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Lectures: 20, 27 April; 4, 11, 18 May (6:30 - 8:30 PM)
Field practice: 8 May (9:00 AM - 11:30 PM) (Sherwood Gardens)
Classroom: If you own a digital camera but wish to edit your images so you can e-mail them to friends, post photos on the internet, or generate prints for display, then this class is for you. In the digital darkroom your will learn how to manipulate and optimize digital images using Adobe Photoshop Elements software. Instruction covers uploading photos to the computer and cataloging, tagging, and ranking images for easy retrieval. Once images are loaded to the "Organizer," you will learn how to sharpen them, adjust exposure, resize files, remove distractions, add special effects, enhance colors, alter contrast, add text - and more. Also discussed will be the application of selections, adjustment layers, and masks for additional control of the final image.
© Irene Hinke-Sacilotto
Field: The field portion of the program will take place at Sherwood Gardens, located in the Guilford section of Baltimore city. At the end of April and early May, this community garden comes alive with a colorful display of tulips, daffodils, and other spring blooms in addition to flowering trees and shrubs including dogwood, oriental cherries, magnolias, etc. With an endless selection of subjects, Sherwood Gardens is a great place for class participants to improve their photographic skills while acquiring images for digital editing portion of the class.
Bring to class your digital camera, manual, fresh batteries and memory card (compact flash, SD, XD or storage media compatible with your camera.) A card reader with USB connector is imperative to transfer your images to the school computer. A flash/thumb drive is recommended for backing up images edited in class and copying them to your home computer. Students should be familiar with rudimentary PC and digital camera operation.
Register at Roland Park Country School (Kaleidoscope).