Creating A Book of Your Work
Morean Art Center
Thursday, July 29th – Sept. 2nd 9:30am – 12pm
This 6-week class has one goal in mind: your own photo book. We delve into the exciting and rapidly expanding world of e-bookmaking using Blurb’s Booksmart software. Each participant brings 30 to 40 images from one body of work (a personal project or a commercial venture) and learns how to edit, sequence, and lay them out to create a beautiful and stylish photo book that can be ordered online, on demand. We explore all the capabilities of Booksmart in depth, and learn the importance of color management within the bookmaking workflow.
With Randy’s guidance and assistance, each participant’s book is laid out, with text added if desired. We also investigate Blurb’s Imagewrap feature, the option of dust jackets, and how to enhance static templates with Adobe Photoshop. We examine books previously published with Blurb for inspiration and design ideas. Participants leave this workshop with their new books ready to be uploaded and published.
Skill Level: 1-5
Cost: $255 Members – $285 Non-members
Register (727) 822-7872 or Morean Art Center
Summer Landscape Photography – 2 day workshop
Morean Art Center
Saturday & Sunday, Aug. 7th & 8th 10am – 4pm
Take digital imagemaking to new levels! The subjects of this course are the landscape, architecture, cities, and coastline of Florida. While in the field, students review selected images on camera lcds and discuss exposure, composition, lens selection, quality of light, and the limitations and advantages of digital imagemaking.
The objective is to bring exciting and technically correct files into the digital lab. Students spend half the time in the lab realizing the images made in the field, discussing aesthetics, exploring Photoshop’s advanced tools, workflow, printing options, and processes. This workshop blends fieldwork in digital image capture, exposure, and composition, with critiques and lab work in image processing, printing, and presentation, into 6 weeks packed with information and inspiration. Primary emphasis is on empowering participants to get past technological hurdles and pursue their vision.
Students should bring a digital SLR camera that is capable of shooting raw format, a solid tripod, remote release, spare memory cards, batteries and a card reader.
Skill Level: 1-5
Cost: $95 Members – $125 Non-members
Register (727) 822-7872 or Morean Art Center
Adobe Lightroom – 1 day workshop
Morean Art Center
Saturday, July 31st 10am – 4pm
This workshop will teach students the basics of Lightroom use and gradually leading them to a brilliantly devised and super efficient digital photography workflow that dramatically improves productivity and allows photographers to spend less time processing photos and more time shooting them. This class will show you how to use the library, develop, print and web modules of Lightroom that will allow you work more efficient and produce great photographs in a short time.
Skill Level: 1-5
Cost: $65 Members – $95 Non-members
Register (727) 822-7872 or Morean Art Center
Randy is an architectural and fine art photographer, located in Florida. He is an instructor of photography, Photoshop and Lightroom at the Morean Art Center. Randy has lectured at the state Florida Professional Photographer convention, as well as around the state.