Previous Viewpoint Workshops

HDR: Solution or Sorcery

This workshop will focus on the HDR methodology and the expansion that can be gained by its use.

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PERU: LAND OF THE SUN - A Viewpoint photographic journey hosted by Rick Murai

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Lima, Cuzco, Sacred Valley (featuring the Virgen del Carmen festival), Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca.

Viewpoint Photographic Art Center and Northern California photographer & educator, Rick Murai, invite you on an exciting two-week adventure photographing the stunning landscape, colorful people and rich cultural traditions of the Peruvian Andes.

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iPhoneography Crash Course: Creative Capture & Processing Techniques with Seán Duggan

The rise of smart phones as image capture and processing platforms is one of the most exciting developments in contemporary photography. Leading this revolution is the Apple iPhone, which is an incredible device for spontaneous creativity on the go, as well as more fully realized fine art images that can be just as compelling as photographs made with more traditional camera systems. The ability to capture images with a camera that is always with you as well as process the photos directly on the phone (a “digital darkroom in your pocket”) is a new image making paradigm that many photographers have found to be a wonderfully refreshing new way to channel their creative muse.

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Increasing Your Presence as a Photographer

A full-day workshop with Huntington Witherill

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Compositing Images

Local commercial photographer, Donald Satterlee, will explore ways to select, mask, overlay, and seamlessly blend two or more pictures into a final image viewers will appreciate.

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Moving Images - Getting Started in DSLR Filmmaking

Local filmmaker and photographer Dale Crandall-Bear will present a basic introduction to shooting quality video with your DSLR.

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Introduction to Night Photography on Mare Island

This workshop is for photographers who would like to learn how to make proper exposures (either film or digital) after dark, both my the light of the moon and by existing light.

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Fine Art Digital Printing

The purpose of this workshop is to show different techniques in Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, and third-party plug-ins for bringing out the very best qualities of an image.

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Processing Images in Lightroom

The purpose of this workshop is to show attendees all of the tools available in Lightroom for improving the original digital capture. In other words, we concentrate on Lightroom's powerful Develop Module.

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Introduction to Lightroom

The purpose of this workshop is to introduce attendees to the basic components of Lightroom, explain how Lightroom can be integrated into the digital image workflow, and compare the attributes of Lightroom and Photoshop.

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Building With Light

In this hands-on workshop, Old Sacramento will serve as an outdoor studio for learning about lighting and the making—not taking—of photographs.

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B&W Digital Conversion

This workshop will demonstrate the most effective methods available to digital photographers for converting a color image into a black & white image, using the tools available in Adobe Lightroom 3.5, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Nik Silver Efex Pro 2, and George DeWolfe's PercepTool plug-in for Photoshop. We will also discuss the best approaches to preparing the original color image for conversion to a black & white image.

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Critiquing Photographs

In this workshop we will learn how to critique photographs. In so doing, we will heighten our understanding and appreciation of photography by analyzing photographs that span the history of the medium.

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Noise Reduction and Sharpening (Input, Output and Selective) of Digital Images

This workshop will discuss the unique sources of noise in digital images, where noise reduction fits into a post-processing workflow and ways of reducing unwanted noise while still retaining the desired level of detail in the image.

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The Principles of Composition

UC Davis Professor Terry Nathan will address such topics as frame dynamics and shape; graphic and photographic elements; composing with light and color; visual design basics—including contrast, rhythm, balance, weight, and energy.

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Getting the Most from Camera RAW

Using Lightroom and Adobe Camera RAW (Photoshop), Lewis Kemper will explain all the tools in these RAW interfaces and show you two different methods for processing your RAW files.

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Getting the Most from Your Digital SLR

Do you feel like you are not using your digital SLR to its fullest potential? Are you confused about White Balance, JPEG vs. RAW, color spaces and the histogram? Then this class is for you! Lewis Kemper will cover these topics and more.

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The Alternative Process from Negative to Print

In this fun workshop, we will learn the steps to make digital negatives having great tonal range. Various software programs, techniques and materials will be covered. We will focus on using QuadToneRIP (QTR) to create negatives.

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Adobe Lightroom - Class 3 - The Output Modules

Lewis Kemper, a designated Canon Explorer of Light, explains and illustrates Lightroom's Output Modules.

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Compositing Images

Local commercial photographer, Donald Satterlee, will explore ways to select, mask, overlay, and seamlessly blend two or more pictures into a final image viewers will appreciate.

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Adobe Lightroom - Class 2 - The Develop Module

Lewis Kemper, a designated Canon Explorer of Light, details Lightroom's Develop module.

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Gladding McBean Photography Workshop - October 2011

Gladding McBean is a living museum of architectural ornamentation from the last century and a quarter, sitting as silent witness while the factory continues to produce exterior cladding and decoration for new and old buildings; using the same techniques employed here more than 100 years ago. A walk through the pottery is truly a journey into the past.

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Adobe Lightroom - Class 1 - The Lightroom Workflow

Lewis Kemper, a designated Canon Explorer of Light, introduces the the Lightroom workflow.

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Creating Custom Note Cards

In this workshop you will learn how to create professional quality, custom note cards using Photoshop. You do not need to bring a computer. Just bring yourself.

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Introduction to Night Photography

This workshop is for people who would like to learn how to make proper exposures (either film and/or digital) after dark, both by the light of the moon and by existing artificial light.

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