From Raw to the Wall

The Complete Workflow using Lightroom and Photoshop

In this daylong seminar you’ll learn to design a portrait post-production workflow that begins with the Raw files from your camera  and ends with fully retouched selected files ready for wall portrait printing.

In the first half of the workshop you'll learn to use Lightroom to quickly upload, organize, and edit groups of Raw files from a shoot. Then you'll learn to use Lightroom's output modules to create slideshows, layouts for printing, and Web galleries that can be uploaded to your website directly from Lightroom. You'll also see how easy it is to use Lightroom and a projector to make sales presentations to clients. After the important photos are identified they're ready for special attention in Photoshop.

The second half of the workshop you'll learn to use Photoshop CS3 to take special images to the next level of quality by eliminating distractions and enhancing desirable qualities. You'll see what it takes to transform an individual image into a file ready for wall portrait printing.  You'll also learn to use Layers to create a flexible, bullet-proof retouching workflow that saves time and allows you to quickly make changes later.The skills learned during this portion of the workshop will allow you to create custom works of art that are true creative expressions that your customers will be willing to pay more for.

What you will learn about:

Lightroom:

• The importance of developing an organized and repeatable system

• Importing groups of photos into Lightroom

• Using metadata and keywords to organize your files

• Using colored labels, stars, and filters to identify important files

• The theory behind Camera Raw and how to expose Raw files correctly

• How to quickly edit groups of files in Lightroom to improve tone, color, sharpness, etc...

• Using Lightroom and your projector to make dynamic sales presentations

• Creating slideshows and web galleries with the Slideshow and Web modules

• How to export files ready for printing at your lab

• Much more...

Photoshop CS3:

• Color theory and color management in Photoshop

• How to use Levels and Curves to fine tune tonal qualities

• Understanding Photoshop's retouching tools and how they're used

• Professional portrait retouching techniques

• The correct way to digitally Burn & Dodge

• Strategies for using Layers to keep your workflow flexible

• How to use Layer Masking to modify areas of tone and color

• Split Rendering - combine image elements to create the perfect image

• Resizing and resampling to create files ready for wall portrait printing

• Professional sharpening strategies

• Much more…

Prerequisites:

This seminar is intended for portrait photographers. However, the skills you will learn here can be applied to many different kinds of photography.

Length of presentation:

Daylong workshop with break for lunch.

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