BILL AGEE /SPRING 2010 SCHEDULE: Both my classes, Photo 51 and Photo 160 will use Photoshop CS4 in the Spring Semester. In addition, Photo 160 will introduce Adobe Lightroom2 as an option to adobe bridge. Each class has different goals and requires different uses of the program. Many students take both classes for a well rounded experience with Photoshop and Photography. DO NOT TAKE THEM AT THE SAME TIME. The order in which you take them is not particularly important although taking Photo 160 first if you are an intermediate or advanced photographer is an easier transition into the digital world. Both classes are taught in a lecture / lab environment in a classroom with 30 macintosh computers (TAS 227). No previous experience in Photoshop is required for these courses, but to be successful, students need to come to the class with at least basic to intermediate computer skills and be comfortable using either a mac or pc computer. I will teach you the Photoshop and Lightroom software, but I cannot give you in introduction to computers at the same time. All your assignments will be printed on late model Epson inkjet printers.. currently the Epson 3800.... as well as digitally archived on cd / dvd media.
PHOTO 51 is an introduction to Photoshop and digital imaging and covers the artistic and creative uses of Adobe Photoshop CS4 as a tool for photographers, graphic designers, website designers and digital artists. This is an art class and is structured and graded like one with an emphasis on the creative use of manipulating the major tools of Photoshop with 8 conceptual assignments. The class is more about using the power of Adobe Photoshop to digitally collage photographic elements, retouch damaged photos, build masks, and colorize and recolor black and white or color photos. In this class you may shoot your own images as elements to use in your projects, or find images in magazines or by using existing photos. You will become an expert in making digital selections and using the photoshop tools and their powerful masking capabilities. Additionally there is an assignment using Photoshop's much improved typography tools for those wanting to use the program for graphic and web design.
PHOTO 160 is an intermediate and advanced digital shooting class with 8 conceptual assignments involving natural and artificial light, color, composition, design, portraits. glamour retouching, wide angle and telephoto shooting, shooting for impact and other interesting topics. You need to have at least one previous photo class or the equivalent experience so you understand the basic film or digital camera operations. One goal is to make you a better photographer by improving your digital shooting skills. The other major goal is to understand the digital workflow and the use of the digital darkroom to successfully import images into the computer and use the Photoshop CS4 software to make your images the best they can be. You will become a much better photographer both visually and technically as you learn more about color and black and white photography using digital methods. We also get fairly deep into discussion of digital glamour retouching, photographic stitching and the latest HDR techniques.
BILL AGEE... is a self-employed professional photographer, painter, web and graphic designer who exhibits locally at the Festival of Arts in Laguna Beach. He has a BA degree in Psychology from Ohio Wesleyan University and an MFA degree in Painting from California State University, Long Beach. Bill has taught digital photography and photoshop for the past 12 years at Saddleback College. Before that he taught black and white darkroom classes at Saddleback College, Cerritos College, Fullerton College and Coastline College. He came into photography after 11 years in book publishing as an acquisitions editor in San Francisco and New York City.
Bill Agee