Description: Adobe Lightroom has become the go-to program for digital photographers. It allows us to do all the enhancements and more with just a few clicks or adjustment of sliders. Photoshop remains the program of choice for complex designs and pixel level control. However both programs are made to work together for photographers to enhance and improve their images. This is what the class is all about. For the new user Bill will show how to import and start working with images right at the first class in Lightroom. If you have been using Lightroom but are finding it frustrating, Bill will show you how to setup your folders and work with collections for a more effective workflow. He will also show how to use Presets, create beautiful Black and White images from color files, and create prints from your images. If needed he will show how to send your image to Photoshop for that final touch of creativity. If you are a pro or just want to work on all of your images from your camera then this class is for you.

Materials: Computer with camera and mic

Prerequisite: Zoom on your computer. Helps if you have the Adobe Products of Lightroom and Photoshop

Duration: 4 weeks

Ages: 15+

Cost: $100.00

Instructor: Kirby Soderberg

Description: Beginners and Advanced students are welcome to join us in creating more dynamic portrait images by using light. You will learn the basics of 3-point lighting and beyond. This is a hands-on workshop that uses live models to demonstrate the fundamentals of posing. Students will leave this workshop with the knowledge to create more interesting portraits of family and friends.

Materials: Students must provide own digital or film camera and gear to capture photographs.

Duration: 4 hours

Prerequisites: None required

Ages: 18+

Cost: $50

Arrival Time: Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of class to check in.

Description: Have you ever happened upon an amazing sunset and started snapping photos and came away thinking, “But that is not how it looked when I took the photo!” We can’t fix those photos, but we CAN help you make sure that doesn’t happen again. This class begins with fundamentals, moves quickly into more advanced lighting control, and ends with a finished product that makes you want to go out for more.

Materials: Students must have their own DSLR or mirrorless camera with the Manual (M) function. Smartphones and point and shoot cameras will not be effective for the end result you desire.

Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of DSLR or mirrorless camera. Must have own DSLR or mirrorless camera with Manual (M) function - this is not a cellphone or point and shoot class.

Duration: 7

Days Off: Indigenous People's Day

Ages: 18+

Cost: $250.00

Instructor: Kirby Soderberg

Description: A hands-on workshop that explores the early pinhole method of photography prior to the addition of a lens. During this workshop, students will turn a paint can into a camera. They will make black & white negatives and prints with darkroom printing paper and chemistry.

Materials: All materials included

Duration: 4 hours

Prerequisites: No experience required

Ages: 18+

Cost: $50

Please arrive 15 minutes before class begins.

Instructor: Bill Guy (He/Him)

Description: If you have already advance past the Auto Setting on your camera and are looking to be more creative with your images then this class is for you. This 3 week class will help you improve on your photographic vision and work. Knowing the difference between Auto and Priority settings is the first step. Now let's understand how a lens choice can completely change the look of your image. Add to this understanding the rules of composition and when to break them.

This course also includes using some basic Lightroom and Photoshop tips to enhance your images. Plus Bill encourages you to bring in your images for review and comment (no ridicule just positive critiques and suggestions) and, with your permission, he will do an edit in real time. You should have a good understanding of your camera for this class.

Topics

• Long vs Wide angle
• Time of day
• Mood vs feeling
• Color vs Black and White
• What is at the edge of your image
• What are the rules of Composition and when to break them

Materials: Your camera

Prerequisite: Have used Digital Camera and are comfortable with it functions.

Duration: 3 weeks

Ages: 15+

Cost: $75.00

Please arrive 15 minutes before class begins.

Description: Beginners and Advanced students are welcome to attend. This workshop focuses on the human form and how to create interesting shapes and lines utilizing the form. All will learn the basics of 3-point lighting and other light positioning to create different moods. Each student will have the opportunity to collaborate with the models and discover the poses that best fit ones style. Students walk away from this workshop with photos of the models and the knowledge and confidence to create interesting images of the human form.

Materials: Students must provide own digital or film camera gear for taking photographs.

Duration: 4 Hours

Prerequisites: No experience required

Ages: 18+

Cost: $50

Arrival Time: Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of class to check in.

Description: For those interested in starting or re-kindling the b&w analog film photography process. Take a "crash course" into 35mm b&w film processing and printing in the photography lab. After a few sessions, students will be confident and self-sufficient to continue their own photography interests. Returning students may immediately return to b&w film processing and darkroom photo enlargements.

Materials: Students must provide own 35mm, or other film camera, black and white film, black and white negatives, and black and white darkroom printing/enlargement paper.

Prerequisite: no experience required

Duration: 9 weeks

Ages: 18+

Cost: $280.00

Instructor: Kirby Soderberg

Description: Beginners and Advanced students are welcome to join us in creating more dynamic portrait images by using light. You will learn the basics of 3-point lighting and beyond. This is a hands-on workshop that uses live models to demonstrate the fundamentals of posing. Students will leave this workshop with the knowledge to create more interesting portraits of family and friends.

Materials: Students must provide own digital or film camera and gear to capture photographs.

Duration: 4 hours

Prerequisites: None required

Ages: 18+

Cost: $50

Arrival Time: Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of class to check in.

Instructor: Kirby Soderberg

Description: A hands-on workshop that explores the early pinhole method of photography prior to the addition of a lens. During this workshop, students will turn a paint can into a camera. They will make black & white negatives and prints with darkroom printing paper and chemistry.

Materials: All materials included

Duration: 4 hours

Prerequisites: No experience required

Ages: 18+

Cost: $50

Please arrive 15 minutes before class begins.

Description: Adobe Lightroom has become the go-to program for digital photographers. It allows us to do all the enhancements and more with just a few clicks or adjustment of sliders. Photoshop remains the program of choice for complex designs and pixel level control. However both programs are made to work together for photographers to enhance and improve their images. This is what the class is all about. For the new user Bill will show how to import and start working with images right at the first class in Lightroom. If you have been using Lightroom but are finding it frustrating, Bill will show you how to setup your folders and work with collections for a more effective workflow. He will also show how to use Presets, create beautiful Black and White images from color files, and create prints from your images. If needed he will show how to send your image to Photoshop for that final touch of creativity. If you are a pro or just want to work on all of your images from your camera then this class is for you.

Materials: Computer with camera and mic

Prerequisite: Zoom on your computer. Helps if you have the Adobe Products of Lightroom and Photoshop

Duration: 4 weeks

Ages: 15+

Cost: $100.00

Description: Elevate your photography skills and specialize with your own unique vision of image making. The final class will be a group gallery showing of your work in the PCA art gallery for family and friends to attend.

Materials: Students must provide own DSLR or mirrorless digital camera with manual (M) mode selection option.

Duration: 7 weeks

Prerequisites: Digital Photography Experience required or have taken Advanced Digital Photography at PCA

Ages: 18+

Cost: $250

Arrival Time: Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of class.

Description: Beginners and Advanced students are welcome to attend. This workshop focuses on the human form and how to create interesting shapes and lines utilizing the form. All will learn the basics of 3-point lighting and other light positioning to create different moods. Each student will have the opportunity to collaborate with the models and discover the poses that best fit ones style. Students walk away from this workshop with photos of the models and the knowledge and confidence to create interesting images of the human form.

Materials: Students must provide own digital or film camera gear for taking photographs.

Duration: 4 Hours

Prerequisites: No experience required

Ages: 18+

Cost: $50

Arrival Time: Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of class to check in.

Description: Black, White, and every shade in between. Learn how to "see" in black and white and the skills and techniques needed to create a great black and white image. Lesson will include both camera techniques and editing techniques with adobe lightroom.

Materials: notebook or laptop with lightroom editing software (optional)

Prerequisite: No experience necessary

Duration: 3 hours

Ages: All ages welcome

Cost: $50.00

Instructor: Kirby Soderberg

Description: Beginners and Advanced students are welcome to join us in creating more dynamic portrait images by using light. You will learn the basics of 3-point lighting and beyond. This is a hands-on workshop that uses live models to demonstrate the fundamentals of posing. Students will leave this workshop with the knowledge to create more interesting portraits of family and friends.

Materials: Students must provide own digital or film camera and gear to capture photographs.

Duration: 4 hours

Prerequisites: None required

Ages: 18+

Cost: $50

Arrival Time: Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of class to check in.

Instructor: Kirby Soderberg

Description: A hands-on workshop that explores the early pinhole method of photography prior to the addition of a lens. During this workshop, students will turn a paint can into a camera. They will make black & white negatives and prints with darkroom printing paper and chemistry.

Materials: All materials included

Duration: 4 hours

Prerequisites: No experience required

Ages: 18+

Cost: $50

Please arrive 15 minutes before class begins.

Description: Black, White, and every shade in between. Learn how to "see" in black and white and the skills and techniques needed to create a great black and white image. Lesson will include both camera techniques and editing techniques with adobe lightroom.

Materials: notebook or laptop with lightroom editing software (optional)

Prerequisite: No experience necessary

Duration: 3 hours

Ages: All ages welcome

Cost: $50.00

Description: Beginners and Advanced students are welcome to attend. This workshop focuses on the human form and how to create interesting shapes and lines utilizing the form. All will learn the basics of 3-point lighting and other light positioning to create different moods. Each student will have the opportunity to collaborate with the models and discover the poses that best fit ones style. Students walk away from this workshop with photos of the models and the knowledge and confidence to create interesting images of the human form.

Materials: Students must provide own digital or film camera gear for taking photographs.

Duration: 4 Hours

Prerequisites: No experience required

Ages: 18+

Cost: $50

Arrival Time: Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of class to check in.