Digital Photographic and Photoshop CS3 Courses

Our state of the art Digital Photographic Studio is located in Sitges and is an easy walk, about 15 minutes, from the centre of Town and the accommodation on offer.

It is professionally equipped with the latest high tech digital equipment:

5 workstations, one per student as all in-studio courses apply to a maximum of 5 students at any one time
Flat screen Apple Mac hardware
Photoshop CS3 Creative Suite is on every machine.
Epson 9800 Giclée printer.

Our 5/7 day Digital Photograpic Courses run from Saturday to Friday but you can of course book your accommodation for longer… why not incorporate a holiday into your visit to Sitges Photographic School.

Coming Soon…

"Advanced Digital Photographic and Photoshop CS3"
"Digital Filming and Editing"

The dates of these two new courses have yet to be confirmed but if you would like to inform us of your interest in either of them please register your interest through our Enquiries section and we will contact you when the course details will be on line

The cost of the digital photographic courses include:

The chosen photographic course (s)
Transport to location sites
Complimentary airport transfer to/from Barcelona El Prat International Airport (at designated times)
Use of computers/internet access for photo review
3 fine art prints of your images, more prints are available at discounted price

What is not included in the cost of the photographic course:

Accommodation and all meals/drinks
Travel costs i.e. flight, train, to Barcelona
Travel insurance

Courses and Timetables

2 day “Introduction to Digital Photography and Photoshop CS3”

This is a beginners 2 day course and costs €250 (+16% Taxes), total €290.

It is our primary course and commences the Saturday before our second level course“Digital Photographic and Photoshop CS3 Course”

If you have little or a limited knowledge of digital cameras and photographic techniques and/or Photoshop CS3 we strongly advise that you take the opportunities provided within this short 2 day course to consolidate and improve your basic knowledge of these essential elements before embarking on the 5 day “Digital Photographic and Photoshop CS3 Course” otherwise students will have varying skills/abilities and therefore without the knowledge that the Introductory Course offers may find themselves missing out on the full benefits that 5 day course offers.

2008 course dates for "Introduction to Digital Photography and Photoshop CS3
January	26-27	July	19-20
February	16-17	August	23-24
March	22-23	Sept	20-21
April	26-27	October	25-26
May	24-25	November	22-23
June	21-22	December	06-07

Course Outline

Cameras:

Introduction to digital cameras
Exposure: Shutter speed techniques for exposure and effect
Learn about the aperture
Depth of Field
Lenses
Gadgets and accessories
The future of photography

Introduction to Digital Manipulation:

Image formats
Pixels and how they make up a digital file
Relationship between file size and resolution
Resizing images
Saving files in various formats
Flattening images for printing
Importing images
Transforming images

Image Manipulation – Photoshop CS3

Introduction to Photoshop CS3
Image views. Displays and correction
Layout, palettes, workspaces
CS3 Tools
Layers
Colours
Restoration and retouching
Burning and dodging
Special effects
Filters
Working with text and images

5 day "Digital Photographic and Photoshop CS3" Course

5 day Course costs €660,00 (+16% tax), Total €765,60

This course is suitable for all levels of photographer from beginner to experienced amatuers. The only proviso is that complete beginners must already have the knowledge/experience of the elements outlined in the "Introduction to Digital Photography/Photoshop CS3" course or have attended the 2 day introductory course. We will send you a Photoshop CS3 questionnaire of the elements you need to know before embarking on this course.

Course Outline

10:00-13:00

14:00-18:00

Mon

Studio: Portraiture/digital imagery

On Location: Sitges

Tues

Studio: Still Life

Studio: Image Post Production

Wed

On Location: Barcelona

Thurs

Studio: Fine Art Nude/digital imagery

Studio: Image Post Production

Fri

On Location: Garraf National Park

Studio: Image Post Production

2008 Course Dates

January

28-01 Febuary

July

21-25

Febuary

18-22

August

25-29

March

24-28

September

22-26

April

28-02 May

October

27-31

May

26-30

November

24-28

June

23-27 Advanced Creative Fine Art nude

December

08-12

June 23-27 Advanced Fine Art Nude & Creative Image Making course.

Places are limited contact us for more details

Digital Imagery

Instruction on Photoshop CS3 continues throughout the course and includes:

Colour Management – How to match your monitor’s version of the image to that of the printed image:
Defining colour space: RGB, Adobe RGB (1998), CMYK and LAB
System optimisation and profile selection
How to embed colour profiles: to enable the accurate translation of images through your workflow.
Converting images using appropriate ICC profiles
Setting the correct rendering intent
Profiling monitors and printers using calibration hardware
Proving colour accuracy to third parties, such as a photography laboratory or print house Retouching using blending modes
Creating custom filters
Creative use of layers in conjunction with filters
Extensive use of selection tools
Batch processing
Layer styles and multiple image layouts
Automation
Emulating technical film processes
Advanced sharpening techniques

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Studio Shoots: Emotive Portraiture and Fine Art Nude

We provide models but it can also be an interesting exercise for students to model some shoots so as to gain an insight of the other end of the lens.

Studio set up
Organising a 'Shoot'
Lighting i.e. flash ,flashguns, softboxes, umbrellas and bounced
Light meters and how to use them effectively
Equipment
Props and background
Styles of portraiture
Composition - how to achieve balance in an image.
Finding models
Directing the model
Model Release Forms
Selling your Images
Staying on the right side of the law - copyright
High key low key portraiture
Subtractive Lighting

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On Location Shoots: Landscapes, Seascapes, Townscapes,

Understanding your digital camera and its functions
Optimizing light
Composition (close up or wide view)
Different types of lenses
Tripod use
Shutter speeds and apertures
Exposures
Understanding histograms
Depth of field and hyper-focal distance
Methods of shooting images (raw, jpeg and other file formats)
Creative use of filters
Digital and its advantages when shooting landscape
Metering
Creating depth Bluescape
Impact
Atmosphere
Story telling
Filters and how to use them

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