Digital Photography Workshop
From Camera to Computer to Printer in Two Easy Sessions

$75 Non-Members/$65 Members
Location: UMMA Classroom, 40 Harlow Street, Bangor

New workshop to begin in September. To be added to our workshop mailing list, please email the Education Coordinator to provide address and phone number. You will receive an early-bird notice for this popular class.

Do you wonder what the flower symbol means on the back of your digital camera? Do you agonize over which resolution to use? Do you know what resolution is? Would you like to learn how to print those pictures of your kids without wasting an entire day? Or do you want to learn how to put them on a disc so that a photo lab can print them for you? Do you want to produce an art-quality image, but are not sure what settings or paper to use? Have you used only the automatic setting on your digital camera? If you answered YES to any of these questions, this class is for you!

In two easy sessions learn how to use, or better utilize, your digital camera, optimize image quality on your computer, save your pictures, and print any size. This workshop is for the novice and the intermediate digital photographer.

Session One
Understanding and Using Your Digital Camera

• camera set-up
• camera features and settings
• different resolutions and why
• file formats (camera)
• lighting modes, red-eye reduction, and flash
• exposure compensation
• playback mode, deleting, and saving
• zoom and macro
• best shot selection
• composition
• lighting
• selective focus
• choosing settings based on subject
• image acquisition
• basic image enhancement
• cropping and orientation

Session Two
Digital Darkroom and Imaging Software

• basic and intermediate image manipulation
• image enhancement
• color balance
• eliminating problem areas (dust, scratches, etc.)
• filters and fun stuff
• file formats (tiff, jpeg, etc.)
• file size (dpi, mb, etc.)
• save options
• digital media storage
• email and web uploads
• contact sheets and picture packages
• scanning and printing
• paper choices

In this session we will review prints that you have made and discuss problems or observations you might have.

Digital Photography Workshop will be taught by Gina Platt

Gina has many years of experience as a photographer and custom color printer in New York, Boston, and Portland. She has photographed and digitized numerous museum collections and has maintained digital archives and websites for various organizations. Her photographs have been exhibited in the Center for Maine Contemporary Art and the Blum Gallery among others in Maine and New York. Gina is also the Education Coordinator at University of Maine Museum of Art.