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Digital Photography Essentials
Rob Corrado
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Course
 This workshop is designed for photographers who are interested in sharpening their photographic skills. It is an excellent refresher for those who already have one foot in the door but need to know the intricacies of their digital equipment, as well as a great passage for those who wish to further explore the exciting and creative world of photography.
This course will give you a solid understanding of how your camera works so that you can have fun exploring your creative side with digital photography without stressing over camera settings. You will learn how to use and modify all types of lighting, ambient, flash, studio strobes, and continuous lighting. The secret to successful photos is using the proper lighting technique.
Once you have your perfectly lit shot, how do you manage it amongst your library of thousands of photos? You will be shown software tools to speed up your workflow so that you are not needlessly bogged down by organizing, selecting and editing your final shots. Finally, you will learn how to manage your colours so what you see on your monitor is what you get in your final print without the frustration and cost of trial and error.
This workshop is also appropriate for photographers with little or no studio and location lighting experience, who wish to improve their understanding of lighting techniques in wedding, portrait and commercial photography as well as how to deliver final product to clients.
Schedule
Sunday August 22/10 |
| 7:00-9:00 |
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Introduction, set up computer lab, prepare cameras and computers for
week, set up the digital SLR’s engine (saving the files properly in our
cameras to take advantage of the full out put potential. JPEG Or RAW )
learning how to see light (capturing elements of design in our photographs)
Bring your 3 best photographs for review
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| Monday August 23/10 |
8:30 -12:00
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Lighting- characteristics of different light sources (Hot lights, Strobes, Natural light)
Exposure techniques and camera controls
On location photo shoot (hands on) |
| 1:30 - 5:00 |
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Image file transfer (Aperture, Light Room,)
Different viewing and catalogue programs |
| 7:00 – 9:00pm |
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On location evening photo shoot |
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| Tuesday August 24/10 |
8:30 -12:00 |
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Working on images from previous day
Digital Workflow & Colour calibration, ICC profiles, Monitors
Introduction to Photoshop part 1 |
| 1:30 - 5:00 |
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2nd location photo shoot (hands on)
Photoshop part II - raw files
(how to survive the Raw workflow using image file data management software) |
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| Wednesday August 25/10 |
8:30 -12:00
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Assignment
Photoshop part 111
Printing, Colour calibration, creating web photo galleries pages
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| 1:30 - 5:00 |
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Studio Lighting techniques
Studio photo shoot (hands on) |
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| Thursday August 26/10 |
| 8:30 – 11:45 am |
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How to make awesome slide shows with Pro Show Producer/iPhoto for
VCD, DVD output. Wrap up session and watch slide show of images from
weeks program. |
| 11:45 – 12:00 noon |
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Student and Faculty evaluation forms. |
| 12:00 1:30 |
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Lunch, certificates |
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Depart between 2:00 and 3:00 pm |
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Instructor
Rob is a Toronto-based professional photographer who owns and runs two companies, CorrVision Photography, which offers photographic services to the corporate market, and Light Made Visible, which focuses on the consumer public. Rob studied motion picture film lighting techniques at Ryerson Polytechnic University in Toronto. He holds a Society of Certified Photographic Consultants (C.P.C.) designation by the Photo Marketing Association (PMA). He also has earned accreditation as a member of the Professional Photographers of Canada (PPOC), and he is a Licentiate (LPPO) with the Professional Photographers of Ontario (PPO). For the past 7 years, Rob has been an instructor with the Henrys School of Imaging. He has put on many seminars for the school, as well as private companies and camera clubs in the city of Toronto. Some of the seminars include: Niagara School of Imaging seminar on photography essentials, No BS Photo Success and Professional Photographers of Ontario (Central Portrait Branch) workshops on color management, and many others.  Rob’s students range from complete novices to working professionals in the photography business. Over the years, Rob has been involved in many exciting and challenging projects, including recent work with world-renowned The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise. Rob’s passion for photography, coupled with years of diverse experience and ability to deliver even the most complicated material in an understandable, straight-forward manner (with a friendly smile J), guarantees that you will really enjoy and learn a lot from the workshop “Photography Essentials” he has prepared for you this year!
Rob is looking forward to meeting you in his class at the Niagara School of Imaging this August 2009. See you soon!
Prerequisites for Rob’s Class
- Basic technical background with using your own laptop/desktop computers would be helpful;
- Working knowledge of your digital camera and its manual mode would be an asset, but is not required.
Student Equipment Required
• Digital SLR camera and lenses, flashes, laptop or desktop computer and/or image storage devices
• Portable Flash/s, Reflector - Optional
• Lenses, compact Flash card(s) – at least 1 gig of storage or more
• Hand held Light meter - Optional
• Tripod,
• Manuals for all of the gear you will be using or have questions about.
• Pencils, notepads.
• Your own laptop or desktop computer, with a version of Photoshop. (A 30 day trial version of Photoshop may be downloaded before you arrive at NSI) Your instructor will help you with the download if need be. Your instructor will contact you by email to let you know if there are any specific software requirements for your course.
Rob Corrado C.P.C., PPOC, LPPO
Corr Vision Photography
Light Made Visible
http://www.corrvision.com
rob@corrvision.com
T (905) 508-4848
F (905) 508-0041
Register now!
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