Eliot’s Digital Camera and Photoshop classes are well known throughout the Washington, DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia areas.
For information on special workshops outside of Washington click here.

Classes are offered through several organizations as well as on an individual basis. Here are some locations where you can learn from Eliot:

Smithsonian Associates  Penn Camera   Photoworks at Glen Echo Park  ACE Photo

Lightroom

Lightroom is a new Adobe application for organizing and managing the large numbers of files that digital photographers accumulate. It is far more elegant and capable than Adobe Bridge in performing these tasks. Lightroom also allows one to edit their files globally for tone, color, and sharpness; create slide shows, print, and publish web galleries within separate modules. In short, it's a wonderful administrative hub for all one's files.

Eliot is teaching Lightroom classes monthly during the day in McLean, and in the evenings with Photoworks and ACE Photo. The classes are comprehensive and will have everyone up and running with Lightroom right away. They are typically done on one's own laptop, building one's own catalog, although this is not a requirement for the courses.

For additional information and schedules, email Eliot.

Lightroom: Up and Running - 4 evenings in McLean - W 7/7, M 7/12, W 7/14, M 7/19; 6:30-9:30 PM

Please contact Eliot for additional information and to register.

Course cost: $395

For additional information and schedules, email Eliot

Course info:

We will work on student's laptops with your images building the catalogs as we go through the program. Upon completion participants will have the knowledge they need to continue to add images, refine the metadata for them, develop the RAW or JPEG files, and present them in slide or print form.

The Library module is the heart of Lightroom's organization. Day one will focus there. Day two will include a brief Library review as well as the Develop, Slide, and Print modules.

Topics include:

    • Importing images from hard disk and flash cards
    • The modular interface
    • A Lightroom workflow strategy
    • Filtering/Sorting with stars, flags, and labels
    • Lightroom as your admin center
    • Important preferences and catalog settings
    • Keywords and Keyword hierarchies
    • Searching by metadata, text, and other attributes
    • Collections
    • Lightroom and Bridge: saving and reading metadata
    • Lightroom and Photoshop: global and selective edits
    • Merging catalogs: Desktop and laptop
    • Exporting images
    • Step by step processing of RAW and JPEG files in the Develop module
    • The fabulous selective brushes
    • Creating slide shows
    • Print options: single image and contact sheet
    • Print layouts
    • Printing from Lightroom vs Photoshop: when to use either program

Bookmaking with Blurb - 2 days in McLean Sat 7/24 and 7/31; 9:30-4:PM

Sold out! Please contact Eliot to be added to the wait list.

Course cost: $395

Books are a wonderful way to share images and present portfolios. They can be formal and artistic or informal and family or travel oriented. With on demand publishing through organizations such as Blurb, one can print a single copy or a small number and not be constrained by typical publishing models with large print runs. It makes the process affordable and fun. Blurb www.Blurb.com is one of the foremost on demand publishers. Their software is free, flexible, and the books are nicely printed. For those interested in making books with Blurb, I will teach a workshop that will go through the process from start to finish, culminating in a book that you can upload and print.

In the class I will take you through the mechanics of using the Blurb software, starting with their templates and moving towards customizing your own. We will talk about how best to prepare your files for publication (tone, color, sharpening), and provide information about how to color manage your files for predictable results from screen to print. We will also work on sequencing your photographs and the layout of your books in order to make them as interesting as possible. We will work with text and pictures, so the books can be a combination of narrative ideas as well as pictures.

Each participant will be working on a book during the 2 sessions. The idea is to give you all the info you need to complete the preparation of the book and be able to upload it to Blurb soon after we finish. There will be both group and individual discussion during the sessions.

You are welcome to look at my books on Torres del Paine in Chile, and Galapagos, on the Blurb site as examples.

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1156657

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1386433

The class is limited to 10 people. For additional information email Eliot.

A Day of Photography at the Zoo - Wednesday, May 12

Eliot will lead a photography class at the Zoo for up to 10 people on Wednesday, May 12, from 10:30-3:45PM.

The discussions and exercises would include:
   1. Moving away from Auto or Program and toward Shutter and Aperture priority.
   2. Exposure control and histograms.
   3. Using the shutter to stop action and blur motion.
   4. Influencing depth of field.
   5. Using wide angle and telephoto lenses.
   6. Using flash to fill in shadows.
   7. We would also discuss composition in the context of pictures we are taking.

The class is open to anyone whose camera allows control over the shutter and aperture and who is familiar with basic camera settings.

In the event of rain the location would be the Botanical Gardens and the National Gallery.

The class fee is $125. Eliot for additional information or to register.

 

The Smithsonian Associates offers classes in the use of Digital Cameras, Photoshop, Scanning, and Printing.

 http://residentassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/search_digital-media.aspx?keyword=C-Digital%20Media
 

The Photoshop classes are held either on Mon and Weds evenings from 6:30 – 9:30 PM (5 sessions), or on consecutive Friday evenings with full days on Saturday or Sunday (2 weekends). These classes are very comprehensive and cover all the basics of Photoshop including layers, selections, masks, retouching, and color correction. No prior familiarity with Photoshop is needed. People with some experience will still find this class beneficial as it puts all the features into context and provides a systematic way of approaching one’s work. The class is suitable for people working either with Photoshop or Photoshop Elements.

Photoshop for Photographers includes more sophisticated methods of editing images and is a wonderful class for understanding the full possibilities of the digital darkroom. This class also goes through the workflow for editing RAW files. It is an advanced class and should not be taken before completing Photoshop I. You are welcome to contact me if you feel that your prior experience with Photoshop would allow you to feel comfortable in this class.

Digital Camera Basics is a one day class, held on a Saturday or Sunday, and covers each aspect in great detail.  It is an introductory class and no prior knowledge is needed. The discussion includes all the important features of digital cameras whether they are point and shoot or DSLR’s.

For those who have completed Digital Camera Basics, or those who are already quite familiar with their cameras, Getting to Know Your Digital SLR would also be helpful.  This class is done in the field as a shooting class.

Other classes include RAW editing, advanced procedures in workflow and editing, and bookmaking with Blurb.  You may contact me for additional information.

The Smithsonian classes are held at the Museum of Natural History. Parking is available in the staff lot and there is convenient Metro access.

To contact the Smithsonian Associates please call 202-357-3030.

 


Penn Camera offers classes in the use of Digital Cameras and the basics of Photoshop.



http://penncamera.wildapricot.org/Default.aspx?pageId=256692

The Intro to Digital Photography class is a half day class and covers the important features of digital cameras such as controlling exposure, bracketing, white balance, file formats, and transferring files. The class is held once a month rotating between locations in the Tyson’s Corner and Rockville areas.

The Digital Image Editing class is a combination of Photoshop basics along with the use of histograms in the camera to optimize exposure even further. It is a one day class held in a computer classroom where everyone has their own computer to work with. The class is suitable for people working either with Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. It is an excellent introduction for those who would like to get started with Photoshop in a well organized one day class.

To contact Penn Camera please call 301-210-7366 or 800-347-5770.

 


Photoworks at Glen Echo Park offers classes in the use of Digital Cameras, Photoshop, and Lightroom.

http://www.glenechopark.org/class/classclassIndex.aspx?ctlgID=34&ctgyID=32&typeID=2

The Digital Camera and Editing class is offered on Wednesday afternoons from 12:30 – 4:30. It combines the introduction to the camera with an introduction to Photoshop. The class begins with use of the camera and moves at a gradual pace through the organization of files on the computer, sizing, cropping, sharpening, and color correction. The class is taught hands on in the new computer classroom at Photoworks. Upon completion participants should have a good working knowledge of their camera as well as a set of step by step procedures to set up and edit their files. The class is suitable for people who want to work with Photoshop or Photoshop Elements.

The Advanced Digital Camera class is offered less frequently, but is the logical follow up to the first class. More sophisticated use of layers, selections, and masks are introduced along with advanced strategies for making corrections to the files.

An introduction to Photoshop is also offered at Photoworks. This class is held on Thursday evenings. It omits the camera component and focuses on Photoshop itself and includes layers and selections as well as basic retouching and color correction.

To contact the registrar at Glen Echo please call 301-634-2226.

 


Individualized Programs

If you would prefer an individualized program, it is certainly possible to arrange it. You are welcome to call to discuss specifics and to determine what the best arrangement might be. From time to time Eliot offers Lightroom classes and classes in Fine Art Printing with profiles at his home studio in McLean.  You may call or email for additional information or to be added to a list for schedule info.

 


Washington Photo Safari

Washington Photo Safari offers "in the field" Photography and digital camera classes in a number of interesting locations locally and afar.

 


 

 

 

 

 

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