Photography school training courses in Austin, TX (public, in-house or online)

This course is an introduction within a Fine Art context. The issue of agenda, audience, and criticism will be reviewed to better understand Fine Art Photography. How is Fine Art photography different than Photojournalism, Commercial, or Documentary? We will look at many samples of the evolution of photography, both past and present. This class will also cover basic camera functions such as the technical aspects of shutter speeds, aperture, light meters, and ISO. There will be projects to improv...

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A course which will introduce students to portrait lighting, posing, interacting with subjects and basic retouching. Students will learn techniques utilizing studio lighting, portable flash equipment and natural lighting. We will cover photographing subjects in a variety of styles including a candid or photo-journalistic manner as well as more formal, posed style. Basic retouching will be taught using Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop to a smaller extent. Students are encouraged to supply thei...

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A fully digital course that teaches the student how to operate, and better utilize photographic equipment including DSLR cameras, lenses, hot shoe flash, studio flash, wireless transmitters, handheld light meters, filters, and tripods. Introduction to basic photographic theories will include camera setup, proper exposure for a variety of lighting situations, image composition, and custom white balance. There will be multiple assignments to reinforce basic photographic concepts. Students will use...

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Take advantage of this opportunity to train with professional photographers and Adobe Photoshop experts. You’ll learn to consistently produce images of superior quality by starting out with excellent photographs. Working with your own digital camera, you’ll get field instruction to improve your shooting techniques. Then you’ll harness the creative potential of Photoshop by sweetening and enhancing your final images for presentation.

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This 2-day course provides a thorough overview for experienced users who wish to further their effectiveness on Photoshop. The course trains photographers and designers how to catalogue their work as well as how to enhance their photographs. Because this class is aimed mainly at Photographers and artists who work with photographs, we have included Lighroom and Camera RAW in the lessons.