Classes

Our classes are for everyone—from the beginning Photoshop user to the more advanced photographer who wants to better manage photo processing using Lightroom™. Classes are held in Buffalo and Rochester. Call for special classes and one on one training and or your individual group needs. I teach throughout the North East United States and Southern Ontario.

Winter/Spring 2013 Classes

Off-Camera Flash Workshop

TBA.

This program focuses on off-camera flash in a variety of setups. Four hands-on stations will be set up:

  • Cable-tethered off-camera flash and effective bounce skills
  • Infrared controls built into your flash systems and multiple flashes along with ETTL controls
  • Radio controlled off-camera flash and high speed sync with radio controls. Including the new AC3 Pocket wizard controller
  • Quantum Lights in a multiple-light set-up and radio controls through the new Treo controller

The class will discuss and demonstrate techniques to balance your ambient light and flash source lights on subjects. We will discuss the advantages of radio controls over infrared and why and you may be having trouble with outdoor shoots and balancing your lights.

Bring your cameras and flashes to this hands-on learning experience. After a short lecture and demonstration at each station, you will be shooting and learning. This is one not to miss!

 

  • Location: Advantage Media Studio, 154 Christiana Street, North Tonawanda, NY 14120
  • Registration fee: $59
  • Registration and payment deadline: 11/27/12
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Table Top Photography and Helicon focus Workshop

TBA

Table Top photography is were the art of studing light begins, we will look light in a very intimate manner, How to control it where it goes how to block it reflect it and measure it. Some of the skills that you will learn.

  • Light metering
  • camera stailization
  • Light sources
  • Quality of light
  • Depth field and Helicon Focus
  • Post production skills

The class will discuss and demonstrate techniques to make compound images with varying depth of fields to create full focus images in what would have been impossible ways only years ago.

Bring your cameras macro lenses and extension tubes to this hands-on learning experience. After a short lecture and demonstration at each station, you will be shooting and learning.

  • Location: Advantage Media Studio, 154 Christiana Street, North Tonawanda, NY 14120
  • Registration fee: $79
  • Registration and payment deadline: 12/15/12
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High Speed Sync. Workshop

TBA

This program focuses on off-camera flash in High Speed Sync. Mode.

  • How to use it and when
  • What to watch for and how to overccome the problems
  • Power consumption and multiple portable units
  • Light modifiers for the portable strobe

The class will discuss and demonstrate techniques to balance your ambient light and flash source lights on subjects. Here the focus will be on using all the systems that are available in the camera to have ultimate control over depth of field using High speed sync., and when and how to use it in stop action.

Bring your cameras and flashes to this hands-on learning experience. After a short lecture and demonstration at each station, you will be shooting and learning. This is one not to miss!

 

 

 

HDR for Profit

TBA

Learn how to use HDR properly and allow your photographic creativity to expand. The blending of art and technical skills has never been more important for a photographer. This program will show you how to use the skill to make money in an untapped market in your community. We will explore all three major software programs capable of HDR processing: Photoshop CS6™, Photomatix™ and Nik Software HDR Pro™. We’ll analyze these programs and provide a comparison and unbiased opinion of each, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses. In addition, you’ll learn about image processing and proper capture techniques.

  • Location: Advantage Media Studio, 154 Christiana Street, North Tonawanda, NY 14120
  • Registration fee: $49
  • Registration and payment deadline: 09/19/12
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Natural Light Portraiture

TBA

Portraiture in natural light done correctly has a softness that is unequaled; however you must know light in a very intimate manner to achieve results that are truly breathtaking. The Study of light and portraiture starts here. (Class size limited to 15 students.)

  • Location: Advantage Media Studio, 154 Christiana Street, North Tonawanda, NY 14120
  • Registration fee: $79
  • Registration and payment deadline: 12/8/12
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Basic Photography

January 26th 2012 • 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

This class is focused on sound basic photography skills. we will explore depth of field, white balance, shutter speed, camera stabilzation, composition, and much much more. This is the class to take if you are just gettting started with photography or are a beginner that has not managed to get the camera off Auto mode. I will address issues with point and shoot cameras as well as SLR's Bring you camera and be prepared to learn more than you thought possible in a day. For any age and skill level. (Class size limited to 15 students.)

  • Location: Advantage Media Studio, 154 Christiana Street, North Tonawanda, NY 14120
  • Registration fee: $79
  • Registration and payment deadline: 1/25/13
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Photoshop I (5 week class)

February 10th 2013 • 10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. ends 3/10/2013

Photoshop classes are designed to take you well beyond image adjustment and simple color correction well into the more advanced design elements and functionality of Photoshop. You will learn advanced masking techniques and the ultimate control over your images with levels and curves. This course will progress you rapidly and logically to an advanced Photoshop user. Bring a laptop computer with Photoshop CS4, CS5, or CS6 to the class so that you can work along on each project. (Class size limited to 15 students.)

  • Location: AMP Studios, 154 Christiana Street, North Tonawanda, NY 14120
  • Registration fee: $129
  • Registration and payment deadline: 02/09/13
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Photoshop Advanced Portraiture Touchup (4 week class)

TBA

This class will focus on advanced skills needed for pro level portraiture touchup. You must come the class equipped with a solid understanding of layers, masks, and brushes. You will learn skin touch up and softening techniques, eye makeup including but not limited to color and eye enhancement. Mascara and blush as well as eye lash construction and enhancing are taught. (Class size limited to 15 students.)

  • Location: AMP Studios, 154 Christiana Street, North Tonawanda, NY 14120
  • Registration fee: $89
  • Registration and payment deadline: 11/17/12
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Photoshop Advanced Creative (4 week class)

TBA

This class will focus on advanced creative skills including the use of images to create backgrounds and geometric shapes and structures. We will explore the world of 3D and how to create objects from the gound up. You must come the class equipped with a solid understanding of layers, masks, and brushes. This class is designed for those who want to go beyond captured images to create art using Photoshop as a medium and or minds as the palette. (Class size limited to 15 students.)

  • Location: AMP Studios, 154 Christiana Street, North Tonawanda, NY 14120
  • Registration fee: $89
  • Registration and payment deadline:
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Corel Painter II

TBA • 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Corel Painter is the premier program for creative artist that are looking to take their photography into a customized piece of hand painted art. You will learn to not only use the powerful auto paint functions available, more importantly you will explore your own creative genius and sense of color and depth to create truly inspiring images. Bring an open mind and free spirit for this one. (Class size limited to 15 students.)

  • Location: AMP Studios, 154 Christiana Street, North Tonawanda, NY 14120
  • Registration fee: $89
  • Registration and payment deadline: 04/01/11
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Exploring Lightroom™ (5 week class)

Thursday January 24th, 2013 • 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Ending 2/21/13

If you are a photographer you simply have to learn to be efficient in Lightroom. A program that was designed from the ground up to used by photographers. This is simply the best solution out there for file management, effiecency and over all control of your images. Yes Lightroom 4.0 is here and with some great new features. This Lightroom™ class will teach you how to maximize your workflow and create a systematic approach to all your digital imagery. There are systems that have been proven effective to rapidly and succinctly process large project (weddings etc.) shoots into manageable client-based results. We’ll show you the shortcuts and methods that work.

  • Location: AMP Studios, 154 Christiana Street, North Tonawanda, NY 14120
  • Registration fee: $89
  • Registration and payment deadline: 01/22/13
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Exploring Lightroom™ (One Day Seminar)

TBA

If you are a photographer you simply have to learn to be efficient in Lightroom. A program that was designed from the ground up to used by photographers. This is simply the best solution out there for file management, efficiency and over all control of your images. Yes Lightroom 4.0 is here and with some great new features. This Lightroom™ class will teach you how to maximize your workflow and create a systematic approach to all your digital imagery. There are systems that have been proven effective to rapidly and succinctly process large project (weddings etc.) shoots into manageable client-based results. We’ll show you the shortcuts and methods that work.

  • Location: AMP Studios, 154 Christiana Street, North Tonawanda, NY 14120
  • Registration fee: $89
  • Registration and payment deadline: 11/17/12
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Studio Lighting Basics (2 NIGHT class)

January 30th & Feb. 13th 2013 • 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

This class explores the realm of Studio Lighting with Continuous light. We will have live models to work with and you will learn to understand the relationship between light sources and how to control those lights to create beautifully dynamic images that step into the world as a true three dimensional image. Attendees are required to have working knowledge of Exposure Equivalents and light meters, as well as understand proper custom white balance. (Basic Photography class or equivalent knowledge) (Class size limited to 8 students.)

  • Location: AMP Studios, 154 Christiana Street, North Tonawanda, NY 14120
  • Registration fee: $79
  • Registration and payment deadline: 1/27/13
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Studio Lighting Intermediate (1 day class)

TBA

This class explores the realm of Studio Lighting with Continuous light. We will have live models to work with and you will learn to understand the relationship between light sources and how to control those lights to create beautifully dynamic images that step into the world as a true three dimensional image. Attendees are required to have working knowledge of Exposure Equivalents and light meters, as well as understand proper custom white balance. (Basic Photography class or equivalent knowledge) (Class size limited to 8 students.)

  • Location: AMP Studios, 154 Christiana Street, North Tonawanda, NY 14120
  • Registration fee: $79
  • Registration and payment deadline: 11/24/2012
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Studio Lighting Advanced (1 day class)

TBA

This class explores the realm of Studio Lighting with strobe lights. We will have live models to work with and you will learn to understand the relationship between light sources and how to control those lights to create beautifully dynamic images that step into the world as a true three dimensional image. Attendees are required to have working knowledge of Exposure Equivalents and light meters, as well as understand proper custom white balance. This class further explores numerous light modifiers, their application and uses, to include grids, flags, scrims, gobos, and reflectors to name a few. You will take lighting into the fascinating with 5 - 8 light sets that have balance and beauty at its core. (Class size limited to 8 students.)

  • Location: AMP Studios, 154 Christiana Street, North Tonawanda, NY 14120
  • Registration fee: $129
  • Registration and payment deadline: 03/15/11
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Light Meters - how do they work and why we need them

TBA

Meters, meters and more meters, why don’t we just allow the camera decide? This class will show you why you need to have a better understanding of the light we use to capture images. We will explore metering modes in camera as well as the handheld meters that so many of you have heard about. How do we control the light if we are guessing at what is there? This and more is all part of this interesting and informative evening. This program will start you well on your way to understanding lighting ratios and is designed as a primer for the studio program the next day on the 28th of January.

  • Location: AMP Studios, 154 Christiana Street, North Tonawanda, NY 14120
  • Registration fee: $49
  • Registration and payment deadline: 11/8/12
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Single Flash/Fill Lighting

TBA

Learn how to use your single flash to make your portrait and landscape images pop.

  • Location: AMP Studios, 154 Christiana Street, North Tonawanda, NY 14120
  • Registration fee: $49
  • Registration and payment deadline: 11/15/12
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Registering for Classes

You may register for classes by email or by phone at 716-695-9855. Payment in full is required prior to the first class session. Checks, Visa and Mastercard accepted.