Adam Jones Photoshop Workshop

Adam Jones Photoshop Workshop

After numerous requests I’m pleased to offer a Photoshop workshop for photographers at my home/office just outside Louisville, KY. Many of you know, I moved about two years ago, and now live in Crestwood, KY, just 25 minutes from Louisville International Airport. I will provide airport pickup from Louisville Int. Airport, and shuttle you between my home and a nearby hotel, so renting a car is optional. There are many new and comfortable hotels nearby, and I’ll provide hotel information upon signup

Workshop Date: Oct. 9,10, 11, 2009
Workshop Fee: 495.00 (including airport pickup, 20x30 print, and class notes
This class will fill very quickly, and limited to first six students.
Please send your check in full to:
Adam Jones
6814 Clore Lake Road
Crestwood, KY 40014
This will be a comprehensive workshop for those desiring a solid understanding of the fundamentals and a desire to take your images to the next level using easy to understand professional techniques and software. Class notes will be provided so you won’t spend all your time taking notes. This course will be very interactive and hands on, with open dialogue back and forth with everyone, and your questions are truly encouraged.
Our class will begin on Friday afternoon starting with airport pickup. After hotel check in we have dinner, then travel across the Ohio River for a spectacular view of the Louisville skyline at dusk. This is a great location for panoramic images of our skyline.
Saturday is a full day of hands on class work and printing in my home with breaks for lunch etc. Each student will make a 20x30 print from one of their favorite images.
Sunday morning is a review for any topics needing additional review. Shuttle to airport provided after 12:00pm.

Major Topics

Getting Started: Getting the image right in the field-- File Formats—Resolution—Color Balance
Setting up Photoshop to run right: Preferences & Color Settings

Bridge: Customizing—Creating Metadata Templates—Using Keywords—Batch
Batch Renaming—Editing--Captioning

Raw Processing: We’ll explore all the adjustment tools Photographers commonly use, including the new local adjustments in raw.

Batch processing through Adobe Bridge.

Quick technique for spectacular skin tones.

Tonal Corrections: In short, getting the contrast right using adjustment layers,
histograms, brightness, shadow highlights, levels, curves, and auto
settings.

Expert Color Correction: Using Levels and Curves to expertly correct color casts.

Local Adjustments: Perfecting selections with Layers, Layer Masks.

Sizing & Printing your images:

Interpolation done right, sizing for print and sizing for e-mail
Image Processor for batch resizing
Color Management, Monitor and Printer calibration
Getting what you see on your monitor to print
Sharpening for printing and the web
Noise reduction

Selection Techniques: Various methods for selecting objects to remove or paste into other images.

Additional: Extending dynamic range: HDR with Photoshop and Photomatix

Unlimited Depth of Field: Helicon Focus software

NIK Software: Viveza, the fun easy way to correct your images

DXO Optics Pro: Batch convert all your raw images at one time.