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PHOTOGRAPHY

Spring 2008

Intro. To the Digital Camera (IVC)
Interm. Digital Camera (IVC)
Intro to Photoshop Elements (IVC)
Interm. Photoshop Elements (IVC)
Adv. Photoshop Elements, Digital Scrapbooking (IVC)


Note: Community Education photography classes do not include darkroom work. If you are interested in learning about techniques used in the darkroom, please call the Art Department at 415.485.9480 or go to www.marin.edu.



Intro. to the Digital Camera
This course is designed to educate you about the different types of digital cameras and the features that are available. You will learn what you need to know before making your purchase, so that you can choose the best camera for your needs. We will also discuss basic terminology, explanations of the different camera settings, formats used by digital cameras and computers, transferring images to the computer, making basic image adjustments using Adobe Elements, preparing images to email as attachments and options for printing digital camera images.
You do not need to own a digital camera to take this class although, if you already own one, you are encouraged to bring the camera and the manual with you.

  • Ed Woods
  • Friday, 10am-5pm
  • Mar. 28
  • Indian Valley Campus, Ohlone 216
  • Fee $100
  • Course #8260

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Intermediate Digital Camera
This course will cover techniques for improving the composition and quality of your photographs. You will use features of a digital camera to give you better control over your images: shutter and aperture priority, manual mode, white balance adjustment, metering, built in flash, zoom, macro and auto focus vs. manual focus. You will be given a list of different types of pictures to take during class. The images will be downloaded to the computer and we will use Adobe Photoshop Elements to evaluate and optimize the quality of the images.

If you own a digital camera, you should bring it with you to class.

This class builds upon skills learned in Intro. to the Digital Camera.

  • Ed Woods
  • Friday, 10am-5pm
  • Apr. 4
  • Indian Valley Campus, Ohlone 216
  • Fee $100
  • Course #8261

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Intro. to Photoshop Elements:
The Digital Darkroom

The focus of this course is to learn basic photo editing to improve your digital photos. We will perform simple image clean up and photo enhancements and provide step-by-step exercises to create contact sheets of your digital camera folder, crop and resize images for email and print, repair damaged or scratched old photos, correct lighting, brightness/contrast and color, remove blemishes, red-eye and other irregularities.

We want you to succeed in this class and suggest that you be proficient with the computer before enrolling.

  • Jazmine Loiselle
  • Friday, 9am-4pm
  • Apr. 18
  • Indian Valley Campus, Ohlone 216
  • Fee $122 (Includes $22 materials fee)
  • Course #8262

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Interm. Photoshop Elements:
The Digital Darkroom

This course will continue to focus on photo editing techniques. We will review the basics, introduce basic selections and layers, cover how to control separate areas of a photo in order to execute customized lighting and color adjustments and step-by-step instructions creating a slide show with viewing capabilities on a CD or the Internet.

This class builds upon skills learned in Intro. to Photoshop Elements.

  • Jazmine Loiselle
  • Friday, 9am-4pm
  • Apr. 25
  • Indian Valley Campus, Ohlone 216
  • Fee $100
  • Course #8263

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Adv. Photoshop Elements:
Digital Scrapbooking

The focus of this course is to build layer and selection skills necessary in compositing collages, montages and digital scrapbooking. We will perform more advanced level enhancements and provide step-by-step exercises to develop skills in selection and layer techniques, creative composition and layout overview and creating a digital photo album.
This class builds upon skills learned in Interm. Photoshop Elements.

  • Jazmine Loiselle
  • Friday, 9am-4pm
  • May 2
  • Indian Valley Campus, Ohlone 216
  • Fee $100
  • Course #8264

 

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