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Photographic Center Northwest offers classes, workshops, and a nationally accredited Certificate Program in Fine Art Photography. Students interested in pursuing a bachelor of fine art degree may take advantage of our partnership with Seattle University. Interested in learning more about upcoming PCNW classes as well? Visit our classes page. Want to take a class or workshop, but not sure how to choose? Ask the experts at pcnw@pcnw.org Workshop Schedule | Spring 2010Film Photography Introduction to the Color Darkroom
This workshop is for individuals interested in learning how to make traditional color prints from color negatives. Starting with an overview of the printing process, learn the steps to creating a color-balanced print by making adjustments in density and filtration along with tips for correcting for different light sources. This is a great way to start working in our public color darkoom, or to refresh your skills and start making your own prints. Toning & Bleaching for Fine Art B&W Prints
This workshop will provide experience and information about toning your final B&W prints for gallery presentation and archival permanence. I will demonstrate the use of Selenium toner and bleach to modify silver gelatin prints. Following the demo we will experiment with different dilutions and how this affects the outcome of the final image and provides a personal palette unique to your taste and desired expression. Toning is a long-standing practice to provide archival protection to the silver gelatin image and is a must when choosing to sell your work through galleries and private collectors. For most of us, once we've seen the subtle change toning creates, we find we can't go back to a "naked" untoned print. Introduction to Film Photography
This is a hands-on workshop about the basics. Bring your manually adjustable 35mm camera and manual. Learn how to use your camera and how ISO, shutter speed, depth of field, and aperture all affect your results. Participants will have the chance to try using different types of film, practice using a tripod, and learn basic lighting and composition. Processing and Printing Black and White
An easy introduction to processing 35mm and/or 120 film and making black and white prints. Bring exposed film to class and receive step-by-step instruction. This is a great way to be introduced to our public black and white darkroom. Developing with PYRO PMK
PYRO film developers were once as standard as D-76 is today. However, there is a world of difference between the two. What can you expect from a PYRO negative? Platinum-like quality in the mid-tones with enhanced sharpness, a long tonal scale, highlights that print with sheer ease, and bigger enlargements without excessive granularity. Simply stated, PYRO is pure magic. Participants will receive information, in advance of the workshop, describing how to expose their film in accordance to PMK’s strengths. Introduction to the Color Darkroom
This workshop is for individuals interested in learning how to make traditional color prints from color negatives. Starting with an overview of the printing process, learn the steps to creating a color-balanced print by making adjustments in density and filtration along with tips for correcting for different light sources. This is a great way to start working in our public color darkoom, or to refresh your skills and start making your own prints. Digital Media Adobe Lightroom Fundamentals I
Lightroom is Adobe's image management and enhancement program designed specifically for photographers. The program makes managing, enhancing and sharing your photographs easier and more efficient than a Photoshop-based workflow. Using the Library and Develop modules, learn how to organize, back up, manage, and enhance your raw and jpeg images. With hands-on practice, learn how to work through large shoots efficiently with collections, presets, and synchronized settings. Move between Lightroom and Photoshop or Elements and gain insight into the benefits of shooting raw files. No prior experience with Lightroom is necessary; laptop computer required. Adobe Lightroom Fundamentals II
Explore advanced editing, searching and keyword management techniques in the Library module. Learn more about adjustments in the Develop module, and dive into the Slide Show, Web and Print modules. Learn how to achieve quality prints with a color-managed workflow and a solid understanding of sharpening, and learn about how to maximize your efficiency with templates. Finally, learn how to incorporate Photoshop actions and third party plug-ins into your Lightroom workflow. Laptop computer required. Digital SLR Fundamentals
Learn to use your digital camera's advanced features, including: white balance; focusing, metering, and shooting modes; adjusting sharpness, color and contrast in camera; and reading histograms. Explore different lenses, file sizes and types, formatting and buffering systems, and how to prevent digital noise. One meeting will be held offsite to practice advanced shooting and retouching techniques. Digital Images Online
Learning how to properly prepare your images for the web and other digital media is an essential tool for photographers and visual artists. Whether you are building your own website or blog, submitting a digital portfolio, or just uploading pictures to flickr it is important to understand how your images will be viewed by others. This workshop will cover information that will allow you to make educated decisions and retain greater control over how your images are displayed on other computers and digital devices. Topics covered will include screen resolution vs. print resolution, choosing proper file formats, image optimization and compression, and color management. Students should be comfortable navigating Photoshop. Photoshop Fundamentals
Photoshop for the absolute beginner. Learn the essential skills to edit photographs using Photoshop CS4 on a mac and learn how to navigate a spectrum of tools and techniques for editing, correcting, and adjusting your digital images. Adobe Lightroom Fundamentals
Lightroom is Adobe's image management and enhancement program designed specifically for photographers. The program makes managing, enhancing and sharing your photographs easier and more efficient than a Photoshop-based workflow. Using the Library and Develop modules, learn how to organize, back up, manage, and enhance your raw and jpeg images. With hands-on practice, learn how to work through large shoots efficiently with collections, presets, and synchronized settings. Move between Lightroom and Photoshop or Elements and gain insight into the benefits of shooting raw files. No prior experience with Lightroom is necessary; laptop computer required. Creating a Photo Blog
Free blogging hosts Wordpress, Blogger, Tumblr are ideal tools for photographers to create a dynamic presentation of their images. Learn about what each of these has to offer, how to generate a website using these templates, and how to customize the appearance and content of your site. Printing with Adobe Lightroom
In this one day workshop learn how to achieve high-quality color and black and white prints with Lightroom 2. We start with color management -- learn why and how to calibrate your monitor, what color spaces and gamut mean, and what printer profiles are and how you find and use them. We discuss printer and paper options, and then we move on to the Lightroom Print module, where you learn how to lay out and print individual images, contact sheets and picture packages. We discuss contrast and sharpening, so that your prints have the impact you intend. Finally, we cover how to use templates to make your printing incredibly quick and consistent. Practice printing your own images. Prerequisite: Lightroom Fundamentals or equivalent. It is assumed that you know how to import your images and use the Develop module to optimize them. Laptop required. Digital Workflow
In today's digital world, anyone using a digital camera needs to have some sort of procedure, or workflow, to edit, organize and process their images. Many digital photographers, amateur and professional, are learning a particular workflow from a class or a book and making it their gospel, but they don't really understand why they do it that way. You need customized processes and procedures for the way you work, using the tools and software you have and you prefer. Developing Your Digital Workflow is not just about having a way to do something and doing it because somebody told you to, it's understanding why you are doing it, customizing it to your specific requirements and being able to adapt it as the technology and your needs change. Ideas and Practice Intro to Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash has become a popular program for creating interactive features on web pages. For photographers, Flash can offer greater control over web-based content, and provides a vast array of options for creating interactive or 3D features online. Digital Workflow
Digital workflow is the road map for bringing RAW files to print. Import, organize, edit, enhance, and print you images with guidance from an imaging expert. Learn how to evaluate your images and interpret digital files artistically as well as technically. The Art of the Nude
Capturing the human form has been a primary interest of photographers since the very beginnings of the medium. Explore some of the rewards and challenges of photographing the human figure and learn how to find, pose, and communicate effectively with models while developing new approaches to creative lighting. On Camera Flash
Being able to use your flash in combination with ambient or continuous light will reveal new photographic possibilities. This one-day workshop will cover light ratios, guide numbers, and metering. There will also be flash demonstrations for a variety of lighting situations. Learn some simple tricks the pros use that will make your on-camera flash a more versatile tool than you ever imagined. Bring your manually-adjustable camera and your flash unit along with the manuals for both. Design though Photoshop
Integrate your photographs into larger graphic compositions with text and design elements. Mastering the manipulation of photographs is only part of creating posters, cards, promotional materials, web page mock-ups or books. Design a form of presentation for your photographs, build graphics that work with your images, and learn how to do so flexibly and efficiently with Photoshop. Learn how to create and manipulate text and shapes, apply drop shadows and other effects, use multiple images, align objects, and much more. Basic understanding of Photoshop required. The Art of Macro Photography
Discover a world of unlimited possibilities with creative close-up photography. Learn basics about equipment, exposure, depth-of-field, composition and lighting - as well as more advanced topics such as using props to enhance your macro photography, soft-glow and composite montaging, and multiple-exposure close-ups. Includes demonstrations and hands-on practice. All skill levels welcome. Experiential Seeing
Create a Visual Journal that will help you articulate your ideas through photography and other media. Work with a supportive group to develop a deeper awareness of your own image making process. Through practices in experiential seeing, explore right brain seeing and perception, mindfulness and kinesthetic experience, and awareness and sensitivity to your creative self expression. Working with People
How do we get our subjects to relax and look natural? In this class we will talk about how to work with people, including babies, children, teenagers, groups, and anyone seeking portraits of their best self. We will look at projected samples, set-ups both in the studio and in natural light, and talk about model releases and more. This three session workshop will include projected samples, demonstrations and include time for hands-on practice. The course will include some helpful hints about lighting and though lighting is not a pre-requisite, knowledge of lighting will bring an important dimension to the learning process. Introdcution to Studio Lighting
The range of studio flash and lighting systems is vast and sophisticated: power packs, mono-lights, scrims, reflectors, gobos, softboxes, and umbrellas. What are they and what do they do? This workshop will provide a thorough introduction to the many options in studio lighting through class demonstrations and hands-on practice with lighting setups and systems. Introduction to Large Format
Have you wanted to make the leap to large format but found it too overwhelming to start? Here's an opportunity to get involved with the big negative using our cameras, or your own. This will be a crash course, but thorough in providing the information you need to understand camera movements, exposure applications unique to large format, black and white film development and printing. By the end of the weekend you will have experience behind the camera in the field, you will have developed your own negatives, and you will have a print from your new large format negatives to show for your efforts. If you dream of big prints, big subjects, superb control of the image and fine detail, this is the format for obtaining the finest in traditional silver photographic technique. To participate, please have a good foundation and understanding of your own current format, 35mm or medium format camera, and some prior experience in darkroom printing. Matting and Framing
Great for Long Shot / ISO Participants! Learn to mat and frame your own work! Gallery Director, Ann Pallesen, will demonstrate basic framing solutions. You will learn to cut a beveled window mat and position your image in the mat with archival corners. Practice simple framing assemblage with metal frames. You will need to bring an image and a 32" x 40" 4 ply mat to practice. Field and Studio
Go on an outdoor adventure: shoot the only old growth wilderness left in Seattle, visit the shores of Puget Sound, and return to our digital lab to edit and print the results of your work. This workshop will begin with a discussion of basic camera functions, composition, and creative photographic options before heading into the field for hands on learning. Returning to the studio you will learn to import photos using Adobe Lightroom, use basic Photoshop tools to clean and color-correct images, prepare images for print, and create high-quality prints using professional inkjet printers. Portfolio Review with Susan Meiselas
This masterclass is an opportunity to share your work and receive feedback from renowned documentary photographer Susan Meiselas. Discuss your project with other dedicated photographers and participate in conversations about photography, media, and contemporary documentary practice. Susan Meiselas has been a Magnum photographer since 1976. Her work in the 1970s and 80s documenting human rights violations and political upheavals in Latin America placed her on the international stage of documentary work. Meiselas has worked on major projects in Nicaragua, Kurdistan (Northern Iraq), and Indonesia, among other countries, to address human rights issues, marginalized societies, and the experiences of people living under oppressive regimes. As part of her documentary work, Meiselas has also worked as a film director, exhibition curator, and has created online archives for sustaining memory and culture. |
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