Photoshop Compositing: Taking a Step Beyond
with Ryn Clarke
June 16 – July 3, 2025
Course Description
Where the lines between art and technique blur, this advanced compositing online workshop challenges students to push their Photoshop skills into uncharted territory. Designed for those who have already taken Ryn Clarke’s Photoshop Compositing: A Garden of Delights, this course goes deeper into compositing, exploring advanced techniques and refining skills. Students build on core abilities to unlock Photoshop’s full potential, enhancing both creativity and technical abilities.
Advanced techniques, such as intricate masking and blending, creating depth with blur effects, perspective, and layering, form the foundation of the workshop. Students learn to adjust light to enhance realism and set the mood of their compositions. The use of AI-generated textures and backgrounds opens new creative possibilities, offering fresh tools to craft unique visual landscapes. Each lesson emphasizes storytelling through compositing, using symbolism and visual metaphors to add emotional and narrative depth.
In addition to refining technical skills, the course offers a comprehensive approach to workflow management. Students learn to organize their projects efficiently, ensuring a smooth execution of their creative vision. Homework assignments reinforce key concepts, allowing students to apply their learning and further develop their craft outside of class. Whether creating realistic compositions or abstract, surreal pieces, this advanced course pushes students to elevate their compositing skills, enabling them to produce visually captivating images that tell compelling stories.
Additional Information
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Students must have already completed the Photoshop Compositing: A Garden of Delights Workshop beforehand as it provides the essential skills and knowledge required for this class.
What You Should Know:
Participants must have a working knowledge of basic digital workflow using the iPhone or digital camera including selecting and downloading images to their computer. A working knowledge of Photoshop, specifically layers and masking, is required.
Special Notes:
Class will meet 9:30 – 11:30 am (Mountain Time) on Mondays and Thursdays starting June 16 and ending July 3 (six online group sessions). Enrollment is limited to 12 participants.
Zoom Video Conferencing software (available for no charge from Zoom.com) will be used to facilitate the class sessions. Further details will be emailed to registrants.
Santa Fe Workshops always aims to produce a high-quality experience for our online attendees. That said, variables including regional and local internet provider speeds, traffic on Zoom's servers, and your own computing hardware can contribute to a less than ideal streaming event. While we do our best to minimize the impact of these variables, they are outside the control of Santa Fe Workshops.
Policies:
View Withdrawal and Transfer Policies for online programs.
For the convenience of participants, recordings of each class session are posted privately for one month after the end of each session. Santa Fe Workshops takes the recordings down after one month to protect the intellectual property of our instructors.
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Ryn Clarke is an educator, visual artist, and photographer who experiments with different cameras and techniques, including elaborate nature compositing, photopolymer gravure, encaustic, and hand-colored prints. She holds a fine arts degree from Marymount University and has exhibited nationally and internationally. Ryn’s work is held in private, corporate, and medical collections throughout the U.S. She is on the board of the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, in Cleveland, and a past president of the Cleveland Museum of Arts’ affiliate group, Friends of Photography. She is also a former Zone X Photography Representative for the Garden Club of America.
Website: rynclarkephotography.com
Instagram: @rynclarkephotography
