by Melbourne - The Photographer
Below, you will find details about 4 seminars and workshops that Melbourne is offering. Two are devoted to photography and getting the most from your digital camera, the other two fast track you through the amazing Adobe Photoshop program. Pour yourself a coffee and take a few minutes to read how by attending one or all of these one-day day courses, you will have access to over 30 years of Melbourne's experience, and will significantly improve your photography and Photoshop knowledge and expertise.
Please note there are other sessions and photo tours and workshops available and to see these visit www.whatsnewjakarta.com and click on Events>Seminars and Workshops.
Or visit www.photocoursesjakarta.com and www.phototoursindonesia.com
Photography Courses
Are you one of the following...
Someone who has recently purchased a compact digital camera or digital SLR and is confused with all the modes, buttons, dials and strange jargon?
Someone who has owned a 35mm film camera and wants to know how to make the leap to digital, without re-learning everything all over again?
Someone who has a pretty good understanding about how digital works, but needs to learn more about composition, lighting techniques and software tricks to give your images more impact?
Then you should really attend one of Melbourne - The Photographers' one-day seminars or workshops.
Melbourne (yes, that's his name!) is an award winning expat British/Canadian commercial, industrial and travel photographer with over 30 years of shooting assignments worldwide. In his seminars he discusses the theory and technical aspects of digital photography, and also gives tips and tricks that you can immediately use to improve your photography.
The seminars/workshops are designed to help you improve your skills as a photographer in a logical progression. The seminars run once a month, most months and are held at the studio/house in south Jakarta. Small class sizes of 12 and 16 participants guarantee and intimate learning experience.
Part 1 Getting The Best From Your Digital Camera Seminar 1 Day
NEXT AVAILABLE DATE: at Sat Oct 9th
IDR 850,000 includes refreshments and lunch. See end of document for more information regarding registration and location.
Limited to 16 participants
This is the first photography seminar you should attend. Following this seminar you will have all the information to move on to the Part 2 workshop.
Discover how to take better photographs. Understand how your camera works and take creative control of your photography. Increase your knowledge of computer terms and how digital images are stored. The A to Z of digital photography without having to read many books.
A full day of learning and when finished you will be able to make a remarkable improvement to you photography.
Discover the basics of digital photography and learn how to take better photographs
Understand how your camera works and take creative control of your photography
Find out how to manipulate and enhance your photos on the computer
In a fact filled one-day seminar your will learn about digital basics and cameras, the various controls and buttons and what they do.
Features such as zoom, subject and scene modes, flash, digital effects are fully explained. No longer will file formats such as JPEG, TIFF and RAW be confusing. You'll hear all about pixels, resolution and image quality. Why a 6MP camera is not necessarily better than a 3MP camera. You'll get to grips with interpolation, RBG/CMYK, software, calibration and colour management.
Once all the necessary teckie theory is covered, then it's time to launch into the process of taking pictures. In this relaxed classroom/living room format you'll learn about exposure, focus and composition. How and when to use flash. Lens focal lengths, which lens to use and depth of field. Auto exposure control, macro, metering, apertures, shutter speeds. Avoiding camera shake, capturing motion, using blur for effect.
How to shoot better landscapes, portraits, action, close-ups, buildings, children, night and low light, sunset photos.
Slow sync flash, burst modes, cropping, choosing your point of view, what to shoot, where to shoot.
And, if time permits, the last segment of the seminar is devoted to the magic of the digital darkroom. Melbourne will demonstrate how to make quick and easy improvements to your images using Adobe Photoshop software. Watch over his shoulder as he shows you how to make manipulations such as:
Brightening, adding or lowering contrast, using the Histogram with Levels and Curves. Making Black and White conversions. Quick portrait fixes on eyes, teeth, skin, and hair. Colour correcting. Using sharpening. Correcting converging verticals. Improving landscapes. Replacing skies. Adding impact.
Part 1 'Getting The Best From Your Digital Camera' is the gateway to the Part 2 Hands-On Practical Photography Workshop.
Many attendees questions include: What settings should I set my camera to capture fast moving sports? What ISO should I use when photographing at night? I never capture stunning sunrises and sunsets. What am I doing wrong? What's the best way to shoot portraits? Why don't I get lovely deep blue skies when shooting landscapes? My company asks me to shoot events and my photos are always dark.... Help! Tell me how to set the camera when shooting market and street scenes? My close-ups of flowers are always blurry. Why? How can I be more creative? What should I look for? I'm still confused about what lens or zoom to use? How do I decide? And many, many more...
Part 2 Hands-On Practical Photography Workshop: 1 Day Seminar: 1 Day
NEXT AVAILABLE DATE: Sun Oct 10th
IDR 950,000 includes refreshments and lunch. See end of document for more information regarding registration and location.
Limited to 12 participants
Melbourne's Advice:
Start with Part 1 'Getting The Best From Your Digital Camera' seminar (above).
Then enroll in Part 2 Hands-On Practical Photography summary and become familiar with your cameras features and controls by carrying out Hands-On Practical Photography Workshop under Melbourne's guidance.
Part 2 BEGINNER SEMINAR SUMMARY The seminar is hands-on practical.
This is an action-packed day. You start at 9.00am and will hardly rest until we wrap up between 4.30 and 5.00pm. Who said photography is easy???? (Refreshments are available throughout the day.... you won't starve! Lunch is great too....but you only have 40 minutes!)
Melbourne will demonstrate a series of assignments and then you work in small groups to work through each assignment.
All assignments are fast and easy to complete and Melbourne will be on hand to answer questions and give guidance. This is the opportunity to shoot and make mistakes. The more mistakes we make, the faster we learn. The purpose of each exercise is not for participants to create a masterpiece…far from it.....the object is for each participant to have the experience of shooting different zoom focal lengths, exposures, focus modes, white balances and ISO's in a typical picture taking environment, with his/her own camera. Suddenly aperture, shutter speeds and depth of field will make sense. Infinitely better (and more fun!), than just reading dozens of books. Your experiences from these assignments will aid you later when you are out and about on your own, shooting landscapes, portraits using window light and fill flash, sharp foreground blurred background. Street photography and market scenes, still life, food, macro, sports and action etc.
You are not competing with any one else, the sole purpose is to aid you in exploring the features of your camera while taking everyday photographs.
Everything you need to know to gain the confidence to take your photography to the next level. When you have completed this seminar, it's unlikely you will use 'AUTO EVERYTHING' mode ever again and you will be making all the decisions on how you want your images to appear.
At the end of the day you will have fast tracked your way through many of your cameras controls and features and will be ready to go out and shoot, shoot, shoot.
So what do you think? Do you want to make a remarkable improvement to your photography by investing time with one of south-east Asia's most experienced photographers?
QUESTIONS ARE ENCOURAGED IN ALL SEMINARS......THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A SILLY QUESTION!
Photoshop Courses
Capturing images with a digital camera is fun, but it is only the first step in producing beautiful and creative photography.
Photoshop is the undisputed leader in photo-editing software and as a photographer, when you arm yourself with knowledge of this powerful program you will be able to transform your images into memorable photographs that you or your friends will be pleased to hang on their walls as a piece of photo decor.
Melbourne has been a photographer for over 30 years and has photographed assignments all over the world. He started working with Photoshop in 1993 using Photoshop version 4. He understands that Photoshop can appear to be overwhelming when you are starting out, so he developed two one-day courses that will guide you through the program at an easy pace.
The first Photoshop seminar is titled Session A 'Introduction to Photoshop for Photographers'.
Aimed at those who have not fully immersed themselves in the wonders of Photoshop. Maybe you have Photoshop installed but have only played around with a few of the tools and are not sure of why certain things happen one time, and don't happen another time!
The 7 hours you invest in this seminar will save you hundreds of hours wading through instruction manuals!
In this one-day seminar you will learn all about the major tools and features of the program as Melbourne carries out an A to Z tour of the program. A comprehensive set of notes is included in the package.
By the time you have completed the seminar you will have experienced a thorough overview of the program and not once will you have had to refer to an 800 page manual. You will then be equipped to practice at home and will no longer have apprehensions about the program.
Session 'A' Introduction to Photoshop for Photographers Seminar 1 Day
NEXT AVAILABLE DATE:
Sat 7th August
IDR 900,000 includes refreshments and lunch. See end of document for more information regarding registration and location.
Limited to 16 participants
Laptops are NOT necessary since you will be observing and following the supplied course notes, as Melbourne takes you through a guided tour of the program.
Following Session 'A' we recommend you take this new knowledge and attend Session 'B' 'Photoshop Basic Skills for Photographers', which is a one-day hands-on workshop where you WILL need a laptop with Photoshop v7 or later (preferably CS2,CS3 or CS4) previously installed.
Session 'A' Introduction to Photoshop for Photographers Seminar Topics
Starting and Quitting
Managing Work Area
Grid
Rulers and Guides
Managing Work Space
Quitting Photoshop
Toolbox
Selecting Tools
Types of Tools
Options Bar
Preset Tools
Using Palettes
Palette Well
Palette Icons
Palette Menus
Grouping Palettes
Displaying Palettes
Sizing & Arranging Palettes
Palette Default Positions
Basic Commands
Layers & Selections
Cancelling an Operation
Menus
Keyboard Shortcuts
Modifier Keys
Dialog Boxes
Undoing Changes
Undoing Commands
History Palette
Working with Image Files
Opening an Image File
Selecting Multiple Files
Closing an Image File
File Browser (Bridge) Intro
Bridge View Folders
Bridge View Images
Selecting & Opening Files
Managing Images
Metadata Info Type
Zoom an Image
Scroll Around an Image
Multiple Images
Duplicating an Image
Saving Image Files
Save Command
Save As Command
Save Options
Saving PSD Files
Saving JPEG Files
Saving TIFF Files
Printing Images
Color Management
Setting Output Options
Print Dialog Box
Optimizing for Web
Toolbox
Preview Area
Status Bar
Optimize Pane
Fixing Images
Evaluating an Image
Image Size
Orientation
Evaluating Tonal Range
Histogram
Evaluating Color
Evaluating Detail
Evaluating Sharpness
Specifying Image Size
Image Size Dialog Box
Specifying Canvas Size
Cropping Images
Crop Options
Rotating Images
Histogram Palette
Channels Palette
Type of Channels
Channels in Dialog Boxes
Adjust by Auto Contrast
Adjust Bright/Contrast Manual
Adjust Levels Auto
Adjust Levels Manually
Threshold
Evaluating Results
Adjusting Curves
Eyedroppers
Setting B&W Points
Remove a Color Cast
Adjust Shadow & Highlight
Adjust Color Auto
Variations
Hue/Sat Command
Photo Filters
Removing Color
Adjust Color Balance
Using Filter Menu
Types of Filters
Using Unsharp Mask
Other Sharpening Filters
Camera Raw Plug-In Intro
Detail/Lens/Calibrate Tabs
Intro To Selections
Using Selection Menus
Using Selection Tools
Selection Tool Options
Feathering
AntiAliasing
Marquee Tool
Lasso Tools
Lasso/Polygonal/Magnetic
Magic Wand
Selecting a Range of Color
Adjust an Existing Selection
Moving a Selection Border
Inverting a Selection
Hiding the Selection Border
Feathering a Selection
Modifying a Selection
Growing a Selection
Move/Copy/Paste Selection
Drag Selection - Move Tool
Copy/Move Selctn Clipboard
Remove Fringe Pixels
Delete a Selection
Save/Load Selection
Managing Channels
Duplicating Channels
Transform Command
Free Transform Command
Layers
Layers Palette
Modes/Opacity
Layer Mask
Layer Style
Adjustment Layers
Fill Layers
New layer
Delete Layer
Create and Preserve Layer
Background Layer
New Layer Dialog Box
Stacking Layers
Renaming Layers
Delete Layers
Moving Layers
Locking Layers
Linking Layers
Merge/Flatten Layers
Sampling from Layer
Using Adjustment Layer
Creating Adjustment Layer
Editing an Adjustment Layer
Using Fill Layers
Type of Fill Layers
Creating a Fill Layer
Editing a Fill Layer
Merging Fill Layers
Entering Type
Selecting a Type Tool
Setting Type Tool Options
Enter/Format Type
Selecting Text
Formatting text
Rasterizing Type
Painting & Drawing
Foregrd & Backgrd Color
Using Color Picker
Using Eyedropper Tool
Using Swatches Palette
Color Palette
Brushes and Pencils
Brush and Pencil Options
Option Bar Brush Palette
Specifying Tool Options
Blending Modes
Opacity
Tool Options
Eraser Tool
Background Eraser
Magic Eraser
Retouching Image
Color Replacement Tool
Red Eye Removal
Burn and Dodge
Cloning
Healing Brush
Patch Tool
Other Tools: Blur/Sponge/Smudge/Pattern
History/Art History
Paint Bucket/Gradient
Shape Tool
Creating and Using Masks
Intro to Masks
Selecting vs. Masking
Creating Masks
Editing Masks
Quick Mask
Editing Masks
Using Layer Masks
Add Mask to Regular Layer
Alpha Channel Masks
Extract Command
Replace Color
Automating Tasks
Contact Sheets
Web Photo Gallery
Panoramas - Photomerge
Creating a PDF
Batch Renaming Files
Actions Palette
Recording Actions
Play Actions
Batch Command
Color Management O/view
Calibrating Monitor
Specifying Color Settings
Profiles
Depending on time and questions asked, we will cover most of the topics listed above.
What You Should Bring:
Not much! A laptop is NOT necessary for Session A but you can bring one if you like. This seminar is designed in such a way that Melbourne walks you through the program and you won't need to follow along on a laptop. In fact it will slow you down if you do. (In Session B, a laptop and Photoshop is required).
We will supply a set of course notes, and you should be making your own notes as we progress through the program, so bring a thick notepad to write on.
If you like, bring a couple of your own digital images and if we have time, we may be able to 'weak' them a little in Photoshop!
The second course Session 'B' is a hands-on workshop where you will be using Photoshop on your own laptop and carrying out typical manipulations and enhancements that professional photographers use on daily basis to perfect their images.
Session 'B' Basic Skills Photoshop for Photographers Workshop 1 day
Course Outline
Session B Basic Skills Photoshop for Photographers Hands-On Workshop 1 Day
NEXT AVAILABLE DATE:
Sun 8th August
IDR 950,000 includes refreshments and lunch. See end of document for more information regarding registration and location.
Limited to 12 participants
What You Should Bring:
Not much! A laptop is NOT necessary for Session A but you can bring one if you like. This seminar is designed in such a way that Melbourne walks you through the program and you won't need to follow along on a laptop. In fact it will slow you down if you do. (In Session B, a laptop and Photoshop is required). We will supply a set of course notes, and you should be making your own notes as we progress through the program, so bring a thick notepad to write on.
To achieve the most from this workshop, previous attendance at Session 'A' Introduction to Photoshop for Photographers is strongly recommended.
Targeted at participants who have completed Session 'A' or those who have had a little experience in using some of Photoshop's tools and features. By no means advanced, you will have over 50 techniques completed by the end of the day, and will be able to carry out the major enhancements and manipulations that are basic requirements for digital photographers.
Session 'B' Basic Skills Photoshop for
Photographers Workshop Topics
Brighten, Darken, Contrast LEVELS
Brighten, Darken, Contrast CURVES
Basic SHARPENING
SHARPENING using Lab COLOR
SHARPENING using LUMINOSITY
B&W LIGHTNESS Channel
B&W CHANNEL MIXER
B&W CALCULATIONS
Color Correcting
VARIATION Command
SELECTION Tools
Editing a Selected Area
Adjust the Color of Individual Objects
Selective Re-coloring
Straighten a Crooked Photograph
Opening Up Shadow Areas
CLONING Away Unwanted Objects
DODGING & BURNING
CLONING With PATCH tool
CLONING with SPOT HEALING
Remove Blemishes using CLONE STAMP
Removing Hot Spots
Removing Red-Eye Fast Method
Removing Red-Eye Method 2
Removing Blemishes Tech 2
Whitening Teeth
Whitening Eyes (Removes red)
Remove Dark Circles under Eyes using
CLONE STAMP
Transform a Frown into a Smile
Removing Dark Circles under Eyes using
PATCH Tool
Remove Signs of Aging Using HEALING
BRUSH
Remove Signs of Aging Using PATCH
Tool
Glamour Skin Softening
Colorizing Hair
Burning-In Portraits
Cropping Photos
BLUR, SHARPEN & SMUDGE tools
DUOTONES
Replacing a Sky
BLEND MODES
Compensating for Over-Exposure
Correcting Under-Exposure
Adding Motion Using a LAYER MASK
Focus Vignette Effect
Sharp Foreground, Blurred Background
Editing Sequence
Removing a Color Cast
Correcting Verticals
Changing the Color of Eyes
Darkening a Sky with a GRADIENT
Sepia Tone Effect
Placing and Editing TEXT
Reducing Digital NOISE
SMART SHARPEN Filter
Re-Sizing Digital Photos
How to E-Mail Photos
Configuring Photoshop for Adobe 1998
Calibrating Your Monitor Settings
SPONGE Tool
Calibrating Your Monitor
Converting RAW Files with ACR
Printing with a Color Inkjet Printer
Creating a CONTACT SHEET
Melbourne's Next Photoshop Workshop
If you like, bring a couple of your own digital images and if we have time, we may be able to 'tweak' them a little in Photoshop!
Melbourne will be using Photoshop CS4 but participants can have any version later than v7.0 installed on their laptop. We use Windows and MAC platforms so Melbourne will explain the keyboard shortcut differences.
We try to hold all the seminars once a month, most months in the studio/house in south Jakarta.
You must register and make full payment at least 10 days before the seminar date.
Cost: Photography Seminar Part1 IDR 850,000
Photography Workshop Part 2 IDR 950,000
Photoshop Seminar Session 'A' IDR 900,000
Photoshop Workshop Session 'B' IDR 950,000
All courses include refreshments, lunch and course notes. Conducted in English.
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