Seminar Series Dates

A NEW feature is our short technique and software specific Seminar Series. These are one and a half hour short seminars on a specific topic. These lessons will be bite sized learning chunks for photographers looking to learn (or expand upon), a new or current program. Groups are limited to 5 photographers. Cost is R200 per seminar (pay for 5 lessons in advance and you will get the 6th one free).
January 2020
February 2020
March 2020
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Feb 4th 2020 (Tuesday)
1730-19:00PM
Ingest Workflow with Lightroom
March 5th 2020 (Thursday)
17:30-19:00PM
Lightroom Filters and Brushes
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Feb 6th 2020 (Thursday)
17:30-19:00PM
Selections in Photoshop 101
March 10th 2020 (Tuesday)
17:30-19:00PM
PS - Luminosity Masking
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Feb 11th 2020 (Tuesday)
17:30-19:00PM
RAW Conversion in Lightroom
March 12th 2020 (Thursday)
17:30-19:00PM
PS - Actions
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Feb 13th 2020 (Thursday)
17:30-19:00PM
PS - Layer Basics &
 The All Important Curve
March 17th 2020 (Tuesday)
17:30-19:00PM
RAW Conversion in Capture One Pro
Jan 28th (Tuesday)
17:30-17:00PM
Ingest Workflow with Capture One Pro
Feb 18th 2020 (Tuesday)
17:30-19:00PM
Sharpening Images (PS, but also techniques for LR)
March 24th 2020 (Tuesday)
17:30-19:00PM
Working in Layers in C1Pro
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Seminar Series - Photoshop
  • Photoshop Tools and Layout - A run through of Photoshop tools, panels and drop downs as well as how to optimise Photoshop for workflow.
  • Layer Basics - Understanding the basics of creating, managing and blending layers for advanced image editing
  • Selections In Photoshop 101 - How to use the Marquee tool, Magic Wand and specialised selection tools (colour range, focus range etc).
  • The All Important Curve - Understanding Layers and Curves panels. This is applicable to all RAW editors as well and the seminar looks at both Lightroom and C1Pro Layers and Curves panels as well.
  • Sharpening Images - Various techniques on getting the best results in sharpening (the Unsharp Mask, Smart Sharpen, Masking edges for sharpening, Sharpening for output) - Bonus: Best practice for output sharpening in Lightroom.
  • Luminosity Masking - Basic luminosity masks and how to create them - using dedicated luminosity tools (free action included).
  • Actions - How to create and use actions to speed up workflow. Includes building several much used actions in the seminar (bring your laptops please) such as dodge burn layer, resizing and sharpening for web, Orton filter etc.
Seminar Series - Capture One Pro
  • Ingest Workflow with Capture One Pro - Optimising ingest and culling tasks with C1Pro, including filters, tagging and metadata. Differences between catalogue and sessions explained.
  • RAW Conversion in Capture One Pro - Understanding the Basics of RAW conversion from white balance through to global tonal and colour adjustments as well as dust-spotting and healing.
  • Working in Layers in Capture One Pro - Using the powerful layers feature in C1Pro. How to  make selections and create masks in for layer-based local edits.
Seminar Series - Lightroom
  • Ingest Workflow with Lightroom CC (Classic) - Optimising ingest and culling tasks with LR, including filters, tagging and metadata. How to optimise catalogues and where to find missing images.
  • RAW Conversion in Lightroom - The core editing parameters in both Lightroom and Adobe Camera RAW from Basic to Finishing Touches.
  • Lightroom Filters and Brushes - How to apply, adjust and tweak filters and brushes in Lightroom.