Winter 2009 Classes | Digital Kitchen | Center for Photography at Woodstock


	MULTI-WEEK CLASSES WEEKEND WORKSHOPS ONE DAY SEMINARS
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
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MULTI-WEEK CLASSES
FROM WET DARKROOM TO DIGITAL DARKROOM	INSTRUCTOR: Richard Edelman NEW DATES!!! February 10, 17, 24, and March 3 Thursdays 6 - 9pm
This class will guide you from the world of film and wet darkrooms into the exciting digital realm. Richard will take you step by step through the process of transforming your negatives, slides and prints into digital files and will instruct you on basic Photoshop editing, developing a workflow and making archival ink-jet prints. By using CPW’s state of the art Epson flat bed scanners, you will learn how to turn your analog work into high resolution digital files. Take your prints, slides, 35mm, medium format or large format film and digitize them for a multitude of uses! Once your new files have been created, Richard will walk you through editing techniques in Adobe Photoshop CS4. You will acquire all the basic wet darkroom tools that exist in the digital format. The final lesson will guide you through the process of printing your own photographs on Canon’s professional ink-jet printers. Learn about color management, black and white printing and different paper options. In these 4 classes you will acquire all you need to know to start your own digital darkroom. RICHARD EDELMAN is the principal of Woodstock Graphics Studio, which specializes in retouching and printing work for artists. He received a Masters in photography from Pratt Institute and a BFA from Rochester Institute of Technology. Edelman has taught photography at the New School, School of Visual Arts, ICP, and William Paterson University (NJ). His own photographs can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Bibliothèque Nationale, Polaroid International Collection, and the Everson Museum. To learn more about Richard visit www.woodstockgraphicsstudio.com Please bring: Film, slides or prints to scan and a storage device (thumb drive, CDs or external hard drive). Class limit: 7 Tuition: $325 / CPW members: $295 TOP
INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOSHOP	INSTRUCTOR: Phil Mansfield January 8, 15, 22, and 29 Fridays 11am - 2pm
In these 4-weeks you will build your own digital toolbox of powerful-yet-simple Adobe Photoshop techniques that you can use on all of your digital images. Combining engaging tutorials led by Phil Mansfield with hands-on computer work in CPW’s state-of-the-art digital lab, the workshop promises to provide you with a productive, smooth, and exciting introduction to Photoshop. During this workshop, using Photoshop CS4, you will learn the fundamentals of digital workflow, from pressing the shutter to printing your image. Learn about resolution, image enhancement, retouching, sharpening and printing – the photographer’s way. Learn all about file types…what exactly is a tiff, jpeg, or RAW file anyway? See how easy it is to organize and archive your personal and family digital images. Learn how to prepare your images for email, printing and for the web. Discover the parts of Photoshop that you really need to know and rejoice in forgetting about the parts you’ll never need! The course includes extensive instructional guides that you will find useful both in the workshop and at home. If you’ve been looking for the perfect class to launch you into digital photography, this is the workshop for you! PHIL MANSFIELD joined the CPW staff as the Digital Lab Manager in the Spring 2008. His photography has appeared in such publications as The New York Times, Psychology Today and Scholastic Magazine. He is currently photographing for a children’s cookbook to be published by Bloomsbury. To learn more about Phil visit www.philmansfield.com Prerequisite: Participants should have basic computer skills: how to open and save files and organize folders and some Macintosh familiarity will help too. Please bring: Storage device (thumb drive, CDs or external hard drive). Class limit: 7 Tuition: $295 / CPW members: $265 TOP
INTERMEDIATE PHOTOSHOP	INSTRUCTOR: Greg Miller 2 Offerings: Jan 12-Feb 2 OR March 9-30 Tuesdays 6 - 9pm
Are you ready to take your Photoshop skills to the next level? If you know your way around Photoshop but need to improve your digital skills, this class is just the ticket. Without rehashing Photoshop basics, you will take your images from capture to print with new and exciting Photoshop techniques. In this intermediate-level class, using CS4, we will go deeper into Adobe Photoshop’s ability to help artists and photographers create, manage and output their ideas. Working with this latest version of Photoshop, we will help you learn more of the tools and tricks available as you strive for more control of your digital images. We will cover an array of topics including digital workflow, (utilizing Adobe Bridge and RAW files), advanced selecting techniques, color correction, advanced blending techniques, retouching, creating actions, understanding masks and working with text. You will leave these 4 sessions with new skills and renewed excitement for your personal and professional digital photography! GREG MILLER photographs a wide range of subjects from bold & colorful panoramas of dramatic elements of nature to intimate monochromatic artistic nudes with subtle textures and tones. Commercial assignments include projects ranging from the Catskills to Chilean Patagonia. His first photo book, The Hudson River: A Great American Treasure, was released in 2008 by Rizzoli International Publications. To learn more about Greg visit www.gregmillerphotography.com Prerequisite: Participants should have taken an Intro to Photoshop class or a basic working knowledge of Photoshop and familiarity with the Mac operating system. Please bring: Storage device (thumb drive, CDs or external hard drive). Class limit: 7 Tuition: $325 / CPW members: $295 / lab fee: $30 TOP
INTRODUCTION TO FINE-ART DIGITAL PRINTING	INSTRUCTOR: Phil Mansfield February 19, 26, March 5 and March 12 Fridays 11am - 2pm
Making exhibition-quality digital prints takes time and expertise. This class offers you the opportunity to work with CPW’s digital lab manager who has produced exhibition quality prints for a range of artists in the Digital Kitchen. Over the course of four classes, we will examine the tools and methods for making color fine-art prints with digital inkjet printers. Using Adobe Photoshop CS4 you will learn to modify your images in a manner, which is easy, fun and based on conventional darkroom experience and techniques. We will examine a variety of general approaches to printing, utilize basic and advanced color management techniques, compare papers, and even compare digital processing with prints made in conventional darkrooms. Students may work with images made on film (to be scanned), or digitally captured. We will discuss not only the processes involved in making prints—but we will explore what a fine print is…the relationship of tone, hue, contrast—and how these characteristics tend to be affected by materials in the digital domain. Prerequisite: Participants should have a basic working knowledge of Photoshop and familiarity with the Mac operating system. Please bring: Digital files, a digital storage media device like CD’s, DVD’s, thumb drives or an external hard drive. Class limit: 7 Tuition: $335 / CPW members: $305 TOP
WEEKEND WORKSHOPS
WIDEN YOUR HORIZONS: STITCHING PANORAMAS WITH PHOTOSHOP	INSTRUCTOR: Greg Miller November 21 & 22 OR February 13 & 14 Saturday & Sunday, 10-5
Have you ever looked through your viewfinder and knew that absolute best composition didn’t quite fit inside that rectangle? Have you heard about people creating panoramas by combining multiple images but didn't know how to get started? This 2-day hands-on workshop will offer everything you need to know to manually stitch panoramas and composite multiple images. We will start by taking a field trip where we will capture multiple images to composite/stitch using your film or digital camera. We will then return to CPW’s digital lab where Greg Miller will guide you while you create your final image, ready to be printed and framed. Please bring: Digital or film camera with manual exposure control and manual focus control (digital is preferable for this class so you can work on your own images in Photoshop), normal or telephoto zoom or fixed focal length lens, memory card or film, recordable CD or thumb drive to take your work home from the lab, tripod - optional but preferable, spirit/bubble level - optional but preferable, leveling head for tripod (optional), L-Bracket (optional). For short outdoor shoot: hat, gloves, winter boots, coat, hand warmers (optional); if very cold then a gallon size ziploc bag - will place camera inside when coming inside to prevent condensation inside of camera/lens. Class limit: 7 Tuition: $335 / CPW members: $305 TOP
INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY	INSTRUCTOR: Phil Mansfield DATES TBA Saturday & Sunday, 10-5
Just getting started? Ready to go beyond snapshots? In this two-day, hands-on individualized workshop – limited to just seven participants –you will learn the basic foundations of digital photography and how to make a successful picture and digital print within a supportive environment. An energetic and encouraging educator and photographer, Phil Mansfield will begin by helping you understand and feel comfortable with your digital camera. You will see inspiring examples of successful photographs and learn about the elements that help make a good picture including subject matter, light, texture, pattern and mood. Phil will also conduct lessons on aperture, shutter speed, film types, exposure, depth of field, lighting, white balance and composition. Lenses and their characteristics, uploading files, image size and resolution, image adjustments and printing will also be included. We will explore the technical and aesthetic possibilities of picture taking while on a photographic fieldtrip. Working with camera in hand, your view and understanding of the people, places and objects around you will be enhanced. What begins this weekend may lead to a new career and/or almost certainly a life passion! No previous experience necessary. For those with film background this class will allow you to better understand the photographic principals relative to both. Students will have Canon digital SLR cameras available for use. You may also bring your own camera and camera manual. Please bring: A Digital SLR camera is required for this workshop- please no point & shoots! (If you don't have one, CPW has Canon digital SLRs available for loan), photos you have taken that you would like to share with class or that you have questions about are welcome. Class limit: 7 Tuition: $325 / CPW members: $295 TOP
MASTERING YOUR DIGITAL WORKFLOW	INSTRUCTOR: Phil Mansfield January 16 & 17 Saturday & Sunday, 10-5
Do you want to quickly process your files and have them look exactly the way you want? Would you like to be able to find any image in the blink of an eye? Do your prints look the way you want? This 4-week class will give you the tools and knowledge to take control of your digital photography from capture to output by mastering a digital workflow. CPW’s digital lab manager Phil Mansfield will help you to develop a strong foundation in what is needed to understand and create within the digital environment. You will learn what the transition is from film to digital photography. We will learn about the importance and options available for creating a well-calibrated system. Delving into our cameras we will learn about white balance, file formats, shooting Raw and other controls particular to the digital camera. We will explore best practices in creating a highly functional cataloguing system. We will learn all the necessary tools needed to tonally adjust and color correct our images in Photoshop. Finally we will learn how to print; understanding, papers, profiles and other intricacies of printing. Prerequisite: Participants should have a basic working knowledge of Photoshop and familiarity with the Mac operating system. Please bring: Digital files, a digital storage media device like CD’s, DVD’s, thumb drives or an external hard drive Class limit: 7 Tuition: $325 / CPW members: $295 TOP
ONE DAY SEMINARS - *These one-day workshops are designed for every skill level - the only prerequisite is that you love photography!*
DIGITAL SCRAPBOOKING	Friday February 5, 11-4
Use Adobe Photoshop Elements to transform moments into memories by creating scrapbook layouts from scratch. Use background paper, add photos, add effects such as drop shadowing, use embellishments, and finish with titles and journaling. Class limit: 7 Tuition: $105 / CPW members: $75
INTRO TO PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS	Friday February 26, 11-4
With Photoshop Elements, you can improve, enhance, retouch and manipulate photographs in ways that were never possible. If you own a digital camera, you will benefit from this one-day tutorial on this popular and inexpensive photo-editing program. Class limit: 7 Tuition: $105 / CPW members: $75
TAKING BETTER PICTURES WITH YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA	Friday March 19, 11-4
Through lessons on aperture, shutter speed, film types, exposure, depth of field, lighting, white balance and composition- you will learn how to use your digital camera to its full potential. Class limit: 7 Tuition: $105 / CPW members: $75 TOP
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Registration Information
Payment is due in full at time of registration (to download a registration form, click here) Individual registration is subject to a one time annual registration fee of $40 which is non-refundable. Tuition Fee is 100% refundable with written notice up to 3 weeks prior to the start of the first class. Tuition includes use of materials for class related work. Registered participants in CPW’s Fall/Winter offerings receive a complimentary 12 hours of digital lab used during scheduled open lab hours which are to be used to address class assignments and/or for your own use after you have completed the course. More questions? Not sure which class is right for you? Feel free to contact us by email info@cpw.org or call us at 845-679-9957.