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A Gathering of Bears at Charter Oak Camera Club

September 28, 2009
7:30 pm

I will be presenting my program “A Gathering of Bears” to the Charter Oak Camera Club at their  meeting to be held on September 28th at 7:30 p.m. The program  will be held at the Elmwool Community Church Carter located at26 Newington Rd. (Rt.173)  in West Hartford.

A Really Big Guy at McNeil River

A Really Big Guy at McNeil River

More information about the “A Gathering of Bears” program and on visiting McNeil River is available at John Fast Photography

Posted 1 year ago at 10:08 pm.

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“A Gathering of Bears”

I will be presenting my program “A Gathering of Bears” to the Clinton Land Trust at their annual meeting to be held on October 19th at 7:30 p.m. The program is open to the public and will be held at Carter Hull Library on Route 81 in Clinton.

A selection of my images will be available for sale in the form of small prints and note cards.

Brown Bear at McNeil Falls

Brown Bear at McNeil Falls

More information about the “A Gathering of Bears” program and on visiting McNeil River is available at John Fast Photography

Posted 1 year ago at 8:54 am.

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Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Intermediate Users

April 21, 2010
9:00 amto4:00 pm
April 28, 2010
9:00 amto4:00 pm

 Three Rivers Community Collge CRN# 11579

Room: B116
Tuition Cost: $150, will use the same book as the Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Beginners
CEUs: 1.2

Prerequisite: Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Beginners or equivalent.

 

 

 

 

Instructor: John Fast

This course assumes the student has taken the beginner’s course or has already mastered the basics of Photoshop. We will create custom work spaces for Adobe Bridge and Photoshop that will allow improved performance. We will use the features of Photoshop to create slide shows, PDF presentations and the merging of images into a single one. The course will cover the use and editing of metadata associated with images. We will work with adjustment layers to fine tune images and use layer masks to limit the extent of image adjustments. The Adobe RAW processor will be used to process RAW format image files to get the very most out of the data Included will be the double processing of RAW image files. Sharpening strategies and preparing an image for printing will be covered. Automating Photoshop routines using actions and droplets will be explored. Strategies for file structures and workflow will be reviewed and the subject of color management will be introduced. Each student will have access to a computer.

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Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Beginners

March 24, 2010
9:00 amto4:00 pm
March 31, 2010
9:00 amto4:00 pm
April 7, 2010
9:00 amto4:00 pm

Three Rivers Community Coillege CRN# 11577

 

Room: B116Instructor: John Fast

Tuition Cost: $200, plus book at additional cost

CEUs: 1.8

Prerequisite: Moderate Windows experience

 

 

This course assumes students have no prior knowledge of Adobe Photoshop. Photoshop CS4 will be used to provide a thorough understanding of the basic construction of digital images. Setting of Photoshop, Adobe Bridge and Adobe RAW processor preferences will be included and the default workspaces of each of the program elements will be used. Adobe Bridge will be used to upload images to the computer and to review, rate and label images.  Bridge will also be used to catalogue images for quick retrieval. The student will learn how to make contact sheets of images and create “picture packages” for printing. Basic digital image adjustments including cropping, tonal range adjustments, color correction and sharpening will be included. Each student will have access to a computer to allow a hands-on learning experience with Adobe Photoshop CS-4. Books  purchased separately from the booksore

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Digital Printing

April 3, 2010
10:00 amto12:00 pm

GRANITE STREET GALLERY 47 Granite Street, New London, CT

This course will bring together what you need to create stunning digital prints on a desktop ink jet printer. Included will be information on printing media, output profiles and practical color management as part of the printing work flow. The relationships between image resolution, printable image size and printer resolution will be thoroughly examined.

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Intermediate Photoshop Techniques

March 27, 2010
10:00 amto12:00 pm

GRANITE STREET GALLERY 47 Granite Street, New London, CT

. This course will demonstrate techniques used for image optimization using layers and layer masks. The use of color channels as an aid to simplify tasks will be included. Basic retouching techniques and tools will be examined.

Posted 1 year ago at 5:24 pm.

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Basic Photoshop Image Processing

March 20, 2010
10:00 amto12:00 pm

GRANITE STREET GALLERY 47 Granite Street, New London, CT

This course will demonstrate basic image adjustments using Photoshop. Included will be tonal range/exposure adjustments. Color cast removal, cropping, resizing of images for particular outputs and sharpening strategies.

Posted 1 year ago at 5:23 pm.

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Image Management and Workflow

March 13, 2010
10:00 amto12:00 pm

GRANITE STREET GALLERY 47 Granite Street, New London, CT

From your digital camera’s initial setup to finding that particular image on your computer, this course will explore what you need to know to produce a workflow/file management system that works for you.

Posted 1 year ago at 5:19 pm.

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Practical Exposure & Creative Controls (requires Exposure & Creative Controls)

March 31, 2010
7:00 pmto9:00 pm

GRANITE STREET GALLERY 47 Granite Street, New London, CT

Students that participate in the Exposure and Creative Controls 101 course will have the opportunity to put theory into practice. Assignments reinforcing the lessons of that course will be provided and students will have two weeks to complete them. The results will be reviewed during this group discussion course. A camera with variable shutter speed and aperture is required to get the most out of this class

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Practical Composition (requires Composition 101).

March 24, 2010
7:00 pmto9:00 pm

GRANITE STREET GALLERY 47 Granite Street, New London, CT

Those that participate in the Composition 101 course will have an opportunity to put theory into practice. Assignments will be provided at the end of the composition course that students will have two weeks to complete. The results will be reviewed during this two hour group participation

Posted 1 year ago at 5:14 pm.

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