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 usually R200 per seminar (pay for 5 lessons in advance and you will get the 6th one free). During the lock-down daytime seminars will be reduced to R150 per session.

NEW - Seminar Series is now also Live Streamed!! Attendees have to book pay in advance (free seminars also require bookings) to receive details for the private live stream using Zoom. You can read more about how to setup for online sessions on this blog post: Online Seminar Sessions
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March 2020
April 1-10 2020
April 13 - 17 2020
March 5th 2020 (Thursday)
17:30-19:00PM
Lightroom Filters and Brushes
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April 2nd 2020 (Thursday)
14:00-15:00PM
Ingest Workflow with Lightroom CC
April 13th 2020 (Monday)
15:00-16:00PM
FREE - Nisi Filters and how to use them
March 10th 2020 (Tuesday)
17:30-19:00PM
PS - Luminosity Masking
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April 2nd 2020 (Thursday)
17-30-19:00PM
Nik Plugins - working with Color Efex and Silver Efex
April 14th 2020 (Tuesday)
10:30-11:30AM
PS - Layer Basics
March 12th 2020 (Thursday)
17:30-19:00PM
PS - Actions
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April 3rd 2020 (Friday)
11:00AM-12:00PM
C1Pro - Ingest Workflow
April 15th 2020 (Wednesday)
10:30-11:30AM
PS - Basic Selections
March 17th 2020 (Tuesday)
17:30-19:00PM
RAW Conversion in Capture One Pro
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April 6th 2020 (Monday)
14:00-15:00PM
LR - Raw Conversion Basics
April 16th 2020 (Thursday)
14:00-15:00PM
Working in Layers in C1Pro
March 24th 2020 (Tuesday)
17:30-19:00PM
Working in Layers in C1Pro
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April 7th 2020 (Tuesday)
14:00AM-15:00PM
PS - Tools and Layout
April 28th 2020 (Tuesday)
17-30-19:00PM
PS - Luminosity Masking
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March 26th 2020 (Thursday)
17:30-19:00PM
PS+LR - Panoramic stitching in the Adobe suite
April 8th 2020 (Wednesday)
10:30-11:30AM
RAW Conversion in Capture One Pro
April 30th 2020 (Thursday)
17-30-19:00PM
PS+LR - Panoramic stitching in the Adobe suite
April 9th 2020 (Thursday)
10:30-11:30AM
LR - Filters and Brushes
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.
  • Panoramic Stitiching - Various ways in which to stitch images in Photoshop (including HDR stitching), as well as how to fix things when the stitch goes wrong! (attendees should have a basic understanding of working in layers.
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.