This unique nature photography workshop teaches professional field techniques in the morning and professional Photoshop and image processing training each afternoon in a classroom environment. The images from the morning sessions will be professionally processed and optimized for print that evening.

After an exciting morning in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, you will have the opportunity to watch Richard demonstrate his professional image-editing skills as you follow along with your images on your laptop. Don't remember everything? There will be helpful handouts to take home! We will not be doing any actual printing in the classroom, but instead, we will be preparing the image files for professional-looking prints on your own printer at home or your favorite digital print lab.

SCHEDULE

Thursday, April 26
- 2:00 PM: Meet and Greet in the lobby of the Tally Ho Inn (see "Lodging" below. Evening photography session in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park until dark.

Friday, April 27
- Sunrise and morning photography session until late morning.
- Lunch
- Classroom session in the Tally Ho Inn conference room. Richard will demonstrate various processing and image-optimization techniques on an over head projector. Students will use their laptops to process their images based on what they have learned under Richard's supervision and guidance.
- Sunset Session

Saturday, April 28
- Sunrise and morning photography session until late morning.
- Lunch
- Another classroom session in the Tally Ho Inn conference room. Workshop ends at 5 PM.

TOPICS COVERED

- Getting the right exposure, histograms, aperture priority, exposure compensation, bracketing
- Creative composition skills
- Depth of field and hyperfocal distance
- How to properly process a RAW image file:white balance, setting white and black points, maximizing dynamic range, etc.
- Basic Photoshop image adjustments: curves, levels, hue/saturation, color balance, etc.
- Photoshop layers and layer masks, using Photoshop channels
- Exposure blending for naturally looking high-dynamic range landscapes
- Color Management
- Sharpening and preparing images for print
and much more!

WHAT TO BRING

Digital SLR Camera
Tripod
A variety of lenses, preferably from wide-angle to telephoto
Polarizing filter
Memory cards
Flashlight or headlamp
Extra camera batteries
Laptop with Photoshop installed (CS3 or later)
Camera manual
Sturdy walking shoes or boots
Rain gear

LODGING

Tally Ho Inn, Townsend, Tennessee. 865-448-2465
http://www.talleyhoinn.com

You are free to stay whereever you wish, but this hotel will be our meeting place each day so it's a convenient option. It's also where we will be having our afternoon classroom sessions as well.

E-mail Richard or call 864-270-0919 for more information or with questions on this exciting event! Spaces are very limited and it will sell out early.