Take Your Camera Off Program Mode! Part I

3-Hour Workshop / $99 / Beginners
This workshop is suitable for beginners and anyone that uses program mode at all. You will learn all of the variables of exposure and how to put them together to create your image.
Aperture - How to blur the background in your images
ISO - How that ISO number can help your images.
Shutter Speed - Stop blurring your subjects!
Lenses - What should your next purchase be?
Focusing - How to focus on your subject and not the tree behind them
RAW Files vs. JPEG - Learn why you must shoot RAW.
White Balance - How to eliminate weird colors in your images.
Manual Modes - No more guessing! Pick the right mode.

Part II - Challenging Light

3-Hour Workshop / $99 / Advanced
Now that you are more comfortable with your camera, time to learn more techniques, take more control and become fearless!
Part I Review - Just in case you have forgotten anything.
Histogram - The best guide to perfect exposure
Exposure Compensation - Tweaking exposure in Aperture Mode
F-stops - More on the relationship between aperture, ISO and shutter speed
Shooting in Manual Mode - We talk about manual mode until it doesnt seem so scary.
Flash - All things flash (I shoot live on the big screen and create the perfect flash exposure)
Dynamic Range and HDR - Learn the limits of your DSLR
Extreme Conditions - Shooting in bright sunlight or low light
And anything else that you have had problems with since Part I

Lightroom Part 1: Importing and Organizing

3-Hour Workshop / $79 / All Levels
These live online workshops are broken into two classes that can be taken separately if desired.
Modules Overview
Monitor calibration
Seamless backup
DNG or RAW?
Metadata and keywords
Catalogs and Collections
Editing and selects

Lightroom Part 2: Developing

3-Hour Workshop / $79 / All Levels
These live online workshops are broken into two classes that can be taken separately if desired.
Develop panel window
History and Presets
Black & White images
HSL Panel
Plugins (NIK & Photomatix)
Cropping and Resolution
Retouching & Adjustment Brush
Exporting

Topics covered:

![]() | Aperture | ![]() | ISO |
![]() | Lenses | ![]() | Shutter Speed |
![]() | Focusing | ![]() | RAW vs. JPEG |
![]() | White Balance | ![]() | Manual Mode |
![]() | Bring your DSLR camera with you. | ||
![]() | Please arrive a few minutes early. | ||
Topics covered:

![]() | Part 1 Review | ![]() | Histogram |
![]() | Exposure | ![]() | F-Stops |
![]() | Manual Mode | ![]() | Flash |
![]() | Dynamic Range | ![]() | HDR |
![]() | Shooting in extreme conditions | ||
![]() | Bring your DSLR camera with you. | ||
![]() | Please arrive a few minutes early. | ||











