How to Shoot like a Pro with a DSLR Camera and Photoshop CS5
Tutor in Residence
Don Hildred, Brisbane
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Don Hildred began his professional career in 1988 after graduating with Honours from The Queensland College of Art in Brisbane, Morningside. His academic excellence was recognised with The Australia Institute of Medical and Biological Illustration, Student of the Year Award. Since graduating Don has predominantly worked in the commercial and editorial areas of photography in South East Queensland. His customers have ranged from small local Toowoomba businesses to Sydney and Melbourne based advertising agencies. Such companies have included: Style Magazine, The Courier Mail, MoJo Advertising agency, Origin Energy, The Women’s Weekly, Australia Post, CSIRO and The South China Morning Post (Hong Kong). Over the past 10 years Don has also run Photography and Photoshop workshops for various arts organisations, some have included, McGregor Summer/Winter Schools, Arts West, Flying Arts, Toowoomba TAFE College, Blackall Heartland Festival, Richmond Community Arts Centre along with numerous professional development talks and symposiums.
Course Synopsis
This workshop is designed for anyone who has a burning desire to understand and work more like professional photographers using the most up-to-date version of Adobe Photoshop CS5.
The first two days will be dedicated to understanding the theoretical and practical aspect of your digital camera, we will discuss the new Raw file format and the “Triangle Exposure Theory” - the holy grail of manual photography. Hands on practical work will cover Macro, HDR and High Speed photography as well as photographing our model.
Days three and four will focus on Photoshop with techniques to improve your digital darkroom work flow. Topics covered include: Adobe Bridge, Abode Camera Raw (ACR) working with non-destructive adjustment layers and layer masks just to name a few.
By the end of the course you will also have covered monitor calibration and some very useful time saving Photoshop techniques along with the set-up of an A3 exhibition print, assembling an A4 calendar and combining your Panoramas and HDR images. All in all a great workshop for intermediate to advanced photographers!
Level
Intermediate to advanced
Materials
Estimated material cost is minimal - the materials list will give you all the items you need to bring with you