Creative Expression Through Photoshop

Go beyond the basics of color correction, sharpening and contrast. Explore Photoshop's endless possibilities.


© Eileen RaffertyAdobe Photoshop CS6 is a powerful tool for photographers to fine tune digital files. However, beyond the basics of density, color correction, sharpening and contrast, there are endless possibilities for self-expression with this creative software. In this class, students explore the fundamentals of visual design and drawing the eye through the photograph through the use and knowledge of basic Photoshop tools. Participants also explore techniques for mimicking darkroom effects, creating weather phenomena and using brushes in creative and unique ways. This is a class for the intermediate Photoshop user. Bring your personal vision and an open mind and we’ll explore the creative possibilities and the places we can go with our photographs and Adobe Photoshop.

 

Instructors

Eileen Rafferty

© Athena Photography

Eileen Rafferty believes in making meaningful work and discovering something new every day. She is an artist who combines her lifelong study of photography with digital technology to create mixed media, video and photographs. Based on ideas of memory, photographic history and visual culture, her work fuses archival imagery with modern technology to reposition the past into the present

Eileen worked as a freelance photographer, educator and digital technician in the Washington, D.C. area. She was also a custom darkroom printer for clients including National Geographic, The Kennedy Center and the Smithsonian.

Her materials include cameras of any sort, 8mm film, video, family photographs, photo illustrations or images born from her writing or the stories in her head. She also likes old typewriters, unexpected love letters, the Big Dipper and airplane windows.

Eileen currently lives in Missoula, Montana where she makes photographs, teaches, has a consulting business, runs a magazine called Butterflies and Anvils, and searches for all life's big and little answers. She has a BS in Physiology and an MFA in Photography/Film.