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DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

Beginning Digital Photography*
Instructor: John Pennoyer
4 sessions: Tuesdays, April 1–22, 6:30–9:30pm
Reg. deadline: March 25
Tuition: $205/$175 members
Max. enrollment: 8 students

In this beginning digital photography course you’ll learn to take better digital photographs by understanding the technology behind it. The class is geared towards both “point and shoot” and SLR digital camera users. Some of the digital topics to be taught will include white balance, digital histograms, file formats and many other topics to help make you a better digital photographer. Through lecture, discussion and homework assignments this class will take the mystery out of digital photography. Students should bring their cameras and operating manuals to all class sessions.

Intermediate Digital Photography*
Instructor: Jeff Morgan
4 sessions: Tuesdays, April 29–May 20, 6:30–9:30pm
Reg. deadline: April 22
Tuition: $205/$175 members
Max. enrollment: 8 students

This course is for students who’ve taken a basic digital photography class, have a digital SLR camera and want to achieve the best from it. We’ll examine the more advanced methods and practices of digital photography. Building on your current digital photography knowledge, you’ll learn how to rely on the histogram, know what white balance you’ll need, be comfortable working with the RAW image format, and learn other techniques to help improve your digital photography, such as composition and workflow management. The instructor will demonstrate Adobe Photoshop techniques for improving your images. Through lecture, discussion, assignments and critique, you’ll leave the class with the ability to manage your own digital system from capture to print. There will be small assignments to complete outside of class. Students should bring their cameras and operating manuals to all class sessions.

Beginning Adobe Photoshop CS3*
Instructor: Justin Bullis
5 sessions: Saturdays, April 26–May 31 (no class May 24), 1-4pm
Reg. deadline: April 19
Tuition: $235/$195 members
Max. enrollment: 5 students

This course delves into the basics of Adobe's professional image-editing and graphics creation software program Photoshop CS3 (for Macintosh, though Windows users are welcome) and will cover its tools and methods for practical photographic correction and creative manipulation. You'll learn about file formats and digital file editing fundamentals to help you build an efficient workflow. The curriculum also includes the basics of scanning documents and negatives as well as outputting images for print and the Web. Tuition includes 5 hours of computer time outside of class.

What You Really Want to Know About Photoshop
Instructor: Patrick Kelley
4 sessions: Thursdays, April 24–May 15, 6:30–9:30pm
Reg. deadline: April 17
Tuition: $205/$175 members
Max enrollment: 5 students

This workshop is intended for individuals with basic Photoshop CS3 knowledge who are seeking assistance with their image-based endeavors. It offers one-on-one instruction for students who are currently working on specific projects or are interested in beginning one. Individual projects are entirely up to the students’ discretion and may be any variety of image-based process that somehow requires the use of Photoshop. The course is entirely hands-on learning with tutored assistance. Students can expect to become more fluent in Photoshop as it relates to their particular interests as well as similar imaging processes.

The Art of the Photo Essay
Instructor: Terry Faust
5 sessions: Saturdays, April 26–May 31 (no class May 24), 10am–12pm
Reg. deadline: April 19
Tuition: $155/$120 members
Max enrollment: 5 students

Telling a story with photographs is a time-honored tradition. Life and Look magazines elevated the practice to an art in the ‘40s and ‘50s with masterful shots from the best photojournalists of the day. Back then, even the family slide show was a regular event in many households and a great source of entertainment. However, with the advent of television and amateur movie cameras and VCRs, there has been a decline in the production of photo essays and home slide shows. These days, thinking in terms of building a photo essay is not the common practice it once was for either family photographers or professional photojournalists. And yet, for digital photographers, the Internet now presents more opportunities for exhibiting photo essays and slide shows than ever before.

The Art of the Photo Essay will introduce students to methods of planning photo essays and techniques that will make their image stories unique and interesting. Participants will learn to conceive of images and storylines before shooting, learn the value of long, medium and close-up shots, how to vary angles for interest and how framing techniques can add impact. Many of the tricks of shooting like a photojournalist will be explained and the process of editing images will be discussed. Students will go on location with the instructor to shoot an assignment and have a chance to ask questions as they photograph their subjects. Classroom critiques will help participants focus their photo essay skills. Each student will have produced a photo essay by the course's completion. Students should bring a digital SLR camera and operating manual to the first class session and have basic knowledge of the camera’s manual functions.

TRADITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY

The Art of Photography I*
Instructor: Deborah Meyer
7 sessions: Tuesdays, April 8–May 20, 6:30–9:30pm
Reg deadline: April 1
Tuition: $295/$255
Max enrollment: 8 students

Learn the basics of the art. Using film-based photography as the medium, this course teaches the understanding of how camera controls function together to create photographic images. Hands-on class meetings include assignments that address image making effects, basic metering, hand processing film and darkroom printing techniques in black and white. This course serves as a foundation for pinhole and plastic camera work, frame-by-frame concepts in filmmaking, and also digital imaging and print making. A 35mm SLR manual camera is required. Chemistry, photographic paper and film sleeves are provided. Expect to purchase 2-6 rolls B&W film.

The Art of Photography II*
Instructor: Deborah Meyer
7 sessions: Wednesdays, April 9–May 21, 6:30–9:30pm
Reg deadline: April 2
Tuition: $295/$255
Max enrollment: 8 students

Develop your visual sensibilities. Through the medium of film-based photography, assignments in this course are focused on learning how to compose images. Utilizing key elements of composition, emphasis is placed on training the eye to crop using the camera lens as the guide. Class meetings include discussing and viewing both art and journalistic photography, reference to art history and hands-on film processing and darkroom printing in black and white. This course also serves as groundwork for filmmaking, plastic and pinhole camera work as well as the digital photographic medium. A 35mm SLR manual camera is required. Chemistry, photographic paper and film sleeves are provided. Expect to purchase 2-6 rolls B&W film.

The Keepers of the Lost Arts Series – #1 B&W Film and Developers
Instructor: Dan Beers
4 sessions: Thursdays, April 10–May 1, 6:30–9:30pm
Reg. deadline: April 3
Tuition: $255/$225 members
Max. enrollment: 6 students

Step away from the T-Max and no one will get hurt! Learn about the various classic black and white films that still exist and the developers they love. We’ll look at a number of films (Bergger 200, Forte 100, Delta 100, and Efke 25 or 400) and develop them using a variety of developers (DI #13, Diluxol, Divided D-76, Pyro, water bath, and Rodinal). We’ll then make test prints to see the advantages of longer tone scale, enhanced shadow detail and finer grain structure. Next, you’ll experiment using your own film (which you’ll provide) and make some prints. Students must have solid darkroom experience to take this class and should bring either a 35mm or 2 ¼ camera to class. Tuition includes chemistry, photographic paper and 4 rolls of film per student for test printing.

Studio Portraiture – The Photographer’s Stage
Instructor: Jila Nikpay
1 session: Saturday, April 19, 10am–4pm
Reg. deadline: April 12
Tuition: $130/$95 members
Max. enrollment: 6 students

The main challenge of studio portraiture is creating an engaging likeness of the sitter in the artificial environment of the photographer’s studio. This workshop focuses on the studio as a “mini theatre,” the photographer director, and the sitter, the actor/model. In this studio, the “play” is improvised and the outcome is a multi-layered story of the sitter immortalized in the form of a portrait. The image will be memorable or static depending on the nuances at play between the sitter and the photographer, which is the primary focus of the workshop.

Students can expect to experience the class as a stimulating mix of lighting demonstration, hands-on opportunities and thought-provoking discussions. The first half of the day will be spent at IFP. The class will then move to the instructor’s nearby studio, and students should plan to do some shooting, keeping a record for their reference. Both manual 35mm and digital SLR camera users are welcome; students should be knowledgeable of their camera’s manual functions. Please bring your camera to the workshop.

MinneAperture Workshop – An Introduction to Pinhole Photography
Instructor: Tom Miller
2 sessions: Saturdays, April 19 & 26, 1–5pm
Reg. deadline: April 12
Tuition: $175/$140 members
Max. enrollment: 12 students

Pinhole photography is a lensless photography. A tiny hole replaces the lens. Light passes through the hole and an image is formed in the camera. This can result in beautiful, soft images with a nearly infinite depth of field that could not have been captured with a lens. This workshop will introduce participants to pinhole photography and related techniques. We'll make pinholes, construct cameras, discuss exposure, and explore the unique image characteristics of tiny aperture photography. Tom Miller will teach this two-part workshop to help participants prepare for Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day on April 27. Tuition includes all materials.

Fine Printing & Toning Techniques*
Instructor: Dan Beers
5 sessions: Thursdays, May 8–June 5, 6:30–9:30pm
Reg. deadline: May 1
Tuition: $265/$225 members
Max. enrollment: 10 students

Professional fine art printer and photographer Dan Beers will teach you advanced techniques of black and white fine art printing, including flashing and bleaching, split filtering, selenium, sepia and various color toners. You’ll learn and practice these techniques in the darkroom under Dan’s supervision. Students should bring their own 35mm or 2 1/4” negatives to the first session. This class is structured for intermediate to advanced photographers with darkroom experience. Tuition includes photographic paper and chemistry.

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