September 5-7, 2012 - Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino - Las Vegas
Along with more than 100 classes over the course of three days taught by noted Photoshop and photography professionals, Photoshop World includes a number of interactive pre-conference workshops and can’t-miss bonus classes on the Expo floor that will help heighten your training and experience.
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Tuesday, September 4th |
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| 12:00pm – 06:00pm |
On Location Wedding ShootDavid Ziser takes you “on location” where you’ll participate in a "real life" wedding scenario and learn techniques for capturing dramatic images. Limited to 45 participants. Price: $199 |
David Ziser | Pre-Conference Workshops |
| 12:00pm – 09:00pm |
NAPP Photo SafariGo back in time to Colonial America with noted photographers Moose Peterson and Joe McNally in this hand-on workshop aimed at teaching you the latest lighting and shooting techniques. There’s no better way to learn digital photography than getting behind the camera while shooting side-by-side with these two seasoned professionals as you learn tips and techniques for photographing models, scenery and more. Lunch included. Limited to 45 participants. Price: $299 |
Moose Peterson | Pre-Conference Workshops |
| 01:00pm – 05:00pm |
Photoshop For BeginnersLearn practical Photoshop editing techniques you'll use everyday in this informative yet entertaining workshop. Learn the truth about resolution, file formats and how to resize images without losing quality. Get the scoop on using layers, masks, tweaking selections with Quick Mask Mode and how to correct color and lighting using Levels. You'll also learn non-destructive techniques for retouching, creating popular color effects, how to sharpen and more. Early Bird Price: $89? | Regular Price: $99 |
Lesa Snider | Pre-Conference Workshops |
Wednesday, September 5th |
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| 10:45am – 11:45am |
Small Flash BasicsA whole hour of one light solutions! Learn quick and simple strategies for making good light with one speedlight, both on and off the camera. |
Joe McNally | Photography A Track |
| 10:45am – 11:45am |
Hot Sun, Cool ImagesYou rarely get to pick the best time and perfect light to shoot the bride and groom. Cliff shares his secrets for making the most out of harsh lighting conditions. |
Cliff Mautner | Photography B Track |
| 10:45am – 11:45am |
Lightroom 4 Crash CourseAn introduction to Lightroom 4 and the workflow that'll make using it a breeze. You'll learn importing and organizing, developing and editing in both Lightroom and Photoshop, as well as printing and presenting your photos. |
Matt Kloskowski | Lightroom Track |
| 12:00pm – 01:00pm |
Photoshop CS5 Selecting & Compositing SecretsFeaturing a live photo shoot, this session will let you see the selecting and compositing process unfold from scratch. Not only will you learn the techniques to making a good selection, but you'll pick up a bunch of key tips to making your selections and composites look believably real. |
Matt Kloskowski | Photography B Track |
| 12:00pm – 01:00pm |
Photoshop 101Get a crash course on the basics of Photoshop. |
Pete Collins | Techniques Track |
| 12:00pm – 01:00pm |
Hot Shoe Flash: The Next StepEvolve your flash solutions. Take the next step with off camera flash and work with up to three speedlights and basic light shaping tools and strategies. |
Joe McNally | Photography A Track |
| 12:00pm – 01:00pm |
To Flash Or Not To Flash?You'll learn when it's time to supplement with flash and how ti add texture, dimension and mood with just one speed light. |
Cliff Mautner | Production Track |
| 06:15pm – 07:15pm |
Lightroom For Wedding/Portrait PhotographersNot everyone uses Lightroom in the same way. David will show you the Lightroom 3 features that work best for wedding and portrait photographers. He'll walk you through his Lightroom 3 workflow and show you the best LR3 tips and tricks for really adding pizzazz to your images. He'll also give you a peek at some of his favorite Lightroom 3 techniques that can save you tons of time in your image prep. |
David Ziser | Lightroom Track |
| 06:15pm – 07:15pm |
Making A Difference With Your CameraGo Behind the Scenes to Haiti and Africa with Jeremy and his minimal equipment setup and learn how you can make a difference with your camera. |
Jeremy Cowart | Photography B Track |
| 06:15pm – 07:15pm |
Controlling the Unconscious EyeDynamic range does not only apply to exposure. In this seminar, Vincent Versace will show you how to apply a new concept, ExDR, to focus, blur and image structure. Starting with image-harvesting to the image-editing process, Vincent will teach you the most aesthetic choices to make regarding light, shape, gesture, and color when you first take a picture. Picasso said, "Art is the lie that tells the truth." With that in mind, you will also apply techniques to create an aesthetically satisfying final image rather than a "historically" accurate one. You will also learn the approach of how the human eye "sees" to guide the viewer's eye through the image. |
Vincent Versace | Photography A Track |
Thursday, September 6th |
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| 08:15am – 09:15am |
The Art of AviationThere is an art to flying metal. These speed machines that defy gravity bend light just as gracefully. But how do you take these gas fueled machines and make them a piece of art? This is basic photography of light, exposure, focal length, moving the viewer's eye around the image, manipulating it while you tell the story. The subject might be "just" a plane, but the techniques, tricks and final results must make the heart fly. Don't let the title fool you. There's a lot more to this than just airplanes, we are talking romance! |
Moose Peterson | Photography B Track |
| 08:15am – 09:15am |
Quality of LightGet a better understanding of studio lighting, window light and outdoor lighting. Includes lessons on white balance, inverse square law and much more. |
James Schmelzer | Wedding & Portraits Track |
| 08:15am – 09:15am |
Lasting ImpressionsLearn how to give your photographs special effects to create a lasting impression in the eyes of viewers. Whether it be a special color scheme, a focal point of interest, a unique background or a certain way to view or crop your image, learn some of Fay's secrets to creating fine art-like works., including techniques that add value to your work. In this class, you'll soon discover how to use all the tools in Photoshop, and some hidden gems, to turn your photos into a memorable masterpieces! |
Fay Sirkis | Photoshop Track |
| 08:15am – 09:15am |
Double Smart ProcessingLearn how to take advantage of CS5.5's Smart Object and Smart Filter technology starting from Lightroom 3 or Adobe Camera Raw for your Raw capture workflow to maintain the highest quality processing in Photoshop. Take control of your color, tone, masking and creative image enhancements. |
Eddie Tapp | Photography A Track |
| 08:15am – 09:15am |
Playing With TimeLearn how to shoot time-lapse photography and use Photoshop CS5 Extended to add special effects including altering color and tonality, creating selective focus and even audio. |
Julieanne Kost | Creative Suite Track |
| 09:30am – 10:30am |
Concert Photography: From Capture to ClientThis class covers the basics of photographing live shows. From how to go about getting a photo pass, the right camera settings and dealing with the limited shooting times and angles to post production work in Lightroom and Photoshop and getting the images to the client. Alan works as the house photographer for one of the bigger venues in Southern California and has written the book All Access: Your Backstage Guide to Concert Photography. |
Alan Hess | Photography A Track |
| 09:30am – 10:30am |
Reaction, Inspiration & CompositionIn this “fun filled” seminar, you'll learn the tricks on how to get different and interesting images. Frank Doorhof takes you from street and travel photography straight to model/fashion photography with the main focus on how to make a standard shot stand out and with some easy steps transform your standard “snaps” into something that is more spectacular. If you're wondering how to transform a standard/postcard scene to something interesting this is without a doubt the seminar for you. Topics include: Composition, including objects to enhance the image; finding the right locations; finding the right angles; making sure that something works; learning to be fast; how to handle challenges like bad weather, etc.; seeing the light; and much more. |
Frank Doorhof | Wedding & Portraits Track |
| 09:30am – 10:30am |
Tack Sharp! Sharpening in Photoshop & LightroomIf you've ever wondered where (and when) to sharpen your photos in Photoshop/Lightroom, then don't miss this class. Whether they're bound for print or the web, you'll learn the best, time-tested techniques for sharpening, so your photos will look tack sharp in no time flat. |
Matt Kloskowski | Photography B Track |
| 09:30am – 10:30am |
The Creative CompositeDiscover how to transform concepts and ideas into images by mastering the tools used in compositing, including adjustment layers, masking, blending and more. |
Julieanne Kost | Photoshop Track |
| 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 |
| 10:45am – 11:45am |
Great Portraits Are More Than Just Good LightingIn this class, Helene will show you how to build great portraits with good design in composition and posing, no matter whether you're shooting one person, couples, families or large groups. She'll discuss lighting patterns and styles, as well as quality of light, and what it means in relationship to their digital exposures. |
Helene Glassman | Lighting Track |
| 10:45am – 11:45am |
Product Prototype Post-ProductionThis session deals with the Photoshop retouching techniques needed to create and enhance new products for advertising use. From clipping paths to color changes, real life problem solving retouching solutions will be demonstrated to help speed up your creativity. |
Jim DiVitale | Wedding & Portraits Track |
| 12:00pm – 01:00pm |
Bringing Out The Big GunsGet a crash course on using off-camera big lights—including lessons on how to trigger them, ways to apply bigger, more sophisticated light shaping tools—and the powerful effects they can create. |
Joe McNally | Photography B Track |
| 12:00pm – 01:00pm |
Live Food Photography Shoot!This live shoot will demonstrate food photography like you've never seen it before, covering everything from a barbecue grill to a "do it yourself" project to the the ever-popular flying salad! Joe has been working with food for over 35 years and he, along with a food stylist, will give you an insight into this incredible field of photography. |
Joe Glyda | Lighting Track |
| 12:00pm – 01:00pm |
Almost Every B&W Conversion Technique Known to ManBlack and white conversion techniques are like politicians making election promises; every one of them claims to be the penultimate solution to your needs. Regardless of their claims, you still need to create images that look like photographs and not like something the viewer sees as “something you did in Photoshop.” Fortunately, there are numerous ways to convert an image from color to hues of gray with natural looking results. Join Vincent Versace at the B&H Event Space, who will show you some of the best ways to convert an Image to black and white without ever leaving the RGB color space. In this seminar, you will learn which methods give you the best results and when to choose a simple or a complex solution. Attendees will receive a URL to download Quicktime Movies of all the techniques demonstrated and an updated actions and Configurators CS5 as well as all of Vincent Versace’s Wacom tablet and Radial Dial presets for the Intous and Cintiq tablets that they can download. |
Vincent Versace | Photography A Track |
| 04:45pm – 05:45pm |
Anatomy of a Photo ShootThis live still life shooting session covers the studio photography workflow from proper exposure through file archiving, Topics covered will include setting up practical color management that works, wireless tethered shooting, Raw capture processing, and final archiving and delivery. |
Jim DiVitale | Lighting Track |
| 04:45pm – 05:45pm |
Measuring, Manipulating & Controlling LightIn this intense seminar, you'll see how to work with simple tools (mostly one light) to create images that always have people wondering, “How did he do this?” No secrets will be withheld! Learn how to create images with impact and power with mostly one lightsource and without the “need” for Photoshop. Topics discussed include: Direction of light, finding angles, use of lightmeter and colorcheckers to get a correct base, position choices, coaching the model, learning to see the light, differences are in inches (and less) not in feet, creating high contrast portraits in a second and more. |
Frank Doorhof | Wedding & Portraits Track |
| 04:45pm – 05:45pm |
The Current Path To A Successful Photography CareerAn overview of where the industry is, where it's headed and how you fit into that picture. |
Jeremy Cowart | Photography A Track |
| 04:45pm – 05:45pm |
Light, Gesture & Color, Part I (Perception)This session reveals how a legendary photographer maintains the integrity of his natural light photography with minimal retouching. |
Jay Maisel | Photography B Track |
| 06:00pm – 07:00pm |
Painting Expressively From PhotographsCan you REALLY paint traditional media convincingly and EXPRESSIVELY in Photoshop? Where you almost smell the paint and feel the gestures? Absolutely YES! To expressively paint, where your emotion, as well as your mind, get to come out and play, is one of life’s greatest pleasures. Especially when you can use your own photography as the Source…. annnnnd Jack’s very unique and Brand New Mixer Brush Actions and Brushes (that he will give to each in attendance) that will do all the laborious set up for you - you “just” Clone your masterpiece into a work of art - from oils, to watercolors or even pastels! |
Jack Davis | Creative Suite Track |
| 06:00pm – 07:00pm |
Light, Color & Gesture, Part II (New Work)This session reveals how a legendary photographer maintains the integrity of his natural light photography with minimal retouching. |
Jay Maisel | Photography B Track |
| 06:00pm – 07:00pm |
Hidden Gems in Photoshop CS5Class description to come. |
Bryan Hughes | Photography A Track |
| 06:00pm – 07:00pm |
Make Your Lighting Exciting!In this intensive, fast-paced session, David shows you how to make your lighting exciting with fast & easy lighting techniques using the gear you already own. He'll show you how to get the best lighting on your subject the first time, every time. Whether you use on-camera flash, off-camera flash or no flash at all, he'll show you how easy it is to make your images come to life. Whether you shoot weddings, portraits or sports, it's always about the lighting! When used properly, light creates detail, depth, and dimension to all photography. These techniques work equally well for any photographer wanting to kick their lighting techniques into high gear! |
David Ziser | Wedding & Portraits Track |
| 06:00pm – 07:00pm |
From Idea to ImageWhether you're working on a big project or just trying to figure out how an upcoming photo shoot will look, sketches and storyboarding are great ways to see if your ideas will work and what it'll take to pull them off. Even if you can't draw, learn how to use Photoshop to increase your efficiency and output. |
Pete Collins | Photoshop Track |
| 07:15pm – 09:15pm |
The Art of Digital PhotographyThis is a night of pure magic. It's where some of the world's leading digital photographers come together, on one stage, for an evening that you'll be talking about for years. Be right there as these gifted artists put Photoshop aside to focus solely on the creativity and art behind their brilliant photography. This is without a doubt one of the most inspirational, moving, and most talked about sessions in Photoshop World history, and if you've never had a chance to witness the passion, the emotion, the tears, and the laughter that truly amazing photographers can bring through their work, then you've got to be there for this night you'll never forget. All conference attendees are invited to join some of the world's most celebrated masters, and the true living legends of photography, including Jay Maisel, Julieanne Kost, Joe McNally, Moose Peterson, Joe Glyda, Jeremy Cowart, Greg Heisler, Jim DiVitale, Vincent Versace and Dave Black as they bring their amazing talents together for a night of pure magic. Be there as it unfolds in this special, free, after-hours event. |
Photoshop World | Special Event |
Friday, September 7th |
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| 08:15am – 09:15am |
How Much Color Is Too Much? Part IEverybody wants vivid, intense color, but nobody wants their work to look tasteless. An exploration of what you can get away with in color enhancement, with an emphasis on speed and use of actions in conjunction with Configurator. |
Dan Margulis | Photoshop A Track |
| 08:15am – 09:15am |
Sports Lighting Commercial ShootThis lecture/demonstration class will teach you how to approach strobe lighting for a large sports action scene. This will be a live commercial shoot scenario with a world-class athlete in action. Attendees will gain knowledge and specific techniques on how to light a large action scene using strobes, soft boxes, grids, backdrops, etc. Dave will answer questions throughout the set-up and shooting process. This class is for any photographer interested in learning commercial or editorial lighting techniques and protocol. Practical information of how Dave approaches his lighting projects, along with insightful strategies, unique equipment applications, and personal commentary will be featured throughout this instructional class. Note taking is encouraged. |
Dave Black | Photography A Track |
| 08:15am – 09:15am |
Can I Just Use Lightroom?A complete retouching lesson using nothing but Lightroom 3. You'll learn step-by-step how to use nothing but the Develop Module of Lightroom 3 to make all corrections to your photos. |
David Cuerdon | Lightroom Track |
| 08:15am – 09:15am |
The Wonders of Camera RAW & Smart ObjectsLearn Photoshop techniques for working with Camera Raw images in combination with Smart Objects. This is the ultimate in nondestructive workflow! |
Russell Brown | Photoshop B Track |
| 08:15am – 09:15am |
Getting Started in Wildlife PhotographyIf you Moose's book Captured, you probably were disappointed when you read his statement, "If you want to play with the big boys, you gotta have 600mm!" But Moose started with a 400mm and that was his longest lens for the first 5 years. That focal length taught him all the main lessons he depends on today to be successful. You have a basic DSLR and a 70-300 or a 100-400? Moose will share with you all that his 400mm taught him, permitting him to get where he is today. These are all techniques, tricks and tips you can apply to your photography to get you way beyond being a rookie and becoming a successful wildlife photographer. |
Moose Peterson | Photography B Track |
| 11:00am – 12:00pm |
In Search of InspirationClass description to come. |
Lindsay Adler | Photography A Track |
| 11:00am – 12:00pm |
Image Compositing & Photo IllustrationThis session covers an understanding of image compositing techniques from start to finish using several photographic elements to create the multi-image photo-illustration. Emphasis will be on the creative use of Layers, Layer Masks, Blend Modes and Photoshop Plug-ins to blend images into a easy formula for creating the final art. |
Jim DiVitale | Photography B Track |
| 11:00am – 12:00pm |
What's New in Lightroom 4Come and discover the range of new features and enhanced capabilities that Lightroom 4 has to offer. |
Julieanne Kost | Lightroom Track |
| 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 |
| 01:00pm – 02:00pm |
Panoramic StitchingLearn how to successfully shoot and stitch multi-shot panoramas. While this might sound simple, there's so much to know, including: • How to find the nodal point of any lens and why it's important to rotate the lens around that point |
Ben Willmore | Photography B Track |
| 01:00pm – 02:00pm |
Blending, Blurring & Masking: Part IThis advanced session explores blending of channels, or separate versions of the same picture, to achieve depth and realism. Several new actions will be made available to expedite the workflow. |
Dan Margulis | Photoshop B Track |
| 01:00pm – 02:00pm |
The Appropriate Response: A Creative ProcessEvery assignment is comprised of a series of interrelated and cascading decisions that ultimately underlie the finished image. Learn how Greg Heisler’s creative process has shaped his work over more than 30 years and 70+ TIME covers. |
Gregory Heisler | Photography A Track |
| 02:15pm – 03:15pm |
Lightroom Killer TipsScott's favorite timesaving tips, tricks and shortcuts that will have you getting twice the editing done in half the time. |
Scott Kelby | Lightroom Track |
| 02:15pm – 03:15pm |
Intro to Photoshop AutomationLearn the basics to using the built-in automations and the basics of actions in Photoshop. |
Dave Cross | Photoshop A Track |
| 02:15pm – 03:15pm |
Moved By Light: A ConversationWhether it's observed or created, light is the very essence of photography. Two of the medium's foremost practitioners show some of their best-known images and talk about the light that inspires them and defines their work. |
Gregory Heisler | Photography A Track |
| 02:15pm – 03:15pm |
Design & CompositionBoth photographers and designers alike, incorporate design and composition into their imagery. Understanding the basics of design and learning how to use the composition elements in this imagery can enhance every piece of artwork. Once they elements are mastered, the rules can be broken to create images that have additional impact. |
Joe Glyda | Photography B Track |
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