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Costa Rica Photo Safari Workshops

Photography Workshops

DLC Photography

Donold L Cohen, MD

The topics covered during the Workshops will be customized according to the specific experience level, needs and requests of the participants, based on information that will be obtained from questionnaires to be sent out in advance. Potential areas include: choices in equipment (cameras, lenses, accessories), the basics of exposure, getting the most out of your camera’s light meter, flash and fill-flash photography, composition basics, how to capture the image you’re looking for, understanding the basics of using a digital camera (file format options, including Raw Format, histograms, white balance, etc.), Photoshop editing (basic and advanced), Color Management, printing your images, and addressing storage, organizational and archiving issues, enabling the participants to design an overall Workflow that will meet their individual needs.

The sessions will be very interactive in nature, and using my LCD Projector, we will have the ability to view and learn from images taken during our photo outings, as well as demonstrate, in real-time, Photoshop techniques and use of various software applications.

The following Outline summarizes many of the areas that will be covered:

Creating High-Quality Nature Photographs: A Practical Guide

You don’t have to be an engineer or computer geek to capture beautiful images: who’s behind the camera is more important than what’s in front. But a basic understanding of the fundamentals allows you to be in control of your photography and capture the images you see in your mind’s eye.

1. Equipment Choices:

• Camera: ‘point-and-shoot’ through SLR’s with interchangeable lenses
• Film vs Digital
• Lens selection: zoom vs prime, focal length, aperture, Image Stabilization
• Support: tripods, heads, gimbal mounts, etc.

2. The Basics of Exposure:

• Understanding and using exposure modes: manual, aperture priority, shutter-speed priority
• Understanding ISO and how to use it to your advantage
• How your light meter works, and using EV Compensation to achieve proper exposure
• Avoid “blowing out the highlights”

3. Use of Electronic Flash in Outdoor Photography:

• Flash as “main”
• Fill-flash
• Flash Exposure Compensation
• Synch speed issues
• “Flash Extenders”

4. Digital Photography:

• Understanding a Histogram
• Storage Media
• File Formats
• Getting images from your camera to your computer
• Working with Raw Format
• Cataloguing and Organizing your images
• Image Storage and Archiving Strategies
• Sensor Cleaning Options

5. The Basics of Composition:

• “Rule of Thirds”
• Subject choice and placement
• Lighting
• Check the background!
• Depth of Field

6. Photo-Editing: Photoshop CS2

• Levels Tool
• Curves Tool
• Highlight & Shadows Tool
• Using the versatile History Brush
• Layers
• Clone and Healing Tools
• 16-bit vs 8-bit Files

7. Basics of Color Profiles and Color Spaces

• What are Profiles, and why are they necessary?
• What Color Space should I use?
• How do I implement a Color Management strategy?

8. Printing Your Images:

• Online Services
• Local Photo Labs
• Do-It-Yourself: Inkjet Printers

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