“ARTISTIC ELEMENTS OF PORTRAITURE”

“ARTISTIC ELEMENTS OF PORTRAITURE”

Carl Caylor, PPA Certified, M. Photog., Cr.                                                Intermediate

This class is for those who want to better themselves in the artistic world of photographic portraiture.  This is a hands-on class. We will learn together to look for light, to use backgrounds to the best of our ability and to tell the story of our subjects.  Carl will share his philosophies of artistic portraiture, what he looks for and what thought process he goes through when creating an image.  This is a class designed to stimulate, energize, and stretch your imagination.  Carl will share his views on such topics as:  composition, lighting, color harmony and more.  He will show how design is created, how to look for light, how to make portraits believable and interesting.

The quality level of a portrait can be enhanced with custom work after the original exposure.  For this reason, you will also be working with your images in Photoshop to prepare them for printing.  You will need a computer to download your images, a camera with a variety of lenses, memory cards, batteries & chargers, tripod, reflectors and a portfolio of images in electronic form to share with the class.  *Students must bring their own camera, lenses, computer with current version of Photoshop CS3, and power strip & extension cord.*

To register for this class at Florida School, please visit the Florida School website.

Michael Redford, Florida School Instructor Tour

For more info on Michael’s tour please visit www.michaelredford.com.

Jeremy Sutton-”Taking Your Artistry to the Next Level with Corel Painter X”

(Intermediate)
Additional Class Fee of $75 & Workbook Fee of $50
**Personal Computer, Wacom Tablet, and latest version of Corel Painter required** Please bring your own extension cord and surge protector.

Optimize your Painter workflow for maximum creativity. Image preparation, brushwork techniques, borders, accents, texture techniques. Blend traditional art techniques with digital paint technology.

This is a unique opportunity to study with Jeremy and learn his collage techniques. We are so excited to have Jeremy teach at Florida School. This is the only school that he will be teaching The Art of Collage….and what a great way to learn a new technique and set yourself apart from your competition!

 

**What to Bring to Class** 

Camera Gear:
Yes – useful to have a digital camera with you, together with card reader.

Examples of work: 
If you have examples of collages you have created please bring them to show.

Marketing Samples:
Likewise if you have examples of marketing materials bring them to share.

Other:
If you do not already have them, you will need to purchase and bring to class the following:
Painter X Creativity: Digital Artist’s Handbook 
Expanding Your Creativity: The Art of Collage Portraiture DVD set
These are both available from www.jeremysutton.com. These resources, which are a requirement for taking this class, will be referred to in class and represent the main reference material for you to use both during and after class.

Any questions? Contact Jeremy Sutton directly: 415-641-1221 ~ jeremy@jeremysutton.com

For more info please visit www.paintercreativity.com or www.jeremysutton.com.

To register, please visit www.fppfloridaschool.com

 

Would you like to work on a Florida School committee?

To volunteer to work on one of the following committees, please contact Donna Campiz.
Donna Campiz, FED
Assistant School Manager
904-268-3044
rampho@juno.com

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Lightroom & Workflow with Kevin Ames

Time….
All of photography is divided into matters of time. How much of it will the shoot consume?
How long will downloading the cards take?
How many hours must I sit in front of the screen editing the take, selecting the heroes then finishing them for delivery to my client?
And how much more of it will be spent to create bulletproof archives of my work? 

Photography is a profession where a life’s worth of work is always available to the artisan who created it. The photographer’s life work is an immediate source of income, a retrospective of accomplishment and an invaluable inspiration for ideas. So preserving one’s life work is important. 

Join Kevin Ames to learn hands on how to harness the power of Camera Raw (the most useful RAW converter on the planet) in Lightroom, Photoshop, and Bridge (the super file browser included free with Photoshop) to maximize the return for the time you spend in front of the computer downloading, editing, refining and archiving your work. 

This class is designed to improve workflow, bolster creativity and jump-start the digital photographic previsualization process.

Cheri MacCallum and “Painting Portraits in a Digital World”

Cheri’s class is a beginner’s course and she will cover some easy techniques for watercolors, oils and pastels beginning with the prep work in Photoshop and then painting the images in Corel Painter. 

She will also cover marketing and selling the painted portraits. 

Cheri began her career 22 years ago as a photographic retoucher in Fitz-Symms in Augusta Ga. She did negative and print retouching, hand tinting as well as artwork for copy and
restoration of old photographs. 

Cheri currently takes commissions for portrait paintings for other photographers as well as the fine art printing of them. She has been awarded three degrees, PPA Master Artist, MEI and PPA Craftsman. 

Cheri’s fine art paintings begin as a digital photograph, then they are painted by hand, stroke by stroke using painting software, tablet and stylus and then printed as pigmented ink on fine art giclee or canvas giclee.

 

Studio Lighting (One Day Class)

Ramfis Campiz and Michael Jospeh will cover the basics of studio lighting… from the classic “one light” approach, we’ll then add a second, third and so on, as well as discuss and demonstrate when and why these lighting set-ups could be used.We’ll also cover what type of soft boxes, light modifiers and reflectors you should consider using in different situations.

Although the main purpose of this special class is to cover the basics of studio lighting, we’ll allow the class the opportunity to take on a personality of it’s own as we see what areas you might need the most!

During the second half we’ll allow time for “hands-on”, which will allow everyone a chance to literally experience the opportunity of putting together a lighting set-up.
June 1, 2009 One Day Seminar at Florida School www.fppfloridaschool.com

Frank Donnino, “Moms, Marketing and Money”

Noted for his 1st year Baby Plan, Frank had to take that idea and rethink the whole process to mold it to today’s “moms with a computer.” He teaches his techniques to studios all over the world. 

Frank teaches in a way that a 5th grader could understand it. So…are you smarter than a 5th grader? 

Sign up for Frank’s class at www.fppfloridaschool.com

One Day Classes Now Offered

Can’t stay the whole week? One day classes on Monday, June 1st 9am to 5pm are now available! Register today!

Florida School has a NEW blog!

Welcome to the Florida School blog! The Florida School takes place once a year for one week only (Sunday, May 31 – Thursday, June 4, 2009). You sign up for one class by one instructor. For 5 days in May you’ll be treated to an intense learning opportunity! Don’t miss this year’s Florida School!

Register at www.fppfloridaschool.com