Summer Intensive Curriculum

  • Understanding Exposure including F-stops, Shutter Speeds, and White Balance
  • Beginning through Advanced Exposure Methods including Zone System for Color
  • Beginning through Advanced Digital Camera Functions
  • Comprehensive Study of Photo Equipment
  • Low Light and Night Photography
  • Composition, Design and Color Theory
  • Photo History
  • Creating and Developing Ideas
  • Image Presentation: Mounting, Matting and Framing your work
  • Extensive Critique Sessions
  • Understanding Light for Color and Black and White Photography
  • Studio Lighting for Portraiture and Product photography
  • Flash Photography
  • Introduction to Color Management
  • File Management with Adobe® Lightroom®
  • Image Editing and Workflow with Adobe® Lightroom® and Adobe® Photoshop®
  • Local Adjustments with Selections and Masks
  • Image Compositing Techniques
  • Portrait Retouching
  • Inkjet Printing
  • Automation Techniques in Lightroom and Photoshop
  • Portraiture in Retail and Commercial Markets
  • Still Life Photography
  • Nature Photography including Landscape, Macro, and Wildlife
  • Introduction to Photojournalism and Documentary Photography
  • Fine Art Photography
  • Career Lectures in Wedding, Portrait, Nature and Stock Photography
  • Model Releases
  • Copyrighting your Images