalent experience

Description

Photoshop is one of the most ubiquitous software programs for photographers and visual artists. Mastering the basics is a challenge to first time users but with practice and perseverance it can become a dependable tool. This workshop is for those who feel comfortable with Photoshop’s tools but want to go to a higher level of creative expression. Creative Photoshop will explore powerful image control through Selections and Channels and ultimately Layers.These Photoshop essentials are often misunderstood and underused by many artists. We will explore multiple approaches to the uses of Layers, from specific image enhancement, through black and white conversions, faux infrared effects and complex image combinations and composites. Digital cameras have become an important image acquisition option for photographers and Photoshop CS3 provides powerful tools to acquire, sort, and process digital images. We will explore not only Adobe Bridge and Camera Raw basics but also creative effects possible within this tool set. The History Palette will be explored, not just as a great way to keep track of your movements in Photoshop for its many creative possibilities. Finally, we will cover strategies for achieving accurate output in the rinting process. This workshop is designed for photographers, artists and educators who wish to broaden their knowledge of Photoshop and to strengthen their creative voice through this remarkable program.

JOHN REUTER is the director of the Polaroid 20x24 Studio. Throughout the twenty years of working with other artists, he maintained his own work and vision in a very different direction, using the photographic process to transform the camera’s reality into a more “mythic” reality. His SX-70 collages gave way to painted Image Transfers, then to Digital imaging. The freedom of image making provided by this new medium inspired his work in ways reminiscent of the early SX-70s. This new body of work draws on John’s work in painting as well as combining imagery through digital collage. Today he works in both traditional photography and with images created entirely with digital sources.

Website: http://www.johnreuter.com