NEWSLETTER - May 2013
Beginners/Improvers Photography Courses in Israel, English language.
For beginners and experienced photographers who want to improve and take more creative pictures.,
Each course consists of 5 weekly sessions of 2 1/2 hrs each.
Course Topics
A brief history of photography
Essential camera settings, menus, modes
Tips on using your camera more effectively
Five B.A.S.I.C steps to taking better pictures
Taking pictures of children
Developing visual awareness.
Using your imagination to improve a picture
Using the camera creatively
Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of your pictures
Telling a story with your pictures
Making basic improvements to your pictures in the computer
Keeping track of your pictures
Emailing pictures
Making and sharing albums of your pictures on the Web
Any digital camera can be used - compact or SLR.
You will need access to a computer with a basic photo editing program such as Picasa, which you can download free from Google.
Cost: 700 NIS (650 NIS AACI members)
Please join my mailing list (at the bottom of this page) for details of the next courses as soon as they are arranged.
For more info ring Tom: 052 8012817
Beginners/Improvers Photography Course - Caesarea
Please join my mailing list (at the bottom of this page) for details of the next courses as soon as they are arranged.
Photoshop - Digital Darkroom Course
Experience the joy and creativity of being able to properly improve your pictures in the "Digital Darkroom".
This course is for enthusiasts who want to rediscover the lost arts of creatively crafting a picture and bringing it to life.
5 weekly sessions of 3 hrs each.
Topics
Setting up the Digital Darkroom workspace
Opening and saving documents
Understanding file formats, such as PSD, PDF, RAW, JPG, GIF, PNG
File resolution, resizing, optimising for the web
Colour modes and colour spaces
Essential Darkroom tools: the Layers Palette, Adjustment Layers, Layer Masks
Using, adjusting and saving brushes, swatches
Selections: Geometric, freehand, auto selections
Extending the canvass, cropping, adding borders
Essential shortcuts
Using Channels and History
Advanced use of healing brush and clone stamp
Sharpening and creative blurring
Digitising old photographs and image restoration
Colour correcting photographs
Replacing and changing colours
Digital editing and manipulation of photographs
Combining two or more images together
The Warp Tool
Using a Wacom tablet and pen
You will need a laptop. with a recent version of Photoshop CS.
Photoshop Elements is not suitable for this course.
(You may be eligible to download Photoshop CS2, details here)
Cost: 700 NIS (650 NIS AACI members)
Venue and dates: to be announced.
Please join my mailing list (at the bottom of this page) for details of the next courses as soon as they are arranged.
For more info ring Tom: 052 8012817
Photography Field Trip to Zichron and Jaffa
For beginners and experienced photographers who want to take their photography a step further.
Field trips are a wonderful way to enjoy a day out with your camera, meet other enthusiasts, and develop your skills.
Tom will be on hand throughout the day to give practical advice to help you get the most from your camera and to develop your photography skills.
Local photographer Eddie Friedman has extensive knowledge of Zichron's history and will be giving short and insightful comments about the areas we visit.
Timetable: 10am - 4pm
10am: We meet outside the cemetery in Zichron. Tom will give some helpful tips of how to take better pictures and get the most from the day.
We have a short guided tour of the cemetery which is full of pictorial opportunities.
We then have a gentle stroll through the main street of Zichron and visit the Synagog.
12 - 1pm: Break for lunch.
1 - 2pm: We take a short ride to the Roschild Gardens and continue our stroll until 2pm when we meet at Garden's cafe. During refreshments Tom will download a selection of your pictures to his laptop.
2.30 - 4pm: Tom will give feedback about the day's photography in his own practical and informative style. This is a very popular part of the day: You be given tips on how you can advance, see the pictures that others have taken, and benefit from the advice they receive too.
Cost: 170 NIS (AACI members 140 NIS)
Lunch, refreshments, and travel not included
Venue: to be announced
Registration essential:
Please join my mailing list (at the bottom of this page) for details of the next courses as soon as they are arranged.
For more info ring Tom: 052 8012817
Join my mailing list here
Beginners/Improvers courses in Caesarea,
Digital Darkroom Courses,
and Field Trips in Zichron and Jaffa:
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