Training Class Material - 2020
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Blending Modes in Photoshop with Craig Rowen PDF VIDEO
Explains how Photoshop blending modes affect the interaction between image layers and how they can be used to create creative effects and tonal adjustments.
Flash Basics with John Lehman
Class 1 introduces the fundamentals of using a flash mounted on the camera, including exposure control, fill flash, and balancing flash with ambient light. Class 2 explains how to position and control external flashes away from the camera to create more natural and dramatic lighting.
Class 1 - On-Camera Flash PDF VIDEO Q&A
Class 2 - Off-Camera Flash PDF VIDEO
Visual Design with Larry Petterborg
Explores the core principles of photographic visual design—including seeing, light, shapes, lines, texture, perspective, balance, proportion, rhythm, and composition—to help photographers create stronger and more intentional images.
Class 1 - Seeing PDF VIDEO
Class 2 - Light PDF VIDEO
Class 3 - Shapes and Lines PDF VIDEO
Class 4 - Texture, Perspective PDF VIDEO
Class 5 - Dominance, Balance, Proportion & Rhythm PDF VIDEO
Class 6 - Composition PDF VIDEO
Photoshop Layers for Beginners: From Taking Photographs to Making Them with Jerry Schlesinger
Introduces Photoshop layers and demonstrates how they allow photographers to build complex edits and combine multiple adjustments.
Session 1 - VIDEO
Session 2 - VIDEO
Link to Photo Editing Shortcuts
Ask Me Anything with Dennis Fritsche
A series of informal Q&A sessions addressing practical questions about Lightroom editing, file organization, printing, masking, and advanced photo techniques.
Ask Me Anything Notes HERE
Videos
DCC May 28, 2020 Various
PPC June 11, 2020 File Structure and Storage
DCC June 16, 2020 Local Adjustments and Masks in Lightroom Classic
PPC June 25, 2020 Healing Brush, New Lightroom Features, other
PPC July 9, 2020 LR/NIK Interface Improvements, LR Print Module Settings, Reset Adjustments, LR Local Adjustments
PPC July 23, 2020 Local Adjustments and a Different Approach to Black and White Processing - Dennis Fritsche
PPC October 8, 2020 Chromatic Aberration, Focus Stacking
Other Training and Special Programs
- PPC Orientation with Carol Barlow (August 27, 2020): VIDEO
- Beginners' Guide to Instagram with Heidi Phillips: VIDEO
- Flying Things and Close-Up Things with Bob Malish (Canon): VIDEO
- Fujifilm Presentation on Close Up Photography with Matt Weintritt: VIDEO