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Creative Backyard Photography


 

About Darrell Gulin

Darrell Gulin is an accomplished nature photographer as well as an in-demand speaker, teacher, and 2005 NANPA president. He has spent the past 11 years as a full-time nature photographer. His work has been published in numerous nature and wildlife magazines as well as in major nature calendars.

 
 
Instructor:   Darrell Gulin
 
Scheduled Sessions:  
 
Course Fee:    
Prerequisites:   Basic to intermediate knowledge of Photoshop. Some understanding of Channels and Layer Masks. Bring a digital camera if you have one.

Pansies - photo by Darrell GulinAbout the Course

The objective of this course is creative photography digitally captured out in the field or right in your own backyard. We will do a number of field trips where we will photograph flower designs, dew drops, reflections, Mylar reflections, feather designs, butterflies and much more. Once the images are created we will go back into the digital darkroom and go through the entire digital workflow process.  Goal: to create some signature images. 

Editing of our images is a key to becoming a successful photographer, so we will pay close attention to the editing process.  Along with feed back from me, we will also share images on the screen of both current and created work on this workshop.

We will learn how we digitally come up with the 5 S's to Successful Photography:

  • Skill - Digitally taking the picture, histograms, lenses, depth field, etc.
  • Subject - Having an interesting subject to photograph
  • Seeing - Light and composition
  • Situation - Getting into a great situation to create those signature images
  • Simplification - A key component to a successful image

Water Droplets - photo by Darrell GulinWho Should Attend?

Anyone who wants to become more creative with their photography.  Designed for photographers who work with digital tools and want to come up with creative images, not just in Photoshop but out in the field or right in your own backyard.  Time in the field will be spent capturing images that are creative. We’ll take them back to the classroom to bring them to life on the screen and in print.

Schedule-At-A-Glance

Here is an outline of the topics to be covered so you'll have an idea of what to expect:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Free Breakfast Meeting. Field Photography Field Photography Field Photography Field Photography
Digital workflow and review participants current images

Workflow and backing up images

Printing

Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
Continue to review current work and get used to our workstations Digital workflow / printing the finished product

Designing promotional pieces

Editing refined

Supervised application of learned techniques

Supervised application of learned techniques Hands on editing and group review of images created
Editing to refine our image selection
Dinner Break Dinner Break Dinner Break Dinner Break  
Evening open lab Evening open lab Evening open lab Evening open lab

Lepp Institute of Digital Imaging, 1062 Los Osos Valley Rd. Los Osos, California 93402
Phone: 805-528-7385
 

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