Connecticut Association of Photographers presents Spring Workshops

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Connecticut Association of Photographers Presents Spring Workshops, Saturday, April 17, 2010 Holiday Inn, 201 Washington Avenue, North Haven, CT

8-8:45 am REGISTRATION AND COFFEE

Morning Seminar Choices – Pro Show Gold or Basics of Digital Photography
Each seminar is $35 for CAP members and $45 for non-CAP members ($45 seminar fee includes seminar and membership in CAP through July 2011)

Choice One: 9-11:45 Pro Show Gold presented by Lisa and Tom Cuchara

One of the advantages of digital photography is that you can take LOTS and LOTS of photographs. But one of the disadvantages is that you have LOTS and LOTS of photographs IN YOUR COMPUTER! Yes you print a few, email a few, perhaps you even have a Flickr or Smugmug account and share your photos with friends and family, but most of your photos are probably stuck in your computer, seen by few people. This is where ProShow Gold comes in. In just a few minutes you can drop your photos and favorite music into ProShow Gold and have a MOVIE for everyone to see. Take photos from a recent trip, birthday, graduation, holiday, or family event or a special selection of your best that you want to showcase and let us show you how EASY making a movie with ProShow Gold really is.

Lisa and Tom will discuss how to: create slideshows for different purposes, combine photos, music and text, organize photos for your slideshow, drag and drop photos into your show, add motion to still photographs, add intrigue to your photos with special effects and some of the 280 transitions, and how to output your slideshow and share it with other people via DVD, Blu-ray, CD, or output your show to portable devices like iPhones, Blackberry, etc.

We highly recommend that you bring your laptop for this workshop. If you do not have a laptop and are someone that can learn from watching please feel free to register and follow along.
Please come with your computer loaded with a FREE trial version of ProShow Gold (you can download it at http://www.photodex.com/downloads/products/proshow/gold).

Choice Two: 9-11:45 Basics of Digital Photography presented by Harold Sisken

This is a basic introductory program to increase your understanding of the digital camera. Topics that will be covered are, ISO, white balance, file formats, such as Raw, and JPEG, and an explanation of histograms to give an understanding of the important exposure information provided by your camera. The program will cover techniques for taking better pictures, composition, lighting, and other items to improve the quality of your photographs. There will be a discussion of close-up photography, zoo photography, and other areas of photography.

11:45- 1:15 Lunch (many choices along Washington Avenue or at Harry’s Restaurant within Holiday Inn)

Afternoon Seminar Choices – Photoshop CS3/CS4 or Photoshop Elements

Each seminar is $35 for CAP members and $45 for non-CAP members ($45 seminar fee includes seminar and membership in CAP through July 2011)

ChoiceOne: 1:15-4:00 Photoshop CS3/CS4 presented by Lisa and Tom Cuchara

Lisa and Tom will discuss the use of Photoshop as a tool in the “digital darkroom”. They will demonstrate “non-destructive” editing techniques. They will walk you thru adjustment layers like levels, hue/saturation, color balance and black and white, show you some of the most often used filters (such as artistic, sharpen, blur) and demonstrate some popular editing tools (such as crop, clone, patch, heal, dodge, burn). In addition they will show you how to apply an effect to a selected area of your photograph. They will introduce you to masking via a simple approach using black and white and color. This program is designed for people who are computer literate and assumes that you are familiar with the basic computer skills common to all program such as file open, close, minimize, maximize, etc.

We highly recommend that you bring your laptop for this workshop. Please come with your computer loaded with a Photoshop CS3 or CS4. If you do not own Photoshop then please download the free trial of CS4 at http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/photoshop/ before the class. If you do not have a laptop and are someone that can learn from watching please feel free to register and follow along.

Choice Two: 1:15-4:00 Photoshop Elements presented by Hazel Meredith

You've bought your first copy of Adobe's Photoshop Elements. Now what do you do with it? This seminar will review the basic functions of the program and help you organize, find, and edit your images. I will be demonstrating using version 7, but the techniques apply to most versions of Elements. We will begin with downloading your photos from your memory card to the Organizer in Elements. We will review the workflow of your image, beginning with Layers - why they are important and what they do. Next, I will demonstrate basic editing techniques - cropping, resizing, straightening; fixing color and lighting; fixing "problem" areas (reducing wrinkles,
zapping blemishes, enhancing eyes); a few basic filters; and finally, sharpening. As time allows we will move in to some of the more "creative" techniques of combining two photos (changing the sky, changing the background); frames; adding type; and more.

We highly recommend that you bring your laptop for this workshop loaded with Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 or 8. If you do not have a laptop and are someone that can learn from watching please feel free to register and follow along.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

• Each seminar is $35 for CAP members and $45 for non-CAP members ($45 seminar fee includes seminar and membership in CAP through July 2011). If a non-CAP member selects two seminars (one in the morning and one in the afternoon) the second seminar will be at the member price.

• Registration fee is non-refundable after April 14, 2010. Contact capinct2@optonline.net to cancel

• Seating is limited. Register early. Registration deadline is April 1, 2010.

• If you are using a laptop you might find having a mouse and mouse pad more comfortable. Power strips will be provided at each workshop table for use with your laptop. If you do not have a laptop and are someone that can learn from watching please feel free to register and follow along.

• Questions Contact: Antoinette Gombeda at capinct2@optonline.net


Directions: FOLLOW I-91 NORTH OR SOUTH TO EXIT 12. AT THE END OF THE EXIT MAKE A RIGHT ONTO WASHINGTON AVE AND FOLLOW FOR 1/4 MILE, HOTEL ON LEFT.

Reservation Form
Send Reservations and Check to: CAP, Inc., P.O. Box 124, Cheshire, CT 06410

Each seminar is $35 for CAP members and $45 for non-CAP members ($45 seminar fee includes
seminar and membership in CAP through July 2011).
Registration Deadline April 1, 2010

Morning Seminar Choices (Circle One) – Pro Show Gold or Basics of Digital Photography $____
Afternoon Seminar Choices (Circle One) – Photoshop CS3/CS4 or Photoshop Elements $_____
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