Monday Classes – Online only

Week 1.  Affinity Photo, a refresher.  A guide to the general postproduction techniques and a reminder on how to use the absolute basics for better photo production.

Week 2. Projects.  Where to start! What makes a good photography project?  A guided to developing photography projects and a look at some of my own over the past 35 years.

Week 3.  Still Life.  A Live demonstration creating simple still life shots and how to light them.  How to use focus merge in Affinity photo and Photoshop for pin sharp depth of field as well as light painting your subject without using long exposures. 

Week 4.    Live demonstration portrait . Lenses, lighting and composition. 

Week 5. Top post production techniques for portraiture in Affinity Photo and Photoshop

Week 6.  That’s not proper photography.  Do you take photographs to win prizes or because you just love taking photographs.  Why do you take the pictures you take and does it matter what others think?

Week 7.   Photographing The Outer Hebrides. How to produce dramatic landscape photography in camera and in post production.

Week 8.  How to create triptychs.  How to resizing your images, create multiple layouts on a new canvass and how to create borders.

Week 9.  Is it controversial?  A look at some of the most poignant and impactful photographs in history, from conflict to fashion, from art to advertising.

Week 10.  Live demonstration. Refraction Photography.  How to create and light for dramatic refraction photographs. 

Week 11.  Project.  A review of your final projects to finish the term.