Steve Weinrebe is an Adobe Certified Instructor, award winning photographer, and author, as well as director of the Adobe Training Center - Imaging R & R in Princeton NJ. He was one of the first instructors ever to be certified by Adobe to teach Photoshop, and he has won a Videographer Award for Photoshop tutorials. With his 35 year background as a professional photographer and 20 years teaching Photoshop to adult professionals, Steve enjoys poking holes in the notion that one must use conventional tools and techniques for either photography or for post-production in order to make great images. Steve shoots stock for Getty Images, and has produced an award winning children’s video. Steve is the author of “Irreverent Photo Tools for Digital Photographers”, and “Adobe Photoshop & the Art of Photography” (both published by Cengage).
Advanced Digital Photography
Explore the bells and whistles that Adobe Photoshop CS5 has to offer the photographer interested in advanced image making. This one-week course provides a solid foundation in Photoshop for digital photographic imaging and printing. Discussions cover the advantages and disadvantages of digital manipulation, including conceptual intent and technical execution that Photoshop CS5 has to offer. Students learn to understand and work with curves in order to specifically adjust tonal values within an image, regulating contrast, color, and tonality. Sharpness, noise, filters, file size, and black and white imagery are all topics explored in this workshop. Using various selection tools, image layers and masks, students learn to make local image adjustments, creating an effect that parallels traditional darkroom dodging and burning.
Outside of the lab, students explore Maine's scenery to create images. Participants face the challenges and limitations of digital imaging both in the field and in the lab, discovering the myriad of possibilities to work through these challenges. Daily lectures, demonstrations, and lots of hands-on lab work provide students with the tools to advance their skills and take their images through to print. Participants leave the Workshops with newfound digital knowledge and documentation of the week's intensive lab work.
This class is part of a multi-course sequence and may qualify for a discounted tuition of 10%. Contact registrar@mainemedia.edu for details.
Testimonials:
"I would highly recommend this course to anyone interested in understanding Photoshop fundamentals"
- Eric Groves, Acton, MA
"The amount of creativity in one place is overwhelming and exciting, making the experience rich and memorable."
- Sadie Heisler, New York City, NY
"This was unquestionably one of the most rewarding learning experiences I've ever had."
- Fred Kosak, Jamaica Plains, MA
"Without being too cheesy...I really enjoyed the unique atmosphere the entire workshop has, in particular the little family we made in advanced digital."
- Lucy Heisler, New York City, NY
Instructors
Over the past 10 years, Michael has been teaching both new and experienced photographers the ins and outs of working digitally. Currently in his seventh year as a faculty member at Hallmark Institute of Photography, Michael specializes in digital imaging workflow and retouching techniques. His passion is perfecting images. An Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop and a member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, he is always excited to put into practice the latest tools Adobe has to offer photographers. Michael lives in Greenfield Massachusetts with his wife and son, and regularly visits Maine and Colorado, where family and travels are his favorite subjects to photograph. Find out more about Michael online at www.michaelmerrittphoto.com , http://www.facebook.com/michaelmerrittphoto , and https://twitter.com/mmerrittphoto
