RMSP Weekend – Indianapolis, IN – February 7-8
If you can’t get away long enough to enjoy a longer workshop, a Rocky Mountain School of Photography Weekend may be just what you need. Each Weekend event delivers two full days of lectures, demonstrations, group critiques and, of course, lots of laughter and inspiration. You have the freedom to pick and choose the classes you would like to attend—or which instructors you would like to experience—from a list of 15 diverse offerings. These courses are a great match for the beginning to intermediate amateur photographer and include Photography Basics I and II, Understanding Exposure – Zone System for Color, and Importing and Organizing Your Images Using Adobe Lightroom, to name a few. The “choose-your-own-adventure” format of RMSP Weekends lets you attend the classes that you are most interested in, and that best fit your skill level, allowing you to make the most of your time with the school.
I will be teaching the following classes at the RMSP Weekend in Indianapolis, IN on February 7-8, 2009:
Understanding Your Digital Camera
If you want to understand the intricacies of digital cameras, this class is right for you. We show you the strengths of the digital format while covering topics such as reading histograms, setting the ISO, using white balance, understanding the conversion factor and cleaning your camera’s sensor.
Beyond the Basics (Photo Basics II)
Understanding the difference between how your eye sees light and how the camera captures light helps you portray your subject in a way that mirrors your intentions. This class moves beyond the basics to help you understand important aspects of your digital or film camera. Topics covered include exposure and metering modes, focus options, reading a histogram, outsmarting your meter and the benefits of bracketing. Learning more about your camera ensures more consistent success as a photographer.
Processing Your Images: The First Steps
Whether you are working with Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop or Elements, the latest software allows photographers unprecedented control over both raw and jpg images. The instructor will lead you through the important initial steps of image correction and enhancement. Topics include the advantages of working with the raw file format, correcting a photograph’s color balance and exposure, converting your images to black and white, and enhancing your images through the use of curves and the hue, saturation, and luminance sliders.
Processing Your Images: Fine Tuning with Layers and Masks
Since the advent of our art form, photographers have known that the camera alone does not produce perfection. A little lightening here and darkening there always improves the look of a photograph. This class introduces you to the tools that both Photoshop and Elements provide for fine-tuning your images. Topics include creating a step-by-step workflow, the theory of layers and adjustment layers, and using selections and masks to correct and enhance local areas of your photographs.
Photographic Techniques in Photoshop
The photographic process no longer needs to end when you click the shutter! There are many Photoshop techniques that can recreate the look or feel of traditional filters and exposure techniques with the added benefit of precision control. This class shows you how to create never-before-possible photographs in extremely high contrast situations, mimic the look of a split neutral density filter, shoot and process your own panoramic images, and retouch your own portraits.
There are many other classes and instructors available at this incredible event. Please click here for more information or to register.
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About the Author: Scott Rouse is an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE), photographer, teacher, and graphic- and web-designer in Missoula, MT. His photography focuses on wildlife and adventure sports and can be viewed at 
