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Adobe Lightroom 4 Essentials Workshop

In this 7-hour workshop, participants will learn how to use Adobe® Lightroom® 4 for post-processing of RAW files to extract the full potential from their photos.

Topics include:
  • digital workflow overview
  • importing
  • organizing photos in collections and collection sets
  • keywording
  • rating, sorting, and searching photos
  • importing and exporting catalogs
  • post-processing in Develop module
  • advanced photo editing including dodging, burning, gradients, and adjustment brush
  • exporting photos
  • printing
  • camera color profiling
Several hands-on exercises reinforce the topics. You will need to bring a laptop computer with a mouse and Lightroom 4 installed. (A 30-day fully-functional demo can be downloaded here.) Bring a camera with twenty-five (25) or more RAW images on a memory card that have not been downloaded yet to Lightroom. Make sure your camera battery is fully charged. A USB cable to connect the camera to the computer and a card reader are required. Also, make sure you have a power cord for your computer and an extension cord/power strip (if possible).
Venue
Community Covenant Church
16123 Artillery Road
Eagle River (map)
Saturday, April 13
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (lunch 12-1)
$149 (workshop limited to 20)
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Art of Digital Nature Photography Seminar

This two-hour seminar is geared towards outdoor nature photographers interested in learning the elements of design and composition. Topics are reinforced with over 275 images and include:
  • qualities of light
  • chiaroscuro
  • color
  • isolating your subject
  • framing
  • rule-of-thirds
  • perspective progression
  • symmetry
  • patterns, textures
  • power shapes
  • abstracts
  • black and white
  • creative techniques like dodging and burning, graduated filters, focus stacking, artistic blurs, hybrid b&w/color, panoramas
  • and more
Anyone wanting to improve their landscape, wildlife, and macro photography will benefit from the information provided. All levels of photographic experience are welcome. Bring a notepad for taking notes.
Venue
University of Alaska Anchorage
Student Union, 2921 Spirit Drive
Lyla Richards Conference Room
(map - parking is free on Fridays. Once inside, proceed straight down the stairs to the basement level. The conference room is on the left just past the glass offices and opposite the elevator.)
Date - to be scheduled
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
$20 (seminar limited to 40)
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Digital Photography Simplified Workshop

This 7-hour seminar teaches you how to creatively use your digital single lens reflex camera (DSLR) through classroom instruction and hands-on exercises. Designed for the beginning photographer, the course also covers the basic concepts of digital photography. Emphasis is on getting away from programmed and automatic modes and learning how to control your camera in shutter priority, aperture priority, and manual modes. If you have ever struggled with the endless (and complicated) screens, dials, and buttons on modern cameras and wanted it simplified into the essentials, then this course is for you.

Participants are required to bring a DSLR (no point-and-shoots, please) with two memory cards, two charged batteries, owner's manual, and a colorful object to photograph (small doll, toy, flowers, memento, etc.). You may also want to bring a laptop to take notes or a pad of paper. Depending on the weather, some exercises may be held outside, so dress appropriately.
Venue
University of Alaska Anchorage
Edward Lee Gorsuch Commons
3700 Sharon Gagnon Lane
Anchorage (map)
Saturday, April 6
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (lunch 12-1)
$149 (workshop limited to 60)
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Digital Photography Intermediate Workshop

This workshop is a follow-up to the Digital Photography Simplified workshop. Over the course of seven hours participants will delve more deeply into the fundamentals of digital photography.

Topics include:
  • exposure
  • exposure compensation, AEB, AEL
  • flash photography including slow sync, front and rear curtain sync
  • tripods and other techniques for sharper photos
  • focusing techniques
  • color theory and calibration
  • digital workflow and Lightroom
  • other post-processing software
  • and more
Several hands-on exercises reinforce the topics. You are expected to have mastered the previous workshop or know how to operate your camera in shutter priority, aperture priority, and manual modes. Participants are required to bring a DSLR (no point-and-shoots, please) with two memory cards, two charged batteries, owner's manual, external flash, and tripod. You may also want to bring a laptop to take notes or a pad of paper.
Venue
Community Covenant Church
16123 Artillery Road
Eagle River (map)
Saturday, April 20
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (lunch 12-1)
$149 (workshop limited to 20)
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Night Photography Exposed Workshop

Night photography presents different challenges from daytime photography, but once mastered, it opens up a whole new way of expressing your creativity. This workshop teaches the fundamentals needed to photograph night scenes.

Topics include:
  • equipment
  • tips for focusing
  • exposure
  • light trails
  • painting with light
  • ghosting
  • photographing stars (weather permitting)
  • and more
Participants will need a camera with a wide angle lens (preferably a zoom) and be familiar with using the manual and bulb settings of their camera. Also, you will need two fully charged batteries, tripod, shutter release cable, flashlight/headlamp, notebook and pen. Dress warm for being outside at single digit temperatures for three hours (this spot is one of the coldest in Southcentral). If you would like, bring a portable heater and something hot to drink. You will receive a link to reference materials before the workshop.
Venue
Chugach State Park
North Fork Eagle River Trailhead
Mile 7.4 Eagle River Road
Eagle River
Date - to be scheduled
Time - seasonally dependent
$49 (seminar limited to 20)