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Fall 2010 Workshop on the Windjammer Angelique- Sept 13-18

Join us for the 2010 Digital Photography Cruise aboard theWindjammer Angelique, in Camden Maine!

This year we're coordinating with the annual rendezvous cruise with the fleet with a 6-day digital photography workshop. Not only will we have an intensive, complete digital photography week, but we'll have the rest of the fleet along for some once-in-a-lifetime photo opportunities!


What to Expect

This will be a unique opportunity to hone your digital photography skills, whether you're an enthusiastic beginner or a seasoned professional. Look for a program tailored to your individual needs, starting with solid camera skills- including settings, basic photography principles, and digital imaging essentials- through workflow options- including covering Photoshop, Lightroom, PhaseOne C1Pro and other systems- to output.

Each morning we'll start the day with a shooting workshop- introducing and covering skills and techniques you'll reinforce throughout the day on board, or ashore, as the case may be. Evenings will be time to review and critique, and work on processing, workflow and output skills. Our week will come to a close with a show of our work for the rest of the fleet to view as they visit aboard.

We will have available, courtesy of our sponsor, Head-2-Head Reviews, some of the latest camera gear on the market for your hands-on use and evaluation. We will have printers available power for your own laptops and battery charging.

Some of the subjects we will cover:

Camera setup, file management, and "Digital Hygiene"

Understanding and using Color Management

Working with Layers and Masks in Photoshop

Understanding your printer

Understanding RAW files, Smart Object RAW workflow, and Smart Filters

Rediscovering Black and White photography though the RAW file

Harnessing the process and learning to visualize

We'll also be working with some unique processes and techniques:

HDR photography

Creating digital panoramas

Digital pinhole and toy camera lens photography

Stop-action and time-lapse digital techniques

What You Need
Camera- To take fullest advantage of our workshops, you need to have a camera that has RAW file shooting capability- preferably a low-to-medium-priced DSLR.

Computer- If at all possible, bring your laptop. We will be very limited in what we can bring for student workstations, and a big part of this week will be discussing processes like working with Layers and Masks, Smart Object workflow, Color Management, software options. Having your own computer on-board will turbocharge your learning experience. Windows and Apple are both welcome!

My Pipeline books will be on-sale aboard the boat, but it never hurts to do a little summer reading in advance. Check this link for more information, and to pick up any title from my friends at Digital Silver Imaging. ...also available from Amazon and Barnes and Noble.



For any questions, please don't hesitate to email me here. For reservation and pricing information, contact the Angelique through their reservations page here.

...and just who the heck am I, you ask? Here's a little background:

Ted's career in Photography spans over three decades, from his first work in his grandfathers darkroom, through his early work for the local newspaper, college yearbook and through 25 years of commercial and advertising work for a national client base.

He has exhibited nationally, and has taught at the Maine Photo Workshops, New England School of Photography, The Art Institute of Boston and Northeastern University.

Ted is currently the Pro Digital Editor at Head2Head Reviews, a new, and unique digital photography website.

For a complete profile, see my LinkedIn Proflie, here.

Reserve your space now, and we'll see you there in September!

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