Courses - Photography By Design - 2011 - 2012

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"Great photography is intentional, not by accident .........."

Fall 2011: "Organizing, Processing, and Enhancing Digital Images Using Photoshop Elements " By Samer Alassaad

The photographic art experience starts with the inspiration to make photographs; it then carries on while capturing, processing, enhancing and finally sharing these images forever. Digital photography has provided us the freedom to capture as many images as we desire; however, it sometimes become very overwhelming to decide what to do with all these images. In this course you will learn "why and how" to organize, process, and enhance your images using Photoshop Elements and how to share them. Adobe Lightroom software will also be discussed for comparison.

(Photoshop Elements is a beginner to intermediate-level photo-editing software. It can be purchased online at an average price of $80-90)

I- First Session: Friday 09/23/2011, 2 hours, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

- Introduction: Why do we need to process and enhance digital images?

- Importing and Organizing Digital Images

II- Second Session: Friday 09/30/2011, 2 hours, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

- Processing and Enhancing Digital Images: Cropping, adjusting color,

adjusting exposure, adding text..........

III- Third Session: Friday 10/07/2011, 2 hours, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

- Processing and Enhancing Digital Images: working with Raw vs. Jpeg images,

Black & White conversion.......

- Sharing photographs: resizing and exporting for printing, email, presentations...

IIV- Fourth Session: Friday 10/14/2011, 2 hours, 10:00 am - 12:0

- Interactive processing and enhancing session of images submitted by course

participants.

If you wish to register, you can contact OLLI at: http://extension.ucdavis.edu/unit/osher_lifelong_learning_institute/

Phone number 530/757-8777

The cost of the fall quarter is $45 for OLLI members. (OLLI membership is $30)

OLLI is a membership group in Davis led and directed by unpaid volunteers. Its mission is lifelong learning for pleasure. Instructors volunteer their service to OLLI.

(There is no age limit for taking the class).

Best Regards

Samer Alassaad

Views of Past Class Attendants:

"The Photography By Design classes consistently exceeded my expectations, both in the quality of the material presented, and the knowledge and enthusiasm of the class facilitators. Not only did it help solidify my knowledge of the technical aspects of diverse techniques and styles of photography, it also helped me see how to shift this fascinating pastime hobby from craft to art form. All in all, I was inspired to take my photography to a new level."

Ron Cotterel, Family Physician, Davis

"The class has helped me to think more carefully when composing the scene I am photographing.  In particular I look for lines, shapes, and textures that will make the result more interesting.  I was also inspired to try taking more macro images of the flowers in my garden." .

Joan Alkazily, Professor Emeritus, Civil Engineering

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Winter 2012:

By Rob Floerke

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Spring 2012:

By Joe Finkleman