Industry Experts Share Latest Workflow Techniques and Innovations in Photoshop, Lightroom, and Fine Art Digital Printing
Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom have become essential tools for putting the finishing touches on beautiful photographs, but not every photographer has the skill, patience, or time to master these post-production tools. During PhotoPlus Expo (October 21-24, 2015), photographers at all levels will have an opportunity to sharpen their post-production skills by attending a series of seminars dedicated exclusively to teaching the latest techniques, shortcuts, and new features available in Photoshop and Lightroom. In addition, photographers will learn how to properly and effectively prepare any image to produce the perfect digital output print for exhibition, reproduction, and direct sales to customers. The seminar series will be led by a team of industry experts including Scott Kelby, Julieanne Kost, Katrin Eismann, Rocco Ancora, and Carrie Beene to name a few. If the lack of knowledge or understanding of these tools has left you frustrated or is preventing you from spending more time behind the camera, attending this series of Post-Production seminars is something you can’t afford to miss.
“Our series of post-production seminars is designed to give every photographer the knowledge and understanding needed to maximize their workflow and time spent in front of their computers to further enhance their skills as photographers,” explains Jason Groupp, Director of Education and Membership of the PHOTO+ Group. “The group of instructors we have selected are quite simply the very best in the industry and are here to share every nuance of working with these post-production tools.”
The following seminars comprise the overall Post-Production Seminar Track during PhotoPlus Expo and attendees are encouraged to register for their favorite seminars early, as they will all sell out quickly.
Thursday, October 22
Light It, Shoot It, Retouch It – Scott Kelby – 8:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Presented by Canon
Scott Kelby, award-winning author of “The Digital Photography Book” and Editor of Photoshop User magazine, brings one of his all-time best-selling books to life in this information-packed master class where you learn it all; the lighting, the shooting, and the portrait retouching.
Attendees will see everything unfold from scratch as Kelby starts with an empty stage, and then puts together three different, yet very simple (and very effective), lighting set-ups that are so versatile that you’ll use them again and again.
Kelby takes you through the entire shoot from tweaking the lighting and working with the models to importing those very same images into Photoshop where he shares his latest portrait retouching techniques so you can see exactly how it’s all done from beginning to end.
Upgrade our Photoshop Toolbox – Renee Robyn – 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Presented by SmugMug
Renee Robyn will show you how to increase the number of tools you use in Photoshop. This class is not designed to share a new workflow, but to offer some more advanced techniques to improve your existing process. Some of the tools covered during her seminar include LAB color processing, working with smart objects, different dodge and burning techniques, working with and making brushes, a variety of uses for frequency separation, different extraction options, and much more. Whether you retouch people, landscapes, or create composites, this seminar will explore useful techniques across many genres of photography.
Friday, October 23
Retouching Like a Pro: Skin, Beauty and Color – Carrie Beene – 8:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Carrie Beene will show you how to retouch images from a variety of real-world professional beauty retouching situations. Using a dramatic, cosmetic beauty shot with a focus on skin, hair, lips and eyes, Beene will demonstrate techniques to make skin look exquisite while retaining perfect texture and sharing ways to add natural texture to flat or “soft” areas of hair, clothing or skin. Attendees will also learn how blending modes work and why professionals use them over and over in every retouch.
The Latest Technologies for Large and Very Large Format Printing and Production of Brilliant Backlits: UV-Curable, ChromaLuxe, and Epson UltraChrome HD
Henry Wilhelm, Philippe Laumont, Charlie Griffin, Roland Peck, Alan Blazar
10:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
New flatbed printers using very long-lasting UV-curable pigment inks can produce visually stunning large-format prints all the way up to 10×20 feet on a wide variety of substrates including acrylic, sheet aluminum, Dibond, glass, plywood, uncoated artists papers, and traditional gesso-coated artist’s canvas. Epson has launched a completely new line of SureColor P inkjet printers which feature newly formulated UltraChrome HD pigment inks with enhanced stability, higher d-max, expanded color gamut, and reduced differential gloss. Featuring a panel of some of the world’s leading printmakers, this seminar will look at all of the options and explore the pros and cons of each. Small and large-format prints made with all of these exciting new technologies will be available for close examination by attendees.
Photoshop: Advanced Tips and Techniques – Julieanne Kost – 2:00 – 4: 00 p.m.
Presented by Adobe
In this information-packed session, Julieanne Kost, Adobe Principal Evangelist for Photoshop and Lightroom, will demonstrate her ten favorite Photoshop Techniques pointing out little known features and hidden gems that can help you become more efficient and reach your creative vision faster than ever before. Julieanne will demonstrate new tools, features, and product enhancements enabling you to take advantage of the most current technologies to create meaningful, authentic images.
The Craft and Passion of Fine-Art Digital Printing – Stephen Johnson – 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Presented by Canon
Making a photographic print was always a challenging process. It could involve days in the darkroom, and deep consideration of the results and possibilities. The time, craft and care needed to make a fine art print in this digital age is not dissimilar. The processes are very different, the editing is super-critical, and the confusing connections between software and printer challenging. Concentration will be on inkjet printing with color pigments and black/gray ink combinations on coated and rag papers, covering workflow issues, color management, correcting color casts, adjustment layers, custom profile generation, editing and inspection.
Saturday, October 24
Lightroom vs. Photoshop: Who Wins? – Katrin Eismann – 10:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Presented by Sony
Adobe Lightroom is the go-to application for professional and amateur photographers due to its ability to manage, process and output high-quality images. So why even learn, use or wrestle with Adobe Photoshop? This session will show how to work with both Lightroom and Photoshop to create the highest quality images possible. Learn when and how to use Lightroom to process image files and Photoshop to apply geometric corrections, combine images, apply refined pixel editing; and control advanced filters.
The Basics of Fine Art Printing – Rocco Ancora – 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Join Rocco Ancora as he explores a world of new possibilities and digital imaging practices. Ancora will demonstrate how to prepare high-quality images in Adobe Photoshop and how to establish an efficient printing workflow. This workshop will also focus on empowering photographers to take control of their own printing and how to choose the right printer for their business. Rocco will demonstrate how the digital-to-print process comes together and how to determine the best media for print.
The Ultimate Lightroom Workflow – Matt Kloskowski – 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Presented by OnOne Software
Lightroom guru Matt Kloskowski has totally reinvented the way thousands of pros work in Lightroom and attendees will learn all about his latest system and learn exactly where to store your photos, how to find your favorite photos in just one-click, and all the ways to make those photos look great and share them with everyone else.
Resources:
http://www.photoplusexpo.com
