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Darkroom Open Studio
Sunday, 12pm - 7pm
Monday, 10am - 6pm
Tuesday, 10am - 6pm
Wednesday, 1pm - 9pm
$5 per hour darkroom or $40 for a month long rental
$10 per hour computer rental
Please buy punch cards at the Art Association front desk
Users are required to provide their own paper.
Art Association membership is required.
The photography studio is equipped for digital and black and white photography. The digital facilities include Macintosh G5 computers, scanners, printers, and a wealth of creative software. The darkroom has eight enlargers, four of which are 4"x5", a film developing room, and archival washers. To use the photography darkroom, participants must have prior darkroom experience. |
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Introduction to Digital Photography
Greg Epstein
September 30 – October 2
Tuesday - Thursday, 6 – 9pm
$150 ($125 members)
Photography Studio
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This class is an introduction to digital photography for all levels of photographers regardless of equipment. Each session will include a short lecture on select topics, demonstrations, field time, image reviews and personalized feedback. Topics will include: Camera types and differences, film vs. digital, understanding your camera's features, using your camera as a learning tool, understanding the digital file types, obtaining optimum exposure and composition, and field techniques. |
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Photoshop Elements and the Digital Darkroom
Greg Epstein
September 30 – October 2
Tuesday - Thursday, 6 – 9pm
$150 ($125 members)
Photography Studio
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A three-session introduction to the digital darkroom for photographers using Adobe Photoshop Elements. Emphasis is on understanding images from a digital camera and converting them to files that are ready for various applications, and ultimately high quality printing. Each session will include a short lecture on select topics, demonstrations, photo lab time, image reviews and personalized feedback.
Participants of this class must have basic working knowledge of computers
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Learn to Use Your Camera
Catherine Coe
October 4
Saturday 9am – 4pm
$60 ($40 members)
Photography Studio
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This class will introduce beginning photographers to the basic technical skills necessary for using both digital and film cameras. Topics covered in the class include: loading film and memory cards, aperture, shutter speed, understanding and using a light meter, and more. The second half of the class will be spent in the field shooting and putting skills to work. Students should bring a camera and a roll of film or memory card. |
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Photographic Narrative
Rebecca Stern
October 7 – November 11
Tuesdays, 6 – 9pm
$200 ($175 members)
6 week class
Photography Studio
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Some thoughts or ideas can be effectively conveyed in a single stand-alone
photographic image. Other concepts are more effectively demonstrated
through the use of multiple images. In this class students will learn to convey ideas and thoughts by creating a narrative from a group of images. Through presentations and hands on practice, students will learn documentary, sequencing and editing skills to create a narrative from their work. Students should be familiar with the basic controls of their cameras. |
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Adobe Lightroom
Jon Stuart & Thomas Stimpson
July 11 - 13
Saturday & Sunday, 9:00am – 4:00pm
$175 ($150 members)
Photography Studio
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Would you like to spend more time shooting photographs and less time on your computer? Having a consistent and efficient workflow is the key to successfully avoid getting bogged down by digital processing and archiving. With the introduction of Adobe Lightroom, photographers can now catalog, import, process and export files for print and web all in one application. By combining in-class demonstrations with hands- on exercises, we will generate a workflow from capture to preparing images for print. Participants should be familiar with Mac computers.
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Darkroom Refresher
Staff
October 19
Sunday, 9:00am – 4:00pm
$225 ($200 members)
Free
Photography Studio
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A session designed to reacquaint photographers with basic operating procedures in an archival darkroom. Prior experience in the darkroom is a prerequisite. Currently the darkroom is set up for black and white printing. Photographers should plan to bring a few negatives and paper for printing. |
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Photoshop for Photographers
Dave Ryan & Jon Stuart
October 24 – 26
Friday 6 – 9pm, Saturday & Sunday 9 am – 4pm
$225 ($200 members)
Photography Studio
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This course is intended for all photographers interested in using Photoshop as an image processing tool. Topics include: understanding histograms, navigating photoshop, layers based editing, dust spotting, essential tools, exposure and contrast adjustments, correcting color casts, cropping images, resizing for print or screen and sharpening techniques. This course is offered as a hands-on workshop with a combination of lecture and time behind the computer. Prerequisites include a working knowledge of computers (Mac or PC). |
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The Portrait
Cary Tijerina
November 8 & 9
Saturday & Sunday, 9am – 4pm
$150 ($125 members)
Photography Studio
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The Photograph as a portrait has many variations, but the most enduring are those in which the photographer and the subject engage in an intimate and honest dialogue. Portraiture at its’ best combines technical skill with emotional sensitivity. This weekend workshop will explore the possibilities of the portrait as social interaction and provide an intense introduction to portraiture. A variety of approaches and problems will highlight the weekend. This will be a hands-on class, so students should bring cameras and tripods. |
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Inkjet Printing
Thomas Stimpson & Jon Stuart
December 13 & 14
Saturday & Sunday, 9am – 4pm
$175 ($150 members)
Photography Studio
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Hands on printing and orientation on the Photography Studio printers. Students will learn to print color photographs on our Epson R1800 and will also learn to print black and white images on an Epson 7600 printer. Class time will be spent on learning to calibrate monitors, creating and using custom paper profiles, and printing. All paper and inks will be supplied. Students should bring digital images and may bring a specialty paper if they choose.
Sponsored by Museo Fine Art
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Photography to an Exhibit
Jon Stuart
December 2 – February 3, 2009 (no class 12/23, 12/30)
Tuesday, 6pm – 9pm
$250 ($225 members)
8 week class
Photography Studio
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This class is a direct, hands-on approach for photographers seeking to understand the essential requirements of a successful exhibition. Students in this class will develop the skills that are necessary to design, present, and promote an exhibition. Each students work will be juried into the exhibit by his/her fellow classmates. Students should bring existing work, and be willing to create new work for the exhibit. The course will culminate in an exhibit in the Loft Gallery in March of 2009. |
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Final Cut Studio
Carl Shuptrine
October 6 – November 10
Monday, 6 – 9pm
$225 ($200 members)
6 week class
Photography Studio
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Final Cut Studio is the preeminent video production suite from Apple. This six-week course will teach the ins and outs of what it takes to create professional looking video projects from organizing your media, to learning basic editing techniques, to creating dynamic sound mixes, and finally adding effects and color correction. The class will focus primarily on Final Cut Pro editing software, but will touch on its integration with Soundtrack Pro, Livetype, Color, and Motion. Prerequisites for the course are a basic knowledge of digital video shooting and editing.
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Web Design
AJ Best
October 9 – December 4, (no class 11/27)
Thursday, 6 – 9pm
$275 ($250 members)
8 week class
Photography Studio
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This course will teach students how to develop a simple HTML based website and publish the site to the web. Class material will be taught through discussion and hands on training in the development of a unique website. Students will learn to use Adobe Firweworks to design individual web pages, and Adobe Dreamweaver to build and publish pages. Prior experience with Dreamweaver and Fireworks is not necessary. This class will be taught on Mac computers. |
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Introduction to Adobe Illustrator
John Stennis
November 17 – December 8
Monday, 6 – 9pm
$175 ($150 members)
4 week class
Photography Studio
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Adobe Illustrator is a powerful graphics program that is widely used by artist, illustrators and graphic designers to create complex graphics and exciting digital designs for all type of media. This introduction class will give you the basic skills necessary to start exploring and using this new tool for your projects. In addition to learning the basics of Illustrator, students will learn how to create a logo and mix it with text to create a printable document.
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