
11 Mar Photoshop for Landscape Photographers | November
Photoshop for Landscape Photographers
Date | Saturdays November 7 & 14, 2020
Time | 10AM – 4PM
Location | Colorado Photographic Arts Center (CPAC)
1070 Bannock St., Denver, CO 80204
Cost | $384 Non-Member $348 Members
Instructor | Frank Varney
Skill Level | Beginner to Intermediate – with beginning or better Photoshop experience required.
This two-day workshop is for the beginning to intermediate landscape photographer who wants to expand their Photoshop skill set to include contemporary digital capture and post-production techniques. Participants will receive photography field guide handouts, as well as a set of Photoshop step-by-step instructions for each technique discussed. Time is provided to apply the methods covered in the workshop to your own work with instructor guidance.
Workshop Topics:
- Focus blending for ultimate sharpness and depth-of-field
- Using exposure blending for better high dynamic range landscape photos
- Combining multiple images in Photoshop to reduce image noise
- Perspective blending to create enhanced near/far landscapes
- Using Motion blending to better capture moving elements in the landscape
- Determining the sharpness sweet spot of your lens and how to avoid the sharpness destroying lens diffraction
- How to shoot sharper landscape photos
- How to extending your aspect ratio with multi-image panorama stitching
- Creating and using Luminosity Masks for ultimate image tonal control
- Applying advanced Photoshop burning and dodging techniques to improve the visual quality of the landscape
- Color grading the landscape photograph for mood and style with Photoshop tools including profiles, look-up tables, and selective color
- Processing the black & white landscape
- Using camera filters in the field and how to avoid the expensive and destructive workflow caused by the use of Graduated Filters
- Using neutral density filters for long exposures and motion control
- Creative image enhancement with digital light painting techniques
- Photoshop sharpening methods for the landscape photograph
- Field Apps for the Landscape Photographer
- Preparing images for printing and exhibition
- Creating your own style
Required Equipment:
- Current version Photoshop software
- Laptop with Power Cord