Photoshop for Photographers I

- Learning the most powerful image editing software for photographers

  Rick Wright, Photography Classes and Workshops at Project Basho in Philadelphia PA
Rick Wright
Description:

From lassos to healing brushes, and histograms to crop tools, this 5-week class introduces the student to the image-editing power (and fun) of Photoshop. The course will deliver a broad understanding of the core tools in Photoshop along with important introductions to digital imaging concepts like pixels, resolution, resampling, jpegs, color.

While Photoshop is a large and complex tool, the class will keep it simple by focusing on one tool and one technique at a time. Getting a solid grounding in the basics will help each student reach for more complex techniques in the future. Often the simplest solution is the best!

We will cover the basics of the Tool Bar in the first and second class (coupled with hands-on exercises). In the third and fourth weeks, we will tackle color correction, contrast, basic black & white conversions, histograms, and fun-with-filters.
Schedule:
Evening Class:
Wednesdays, 7 - 10 pm
Feb 3 - Mar 3
Day Class:
Wednesdays, 12 - 3 pm
Feb 3 - Mar 3
Materials Needed:
  • Your own digital images (camera or film scans) on jump drive or CD
  • Comfort with basic mouse skills (double-clicking, selecting, drag & drop)
Prerequisite:

Basic Macintosh knowledge
Class Fee:
Instructor: Rick Wright (Day) practices and teaches photography as a malleable and sculptural medium. Though initially trained as a painter at Princeton and Columbia Universities (BA and MFA), he later studied at ICP in NY with John Loengard, Susan Meiselas, Danny Lyon, and Nan Goldin.

Rick shows his work locally and nationally. He is collected in several permanent collections, most recently added to the University of Pennsylvania's Collection. Wright has kept a studio in Philadelphia for the past 7 years and teaches photography at various venues including: Fleisher Art Memorial, Project Basho, Panasonic's Digital Photo Academy, as well as his own online classes and seminars.

Christopher Gianunzio (Evening): Christopher Gianunzio is an artist based in Philadelphia. He received his BFA in photography from Central Washington University and his MFA in photography from Syracuse University. He has exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently at the University of Georgia, Skulpturenpark in Berlin, Germany and the NYCAMS gallery in New York City. With his two collaborators in the artist group Avalanche Collective, he co-founded Urban Video Project, a public arts initiative that used the post-industrial landscape of Syracuse as context for multimedia projections.