Digital photos meet Photoshop w/ upcoming F-11 courses
They’re back for Fall! F-11 Photo’s information and experience-rich classes are ripe with opportunities to refine your skills, get a handle on your devices, and interact with knowledgeable instructors. Here’s a look at some of the upcoming courses and other events.
Photo 101: Basic Digital Photography will take place Tuesday, September 18th from 6–8pm. Whether you’re a confused or new owner of either a “point and shoot” camera or a camera that accepts interchangeable lenses, this class effortlessly introduces the essentials of Digital Photography and helps you to begin to understand how to use your camera creatively.
Join instructor Becca Tatarka to explore the what, when and why of digital camera settings. Get comfortable with the geek-speak of digital photography. Learn about essential accessories and composition tricks that make your life easier and your pictures shine. Cover automatic modes and what they mean. Protect your pictures and your investment by learning the right way to care for memory cards and batteries. Tickets are $50, or $40 for F-11 VIP members.
Photo 102 & 103: Intermediate Digital Photography and Drills & Skills will follow on Wednesday and Thursday, September 19th–20th, respectively, from 6–8 each night.
Participants of the former will strengthen their confidence and competence in digital imaging. The intermediate-level class is open to owners of cameras that accept interchangeable lenses, rather than point and shoot users. It doesn’t matter what brand of camera you use. Get familiar with resolution, ISO, zoom, exposure, focus, composition, exposure modes, basic and advanced white balance, metadata and histograms and learn how these techniques apply to real picture taking situations.
Then, do you hit the wall when it’s time to put your camera into action? Literally hit the wall? You’ve read the books, drudged through the manual, practiced and practiced again. How do you build the foundation to make it over the top? There’s nothing like hands-on shooting with a great guide that has a sense of play. Have you tried dueling cameras? You will when you join F-11 Photo’s Jon Shaver for this fun and interactive class. Take the boring out of the basics and rediscover your joy of photography.
Sign up for “Basic,” as well as “Intermediate and Drills & Skills” at the same time and save $25, paying just $125 for both classes. On its own, Basic is $50 and the Intermediate and Drills & Skills is $100. F-11 VIP members receive an additional $20 off.
Announcing the Photoshop Class Series at F-11. Beginning September 25th, this multi-course series will recur on Tuesday mornings for five weeks. Get a handle on some of the essential tools and techniques to use with this industry leading software. Learn the specified topics in each of the classes and have time to ask questions. Take one Photoshop class, or all five! Here’s a look at the upcoming course schedule.
Kicking things off on Tuesday, Sept. 25th, Photoshop I: Workflow & File Types will be held from 9–9:30am. Instructor Becca Tatarka will introduce the overall layout of Photoshop and the first steps of in-depth photo editing, from opening images and working canvases to properly saving your work. Gain an understanding of the different file types Photoshop can create and take home a comfortable working knowledge of these Photoshop essentials.
Expand your photo editing capabilities with Instructor Matt MaCoy with Photoshop II: Layers & Masking, following Tuesday, October 2nd from 8–9am. Layer masking is a powerful tool that allows you to have full control of editing your photos without making any permanent changes. It allows you to apply edits to a specific area of an image without editing the entire photo at once. Get comfortable with using Layers and learn the difference between the different types of Layers, including: populated and unpopulated layers, layer masks, adjustment layers, and more. Next, explore how layers interact with each other. Leave with the ability to better work in layers on your own images.
Future classes include Photoshop III: Tools I (Brushes) on Oct. 9th, Photoshop IV: Tools II (Selections) Oct. 16th, and Photoshop V: Portrait Editing closing out the series on Oct. 23rd. Registration is $25 each class, or $100 for the entire five-class series.
Preregistration is required for ALL classes and events. Visit www.f11photo.com or stop by the store at 2612 W Main St., Suite A, to register. Additional technical requirements may apply. See website for further details and complete course schedule. Please call (406) 586-3281 with further questions. •
