Rafael Concepcion (RC) is an education and curriculum developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals, and the co-host of Layers TV - The How To Podcast For Everything Adobe. An Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop, Illustrator, and Lightroom, RC has over 10 years in the I.T. and ecommerce industries and spends his days developing content for all applications in the Adobe Creative Suite. RC has held training seminars in the U.S., Europe, and Latin America, and recently combined his photographic and web experience to teach with famed wildlife photographer Moose Peterson at the "You Can Do It Too" workshops in Mammoth, CA and at the Voices That Matter Web Conference in San Francisco, CA. RC also writes columns for Layers and Photoshop User magazines.
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Saturday, March 24th |
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| 12:00pm – 01:00pm |
Lightroom Catalogs & CollectionsThe biggest stumbling block in learning Lightroom is mastering the concept of the Catalog, Collections, and Collection Sets. In very simple terms. RC Concepcion will give you tips and tricks on how to start using Collection Sets and Collections inside of Lightroom 3, and how early capture and organization can make your workflow as painless as possible. |
RC Concepcion | Lightroom Track |
Sunday, March 25th |
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| 10:45am – 11:45pm |
Bringing People Back to Your WebsiteCreating a website to show your work is half of the battle, especially with social media sites like Facebook and Google+. Learn how to use popular technology to create amazing portfolios and interactive content to bring visitors back to your site. |
RC Concepcion | Photography A Track |
Monday, March 26th |
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| 11:00am – 12:00pm |
Taking Your HDR Images to the Next LevelIn this class RC will go over how to take your normal HDR images and post process them to the next level---from texture techniques to high glow effects. High end grunge, to black and white HDR. RC will even cover how to make images that don’t even look like HDR images. This class will also cover material that will be shot in DC during the conference, and attendees will have access to the source HDR images to process later. |
RC Concepcion | Photoshop B Track |
| 02:15pm – 03:15pm |
Bought the Design Suite, Now What?If you've purchased the Creative Suite for Photoshop and haven't used any of the other applications, your're missing out! In this class, RC goes over the tools in the Design Premium Suite – using skills that you already have in Photoshop. Putting the applications together, RC will develop a collateral piece that you can use to showcase your graphic design or photography work. |
RC Concepcion | Techniques Track |