Photoshop for Photographers: The Essentials
with Shelley Vandegrift
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Course Description
Elevate your post-processing skills and conquer Photoshop’s complexities with Shelley Vandegrift as your guide. Tailored for photographers, this workshop demystifies the essential features and tools required for crafting artistic imagery.
Photoshop was designed not only for photographers but also for designers, web developers, and graphic artists. Shelley, a seasoned photographic artist and instructor with a knack for making software understandable, takes the guesswork out of Photoshop by clarifying which menus, tools, and features are essential and which you are better off ignoring. Learn software customization as Shelley demonstrates how to tailor the Photoshop interface for an efficient workflow. We dive into crucial techniques such as utilizing layers, masks, and blending modes to optimize and enhance your images.
At the conclusion of this workshop, you will possess the core Photoshop skills that every photographer needs to take their image processing to the next level.
Additional Information
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
This workshop is appropriate for any photographer who is looking for a foundation in the basics of Photoshop for photographers.
What You Should Know:
The class will not cover editing of Raw files, therefore, a working knowledge of either Lightroom or Camera Raw is recommended for those who shoot in Raw.
Policies:
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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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Shelley Vandegrift’s journey into photography began at age 10, mesmerized by the magic of her father’s darkroom. This early exposure sparked a lifelong passion for blending the creative artistry of capturing images with the technical precision of post-production. The emergence of digital photography provided the perfect medium for Shelley to unite her love of photography with her expertise in computer technology. Today, she channels this synergy into her photographic art and teaching imaging software, artistic post-processing, and infrared photography.
Shelley is known for making complex techniques accessible to all. She has lectured for Skylum and DxO software, earned the 23rd Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Digital Manipulation and Collage, and co-authored Infrared Photography: Digital Techniques for Artistic Images, 2nd Edition.
Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including The Beauty of Invisible Light at the Commons Gallery, as well as in B&W Magazine, A. Smith Gallery, the Latino Cultural Center of Dallas, PhotoPlace Gallery, and the Art Travelers Gallery at Dallas Love Field Airport.
Through her evocative art and empowering teaching, Shelley inspires others to discover the magic of photography and craft their own creative stories.
Website: vandegriftphotography.com
Instagram: @vandegriftphotography
