Arctic Exposure™ 3 Seminars

SEMINAR OVERVIEW

Two Tracks

Arctic Exposure offers two tracks for different levels of competency. Both tracks cover camera operation and computer skills plus much of our class time will emphasize improving your photography/composition. All attendees may participate, at any time, in either the Core or Advanced Tracks.

Topics covered for all attendees:

• Making Better Photos (including Composition)
• Stitching Together Panoramas
• Shooting Glaciers — the Onboard Field Trip
• Critique/Open Forum
• Lab/personal editing time with guided assistance

Photoshop:

• The Core Competency class will look at the Photoshop interface, selections, painting, and basic tools for color correction (e.g., histograms and the Levels tool).
• The Advanced Photoshop Track deals with more advanced color correction techniques including the Curves tool, layers, and masks.

Core Competency Track

• Set up-date, time, etc.
• File format and jpeg options
• Resolution
• Exposure and its modes; including flashing highlights, reading the histogram, and using exposure compensation
• Focusing
• ISO
• White Balance
• Lens — dealing with angle of view
• Camera handling

Advanced Photographer Track

• Accommodating the properties and quality of light
• Fine-tuning exposure with different meter choices (including exposure compensation, bracketing, and using feedback of flashing highlights and histogram, ISO and noise issues)
• Exposure controls — f-stop/depth of field, shutter speed/motion control
• Exposure modes — A, S, M
• White Balance — custom WB, creative WB
• Advanced camera menus — tone compensation, sharpening, etc.
• Shooting in RAW format
• Lenses — controlling angle of view combined with varying camera position to control perspective and emphasize or reduce importance of elements in scene
• Using flash — controlling exposure and managing quality of light (direction, diffusion, etc.)

Optional Field Trips

We'll be going into the field to work on taking better pictures.

Bill will work with the attendees on analyzing the scene within the context of the Field Trip Theme. Successful photography in the field is not just a matter of following predetermined formulas, but of picking and choosing from an arsenal of technical and aesthetic tools based on the constraints of circumstances (primarily weather), time limits, quality of light, equipment on hand, etc. We will discuss lighting issues, appropriate camera techniques, and compositional tools that will help us make the strongest image under the conditions we encounter, taking advantage of the spectacular opportunities Alaska offers photographers.

$149 per person. Maximum of eight (8) people per Optional Field Trip.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 20th (DAY AT SEA)

Camera Controls, 8:30am–NOON
Speakers: Bill Durrence & Ben Long

Tracks For: Core Competency & Advanced attendees

Making Better Photos (Composition), 1:30pm–5pm
Speaker: Bill Durrence

One Combined Track: All attendees

Q&A, 6pm–8pm
Speakers: Bill Durrence & Ben Long

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