Introduction to Adobe Lightroom Classic - Virtual
Jul
15
to Aug 5

Introduction to Adobe Lightroom Classic - Virtual

Discover the power of Adobe Lightroom Classic in our comprehensive four-class online workshop series. Unlock the full potential of your photography as you delve into essential techniques for editing and enhancing your images. Learn how to organize your photo library efficiently, master advanced editing tools, and perfect your workflow for seamless image management. With expert guidance and hands-on practice, elevate your photography skills and create stunning visuals that captivate audiences. Join us and unleash your creativity with Adobe Lightroom Classic!

Event location: Join us on Zoom

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Documenting your Artwork
Jul
14
11:00 AM11:00

Documenting your Artwork

  • Walnut Creek Center For Community Arts (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Capture your masterpiece in its true essence! Our course offers expert guidance on photographing your artwork, ensuring accurate representation of colors and materials. Learn essential topics such as lighting techniques, studio setup, camera settings, and image editing to showcase your creations effectively. Elevate your artistry with professional photography skills tailored for artists.

Event location: 175 N Wiget Lane, Walnut Creek, CA 94598

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Scanning and Digitizing Your Negatives and Slides
Jun
23
11:00 AM11:00

Scanning and Digitizing Your Negatives and Slides

  • Walnut Creek Center For Community Arts (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Are you entranced by the vintage allure of capturing life's moments on film with a classic camera? Maybe you're eager to share your cherished memories stored in those nostalgic boxes of photographic slides and negatives? Join us in this class as we embark on a journey through the art of scanning and digitizing your precious film and slide collections. Learn the nuances of scanners, software wizardry, color correction, and image restoration, ensuring your treasured history shines brightly in the digital age, ready to be shared with the world!

Event location: 175 N Wiget Lane, Walnut Creek, CA 94598

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Introduction To Photography Workshop
Jan
8
10:00 AM10:00

Introduction To Photography Workshop

Start the year off right by exploring a new and exciting hobby. In this one-day workshop, you will learn the basics of exposure, composition, color, and most importantly, how to take your camera off the auto mode to turn your ok photos into great photos.

Topics will include the right settings for your camera, focus and exposure, composition, and how not to take boring photos.

This class will take place on the beautiful JFK Drive in the historic Golden Gate Park.

Cost: $40 per person. Requires 3 participants for this event to take place

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Aug
13
12:00 PM12:00

Scanning and Digitizing Your Negatives

Have you discovered the wonderful world of making pictures on film with an old school camera and you want to be able to share your work with the rest of the world? Or do you have some boxes of photographic family slides and negatives in your closet that you want to share and preserve for future generations? In this class, we will explore the process of scanning and digitizing y your precious memories and preserving them while also allowing you to share them easily with the world. Topics will include scanners and software, which settings to use, cleaning negatives, color correction, and how to fix scratches and remove dust from your images.

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Jul
30
10:00 AM10:00

Photographing your Artwork

You worked hard on making your masterpiece, now make sure the world can see it. In this course we will go over how to photograph your artwork so that the true colors and materials are correct. Topics will include lighting, setting up your studio, different camera settings and how to edit your images.


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Jul
16
12:00 PM12:00

Scanning and Digitizing Your Negatives

Have you discovered the wonderful world of making pictures on film with an old school camera and you want to be able to share your work with the rest of the world? Or do you have some boxes of photographic family slides and negatives in your closet that you want to share and preserve for future generations? In this class, we will explore the process of scanning and digitizing y your precious memories and preserving them while also allowing you to share them easily with the world. Topics will include scanners and software, which settings to use, cleaning negatives, color correction, and how to fix scratches and remove dust from your images.

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Jul
12
to Aug 9

Introduction To Inkjet Printing

  • Harvey Milk Photo Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Take your images off the screen and into the printed form! This

course will focus on building a body of work in the form of printed

photographs. This course will cover best practices in shooting,

editing, preparing images for print, and archival storage methods.

The class will utilize the Epson Stylus Pro, an inkjet printer capable

of delivering stunning professional-quality prints on media up

to 24-inches wide by any desired length. Familiarity with Adobe

Photoshop and/or Lightroom are highly recommended.

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Jun
15
10:30 AM10:30

Out of the Blue: Cyanotypes

  • Walnut Creek Center for Community Arts (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Go back in time and learn one of the oldest and most accessible photographic processes. Students will learn to make cyanotypes, a 19th-century photographic process that prints in the sun and produces a beautiful blue image. Students will learn about a variety of materials and techniques for making cyanotypes as they make their own prints experimenting with both abstract compositions made from found objects as well as prints from negatives of images made by students.

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May
22
10:00 AM10:00

Photographing the Seaside / Seascape Photography Meetup

Join me on a journey photographing the seaside at The Sutro Baths. Which is now an eerie ruin, with passageways and stairs, sitting in one of the most beautiful seaside settings in San Francisco.

Topics will include slow shutter speed, long exposures, Neutral Density Filters, and avoiding getting swept out to sea.

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May
9
2:30 PM14:30

High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography

High Dynamic Range (HDR) Photography- Photo Meetup - In this class we will be learning about HRD photography with a focus on how to used it in landscape photography. We will learn what HDR means as well as how to make an HRD image. All skill levels welcome! As always, the professional photography instructor will be there to provide advice, feedback and tips on how to improve your photos.

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Mar
21
to Apr 12

Virtual Introduction to Lightroom Classic

Have tones of Digital Photos and are looking to organize them? Looking for the perfect software to quickly edit your photos? Learn the most powerful photography software out there and a must-have for every photographer. Quickly turn those ok snapshots into masterpieces. Learn to share your work with ease. Topics will include importing, organizing, editing, exporting, and printing using Adobe's unique pieces of software.

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Out of the Blue: Cyanotypes
Mar
17
1:00 PM13:00

Out of the Blue: Cyanotypes

  • Walnut Creek Center For Community Arts (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

This course will teach the oldest and most accessible photographic processes. Students will learn to make cyanotypes, a 19th-century photographic process that prints in the sun and produces beautiful blue images. Students will learn about a variety of materials and techniques for making cyanotypes as they make their own prints. They will experiment with both abstract compositions made from found objects as well as print from negatives of images made by students. $20 material fee is due at first class. No Class 4/17

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