Seminars
Colour Factory
Seminars
In conjunction with artist Tim Handfield the Colour Factory holds Photoshop workshops to share their technical knowledge and access to premium print facilities.
Please download the Colour Factory Courses 2011 brochure here.
Please download the Registration Form 2011 here.
Workshop Dates 2011
19 March Digital Capture – Getting More from RAW
2 April Fine Art Printing Masterclass
4 June Introduction to Photoshop Masters
6 August Advanced Photoshop Masters
Workshop Details
Time 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
Location Colour Factory, 409-429 Gore Street, Fitzroy VIC, 3065.
Melways Map Ref 44 G5 or View in Google Maps
Price $175.00 (inc GST) per workshop
Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.
Call Linsey at the Colour Factory on (03) 9419 8756 to make your booking by phone.
Saturday March 19th – Digital Capture – Getting More From RAW
Level – Basic to Intermediate
This workshop is designed for photographers who want to extend their understanding of the underlying principles of digital photography to enhance creativity, and to establish effective workflows for managing and processing their RAW camera files into exhibition quality prints.
Saturday April 2nd – Fine Art Printing Masterclass
Level – Advanced
This workshop reveals how to get the very best results in digital printing using the latest pigment ink jet or photographic (C Type) printing technology.
‘Fine Art Printing Masterclass’ is equally relevant for photographers who produce their own prints, or those who prefer to work with technical professionals, such as Colour Factory staff, to produce prints for them. The content of the workshop is as much about the conceptual and aesthetic aspects of digital printing as it is about the technical.
Tim Handfield and the workshop participants will review a selection of images and jointly make decisions about how they are to be printed. Tim will demonstrate how those aesthetic decisions can be carried out using RAW processing software and advanced Photoshop techniques. Through the day the selected images will progress from: on screen representation, to print tests and through to finished exhibition prints.
Saturday June 4th –Introduction to Photoshop Masters
Level – Intermediate
Gain ultimate control over Photoshop’s most advanced features to produce compelling prints from your digital files. This workshop provides a step-by-step introduction to the concept of non-destructive editing using Photoshop’s Layers and Blend Modes.
The over all aim of the workshop is to start with a basic digital image, either scanned from flim or from a digital camera, to visualise how that image may be fine tuned or altered to achieve your aesthetic aims, then to apply those changes as a series of layers. The result is a master file optimised for your chosen print process able to be output to a variety of sizes and uses.
This is more than a series of techniques but rather the foundation for a sophisticated approach to digital photography that will open new horizons for creative expression. Your ability to work with images in a completely intuitive way will feed back into the choices you make when photographing.
Saturday August 6th – Advanced Photoshop Masters
Level – Advanced
This workshop follows on from the ‘Introduction to Photoshop Masters’ course held on 4 June 2011. Attendance at the introductory course is recommended but not a pre-requisite for attendance at the advanced course. Attendees are presumed to have at least a basic understanding of Photoshop’s layer adjustments, layer masks and blending modes.
The concept of a Photoshop Master File is to build the ultimate version of your digital image from its RAW source (scan or digital photo) using Photoshop’s layers adjustments, layer masks and blending modes. The overall process is non-destructive in the sense that the original version of the file is contained within the layers and is never altered. But the techniques can involve dramatic transformations from the original.