JAKARTA REFERENCE

Photography and Photoshop Courses by Melbourne – The Photographer Below, you will find details about 4 seminars and workshops that Melbourne is offering. Two are devoted to photography and getting the most from your digital camera, the other two fast track you through the amazing Adobe Photoshop program. Pour yourself a coffee and take a few minutes to read how by attending one or all of these one-day day courses, you will have access to over 30 years of Melbourne’s experience, and will significantly improve your photography and Photoshop knowledge and expertise.

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Are you one of the following…….

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Someone who has recently purchased a compact digital camera or digital SLR and is confused with all the modes, buttons, dials and strange jargon?

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Someone who has owned a 35mm film camera and wants to know how to make the leap to digital, without re-learning everything all over again?

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Someone who has a pretty good understanding about how digital works, but needs to learn more about composition, lighting techniques and software tricks to give your images more impact? .

Then you should really attend one of Melbourne – The Photographers’ one-day seminars or workshops.

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Melbourne (yes, that’s his name!) is an award winning expat British/Canadian commercial, industrial and travel photographer with over 30 years of shooting assignments worldwide. In his seminars he discusses the theory and technical aspects of digital photography, and also gives tips and tricks that you can immediately use to improve your photography.

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The seminars/workshops are designed to help you improve your skills as a photographer in a logical progression. The seminars run once a month, most months and are held at the studio/house in south Jakarta. Small class sizes of 12 and 16 participants guarantee and intimate learning experience.

IDR 700,000 includes refreshments and lunch. See end of document for more information regarding registration and location. Limited to 16 participants

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This is the first photography seminar you should attend. Following this seminar you will have all the information to move on to the Part 2 workshop.

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Discover how to take better photographs. Understand how your camera works and take creative control of your photography. Increase your knowledge of computer terms and how digital images are stored. The A to Z of digital photography without having to read many books. A full day of learning and when finished you will be able to make a remarkable improvement to you photography.

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Discover the basics of digital photography and learn how to take better photographs

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Understand how your camera works and take creative control of your photography

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Find out how to manipulate and enhance your photos on the computer In a fact filled one-day seminar your will learn about digital basics and cameras, the various controls and buttons and what they do. Features such as zoom, subject and scene modes, flash, digital effects are fully explained. No longer will file formats such as JPEG, TIFF and RAW be confusing. You’ll hear all about pixels, resolution and image quality. Why a 6MP camera is not necessarily better than a 3MP camera. You’ll get to grips with interpolation, RBG/CMYK, software, calibration and colour management. Once all the necessary teckie theory is covered, then it’s time to launch into the process of taking pictures. In this relaxed classroom/living room format you’ll learn about exposure, focus and composition. How and when to use flash. Lens focal lengths, which lens to use and depth of field. Auto exposure control, macro, metering, apertures, shutter speeds. Avoiding camera shake, capturing motion, using blur for effect. How to shoot better landscapes, portraits, action, close-ups, buildings, children, night and low light, sunset photos. Slow sync flash, burst modes, cropping, choosing your point of view, what to shoot, where to shoot. And, if time permits, the last segment of the seminar is devoted to the magic of the digital darkroom. Melbourne will demonstrate how to make quick and easy improvements to your images using Adobe Photoshop software. Watch over his shoulder as he shows you how to make manipulations such as: Brightening, adding or lowering contrast, using the Histogram with Levels and Curves. Making Black and White conversions. Quick portrait fixes on eyes, teeth, skin, and hair. Colour correcting. Using sharpening. Correcting converging verticals. Improving landscapes. Replacing skies. Adding impact.

Many attendees questions include: What settings should I set my camera to capture fast moving sports? What ISO should I use when photographing at night? I never capture stunning sunrises and sunsets. What am I doing wrong? What’s the best way to shoot portraits? Why don’t I get lovely deep blue skies when shooting landscapes? My company asks me to shoot events and my photos are always dark….Help! Tell me how to set the camera when shooting market and street scenes? My close-ups of flowers are always blurry. Why? How can I be more creative? What should I look for? I’m still confused about what lens or zoom to use? How do I decide? Any many, many more…………

IDR 800,000 includes refreshments and lunch. See end of document for more information regarding registration and location. Limited to 12 participants

Melbourne’s Advice: Start with Part 1 “Getting The Best From Your Digital Camera” seminar (above). Then enroll in Part 2 “Beginner” and become familiar with your cameras features and controls by carrying out hands-on practical assignments under Melbourne’s guidance.

This is an action-packed day. You start at 9.00am and will hardly rest until we wrap up between 4.30 and 5.00pm. Who said photography is easy???? (Refreshments are available throughout the day…you won’t starve! Lunch is great too….but you only have 40 minutes!) Melbourne will demonstrate a series of assignments and then you work in small groups to work through each assignment. All assignments are fast and easy to complete and Melbourne will be on hand to answer questions and give guidance. This is the opportunity to shoot and make mistakes. The more mistakes we make, the faster we learn. The purpose of each exercise is not for participants to create a masterpiece…far from it….the object is for each participant to have the experience of shooting different zoom focal lengths, exposures, focus modes, white balances and ISO’s in a typical picture taking environment, with his/her own camera. Suddenly aperture, shutter speeds and depth of field will make sense. Infinitely better (and more fun!), than just reading dozens of books. Your experiences from these assignments will aid you later when you are out and about on your own, shooting landscapes, portraits using window light and fill flash, sharp foreground blurred background. Street photography and market scenes, still life, food, macro, sports and action etc. You are not competing with any one else, the sole purpose is to aid you in exploring the features of your camera while taking everyday photographs. Everything you need to know to gain the confidence to take your photography to the next level. When you have completed this seminar, it’s unlikely you will use “AUTO EVERYTHING” mode ever again and you will be making all the decisions on how you want your images to appear. At the end of the day you will have fast tracked your way through many of your cameras controls and features and will be ready to go out and shoot, shoot, shoot. So what do you think? Do you want to make a remarkable improvement to your photography by investing time with one of south-east Asia’s most experienced photographers?

Capturing images with a digital camera is fun, but it is only the first step in producing beautiful and creative photography. Photoshop is the undisputed leader in photo-editing software and as a photographer, when you arm yourself with knowledge of this powerful program you will be able to transform your images into memorable photographs that you or your friends will be pleased to hang on their walls as a piece of photo décor.

Melbourne has been a photographer for over 30 years and has photographed assignments all over the world. He started working with Photoshop in 1993 using Photoshop version 4. He understands that Photoshop can appear to be overwhelming when you are starting out, so he developed two one-day courses that will guide you through the program at an easy pace.

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Aimed at those who have not fully immersed themselves in the wonders of Photoshop. Maybe you have Photoshop installed but have only played around with a few of the tools and are not sure of why certain things happen one time, and don’t happen another time! The 7 hours you invest in this seminar will save you hundreds of hours wading through instruction manuals!

In this one-day seminar you will learn all about the major tools and features of the program as Melbourne carries out an A to Z tour of the program. A comprehensive set of notes is included in the package.

By the time you have completed the seminar you will have experienced a thorough overview of the program and not once will you have had to refer to an 800 page manual. You will then be equipped to practice at home and will no longer have apprehensions about the program.

Session “A” Introduction to Photoshop for Photographers Seminar 1 Day NEXT AVAILABLE DATE: SATURDAY 2nd May 09 PLEASE SEND E-MAIL TO BE PUT ON OUR MAILING LIST IDR 800,000 includes refreshments and lunch. See end of document for more information regarding registration and location. Limited to 16 participants Laptops are NOT necessary since you will be observing and following the supplied course notes, as Melbourne takes you through a guided tour of the program. Following Session “A” we recommend you take this new knowledge and attend Session “B” “Photoshop Basic Skills for Photographers”, which is a one-day hands-on workshop where you WILL need a laptop with Photoshop v7 or later (preferably CS2 or CS3) previously installed.

Session “A” Introduction to Photoshop for Photographers Seminar Topics Starting and Quitting Managing Work Area Grid Rulers and Guides Managing Work Space Quitting Photoshop Toolbox Selecting Tools Types of Tools Options Bar Preset Tools Using Palettes Palette Well Palette Icons Palette Menus Grouping Palettes Displaying Palettes Sizing & Arranging Palettes Palette Default Positions Basic Commands Layers & Selections Cancelling an Operation Menus Keyboard Shortcuts Modifier Keys Dialog Boxes Undoing Changes Undoing Commands History Palette Working with Image Files Opening an Image File Selecting Multiple Files Closing an Image File File Browser (Bridge) Intro Bridge View Folders Bridge View Images Selecting & Opening Files Managing Images Metadata Info Type Zoom an Image Scroll Around an Image Multiple Images Duplicating an Image Saving Image Files Save Command Save As Command Save Options Saving PSD Files Saving JPEG Files Saving TIFF Files Printing Images Color Management Setting Output Options Print Dialog Box Optimizing for Web Toolbox Preview Area Status Bar Optimize Pane Fixing Images Evaluating an Image Image Size Orientation Evaluating Tonal Range Histogram Evaluating Color Evaluating Detail Evaluating Sharpness Specifying Image Size Image Size Dialog Box Specifying Canvas Size Cropping Images Crop Options Rotating Images Histogram Palette Channels Palette Type of Channels Channels in Dialog Boxes Adjust by Auto Contrast Adjust Bright/Contrast Manual Adjust Levels Auto Adjust Levels Manually Threshold Evaluating Results Adjusting Curves Eyedroppers Setting B&W Points Remove a Color Cast Adjust Shadow & Highlight Adjust Color Auto Variations Hue/Sat Command Photo Filters Removing Color Adjust Color Balance Using Filter Menu Types of Filters Using Unsharp Mask Other Sharpening Filters Camera Raw Plug-In Intro Detail/Lens/Calibrate Tabs Intro To Selections Using Selection Menus Using Selection Tools Selection Tool Options Feathering AntiAliasing Marquee Tool Lasso Tools Lasso/Polygonal/Magnetic Magic Wand Selecting a Range of Color Adjust an Existing Selection Moving a Selection Border Inverting a Selection Hiding the Selection Border Feathering a Selection Modifying a Selection Growing a Selection Move/Copy/Paste Selection Drag Selection – Move Tool Copy/Move Selctn Clipboard Remove Fringe Pixels Delete a Selection Save/Load Selection Managing Channels Duplicating Channels Transform Command Free Transform Command Layers Layers Palette Modes/Opacity Layer Mask Layer Style Adjustment Layers Fill Layers New layer Delete Layer Create and Preserve Layer Background Layer New Layer Dialog Box Stacking Layers Renaming Layers Delete Layers Moving Layers Locking Layers Linking Layers Merge/Flatten Layers Sampling from Layer Using Adjustment Layer Creating Adjustment Layer Editing an Adjustment Layer Using Fill Layers Type of Fill Layers Creating a Fill Layer Editing a Fill Layer Merging Fill Layers Entering Type Selecting a Type Tool Setting Type Tool Options Enter/Format Type Selecting Text Formatting text Rasterizing Type Painting & Drawing Foregrd & Backgrd Color Using Color Picker Using Eyedropper Tool Using Swatches Palette Color Palette Brushes and Pencils Brush and Pencil Options Option Bar Brush Palette Specifying Tool Options Blending Modes Opacity Tool Options Eraser Tool Background Eraser Magic Eraser Retouching Image Color Replacement Tool Red Eye Removal Burn and Dodge Cloning Healing Brush Patch Tool Other Tools: Blur/Sponge/Smudge/Pattern History/Art History Paint Bucket/Gradient Shape Tool Creating and Using Masks Intro to Masks Selecting vs. Masking Creating Masks Editing Masks Quick Mask Editing Masks Using Layer Masks Add Mask to Regular Layer Alpha Channel Masks Extract Command Replace Color Automating Tasks Contact Sheets Web Photo Gallery Panoramas – Photomerge Creating a PDF Batch Renaming Files Actions Palette Recording Actions Play Actions Batch Command Color Management O/view Calibrating Monitor Specifying Color Settings Profiles Depending on time and questions asked, we will cover most of the topics listed above. What You Should Bring: Not much! A laptop is NOT necessary for Session A but you can bring one if you like. This seminar is designed in such a way that Melbourne walks you through the program and you won’t need to follow along on a laptop. In fact it will slow you down if you do. (In Session B, a laptop and Photoshop is required). We will supply a set of course notes, and you should be making your own notes as we progress through the program, so bring a thick notepad to write on. If you like, bring a couple of your own digital images and if we have time, we may be able to “tweak” them a little in Photoshop! The second course Session “B” is a hands-on workshop where you will be using Photoshop on your own laptop and carrying out typical manipulations and enhancements that professional photographers use on daily basis to perfect their images. Session “B” Basic Skills Photoshop for Photographers Workshop 1 day Course Outline NEXT AVAILABLE DATE: SUNDAY 3rd May 09 PLEASE SEND E-MAIL TO BE PUT ON THE MAILING LIST IDR 900,000 includes refreshments and lunch. See end of document for more information regarding registration and location. Limited to 12 participants You SHOULD bring a laptop with Adobe Photoshop (preferably CS2,CS3 or CS4) previously installed since you will be carrying out short exercises using the program. Previous versions of Photoshop will be okay but some of the newest features will be missing. If necessary you can share your laptop with a friend. Maximum 2 persons sharing one laptop. Please note we do NOT supply computers or software. Course notes will be supplied, but bring a thick notepad to make lots of notes. Also, bring your laptop AC adaptor so that you do not have to operate your laptop from battery power. Bring your (RF) mouse with new batteries and mouse pad. Bring extra batteries for your mouse. During the workshop you will watch as Melbourne demonstrates the brief exercises, then you will have the opportunity to spend a few minutes working on the same exercises on your own laptop. Questions are encouraged. To achieve the most from this workshop, previous attendance at Session “A” Introduction to Photoshop for Photographers is strongly recommended. Targeted at participants who have completed Session “A” or those who have had a little experience in using some of Photoshop’s tools and features. By no means advanced, you will have over 50 techniques completed by the end of the day, and will be able to carry out the major enhancements and manipulations that are basic requirements for digital photographers. Session “B” Basic Skills Photoshop for Photographers Workshop Topics Brighten, Darken, Contrast LEVELS Brighten, Darken, Contrast CURVES Basic SHARPENING SHARPENING using Lab COLOR SHARPENING using LUMINOSITY B&W LIGHTNESS Channel B&W CHANNEL MIXER B&W CALCULATIONS Color Correcting VARIATION Command SELECTION Tools Editing a Selected Area Adjust the Color of Individual Objects Selective Re-coloring Straighten a Crooked Photograph Opening Up Shadow Areas CLONING Away Unwanted Objects DODGING & BURNING CLONING With PATCH tool CLONING with SPOT HEALING Remove Blemishes using CLONE STAMP Removing Hot Spots Removing Red-Eye Fast Method Removing Red-Eye Method 2 Removing Blemishes Tech 2 Whitening Teeth Whitening Eyes (Removes red) Remove Dark Circles under Eyes using CLONE STAMP Transform a Frown into a Smile Removing Dark Circles under Eyes using PATCH Tool Remove Signs of Aging Using HEALING BRUSH Remove Signs of Aging Using PATCH Tool Glamour Skin Softening Colorizing Hair Burning-In Portraits Cropping Photos BLUR, SHARPEN & SMUDGE tools DUOTONES Replacing a Sky BLEND MODES Compensating for Over-Exposure Correcting Under-Exposure Adding Motion Using a LAYER MASK Focus Vignette Effect Sharp Foreground, Blurred Background Editing Sequence Removing a Color Cast Correcting Verticals Changing the Color of Eyes Darkening a Sky with a GRADIENT Sepia Tone Effect Placing and Editing TEXT Reducing Digital NOISE SMART SHARPEN Filter Re-Sizing Digital Photos How to E-Mail Photos Configuring Photoshop for Adobe 1998 Calibrating Your Monitor Settings SPONGE Tool Calibrating Your Monitor Converting RAW Files with ACR Printing with a Color Inkjet Printer Creating a CONTACT SHEET Melbourne’s Next Photoshop Workshop Melbourne will be using Photoshop CS2 or CS3 but participants can have any version later than v7.0 installed on their laptop. We use Windows platform but MAC is okay as long as you understand the slight variations in some of the commands. We try to hold all the seminars once a month, most months in the studio/house in south Jakarta. You must register and make full payment at least 10 days before the seminar date. Cost: Photography Seminar Part1 IDR 700,000 Photography Workshop Part 2 IDR 800,000 Photoshop Seminar Session “A” IDR 800,000 Photoshop Workshop Session “B” IDR 900,000 All courses include refreshments, lunch and course notes. Conducted in English. Don’t delay; send an e-mail for up-to-the-minute information and registration details. Too busy to attend our weekend courses???? Contact us about our customized One-on-One sessions where you can spend time with Melbourne and ask your own questions about photography and Photoshop.

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