Courses

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Color Managed Workflow for Digital Print (June 10 & 11, 2013)

Dates: June 10 - 11, 2013

Overview

This workshop may appeal to new or relatively inexperienced users of digital photography practices. If so this workshop will fully investigate the important procedures required to go from capture to print. Participants will receive hands-on and practical instruction necessary for setting-up and utilizing a color-managed workflow integral to managing files from capture to final output. Students will gain knowledge from hands-on experiences when using personal files in SPAS's state-of-the-art facilities. This immersive experience will allow participants to walk away with a broad and extensive new knowledge of contemporary practices for workflow.

Participants will Learn

What a color-managed workflow is and why it is important?
How to get a print to match what is observed on the monitor.
What hardware and software tools are required to manage digital color.
How to create and use color profiles.
The language of color management and associated terminology.
How to create full tone color and/or black and white prints from digital files.
A complete experience with a wide variety of hardware tools, cameras, spectrophotometers, printers, scanners, etc.

Program Outline

General overview of Color Management
Defining color various spaces; capture to output, a comparison.
Using and recording accurate color, color checkers, camera raw, etc.
Monitor calibration and profiling
Scanning and color
Projector profiles
Color settings in Photoshop
Find and use printer profiles, generic and custom.
Profiling tools for custom printer profiles
Custom printer profiles
Inkjet printers
Preparing images for print
Black point, white point
Test print, evaluating your image
Optimize image for print, plug-ins
Printing considerations
Driver settings
Nozzle checks
Platen gap
Paper type
B&W options
Questions and further study

Who Should Attend

Photographers and others who want – or need – to learn how to manage color images from the stage of initial capture to output.

Special Program Features

Participants should bring their own digital images, slides, negatives, or other relevant document enabling a richer experience in the making of inkjet prints on a variety of printers and papers, up to 24" wide.

Instructor Bio

Michael Dear is the Operations Manager for the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology. An avid photographer, Mike has extensive experience with a variety of digital equipment, software and workflows. He created and proposed new color managed workflows in the school for more than 15 years and has consulted extensively on the subject.

Program fee

General Public: $500
RIT Faculty/Staff/Students/Alumni: $350

Photojournalism Workshop for High School Students (July 15-19, 2013)

July 15-19, 2013
8:30am - 6:00pm daily
12 seats

Intended Audience

High school students who are seriously interested in exploring a career in photography/photojournalism.

Overview

This workshop is specially designed for high school students who have a strong desire to transform their pictures from simple snapshots into effective and interesting storytelling photographs. This rigorous, hands-on workshop will emphasize the storytelling aspects of photojournalism while also instilling strong technical fundamentals. It will consist of five intense days of instruction using state-of-art facilities at Rochester Institute of Technology’s nationally acclaimed School of Photographic Arts and Sciences photojournalism laboratories. The workshop will include multiple field trips organized to expose attendees to photographing people on location.

This workshop welcomes young participants who are interested in a unique experience that will introduce them to the real world of photojournalism and could set in motion a career path in this field. Several past attendees have gone on to attend RIT or another universities to pursue careers in photojournalism. Group critiques and one-on-one sessions from the School’s world acclaimed faculty will be daily activities.

You Will Learn:

Basic Digital Capture - proper exposure, color balance
Basic Composition and Lighting
Basic Camera Controls - shutter speed, aperture, & depth of field
Basic Hand-held Flash Techniques
Basic Visual Story-telling
Basic Techniques for approaching/photographing strangers

Program Outline

Through daily lectures, critiques, demos and daily assignments the instructors help students learn basic technical skills along with basic photojournalistic skills, visual story-telling techniques and to always consider the storyline when making photographs.

Multimedia Links

Instructor

William Snyder is a four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, editor, manager and educator. He graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology with highest honors and a BS in photography. He returned to RIT in 2008 to teach and also serves as the Chair of the Photojournalism Program.

Following graduation from RIT in 1981, Snyder began working for The Miami News where he covered many of the city's major news stories. In 1983 Snyder moved to The Dallas Morning News where he won three Pulitzer Prizes along with numerous other awards during his 15 years as a staff photographer.

In 1989 Snyder became an Assignment and Photo Editor and, in 2005, was named Director of Photography. Under his direction, the DMN photography staff won dozens of awards from the Texas Headliners Foundation, Pictures of The Year Internationally, NPPA's Best of Photojournalism and Best Use of Photography in addition to other state and national awards. The photography department was awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Photography for its coverage of Hurricane Katrina.

http://www.williamsnyderphotography.com

Program fee: $500

Video Storytelling (Dates TBA)

Date: Dates TBA

Program Length: 6 days, 8-10 hour days

Intended audience: Beginner & Intermediate still and video photographers

Overview

The Video Storytelling Workshop is a week-long intense immersion into the world of moving pictures and sound. Participants will spend eight hours per day for five days working with and learning from nationally and internationally known photojournalists.

Students new to video will build a solid foundation of technical and storytelling skills. More experienced photographers in video or photojournalism will fine-tune writing, shooting, editing and production skills. Bring an open mind, a willingness to learn new skills, and lots of energy for this week-long excursion into video storytelling. Develop story ideas, research, report, shoot, edit and produce complete packages under real world deadlines. Critiques and one-on-one sessions with instructors are a primary components of this Workshop.

You Will Learn:

Effective planning and story development strategies to save time on your workflow and to produce quality pieces
Basic Interviewing Techniques
Professional audio recording techniques
Hands-on explanations on how to use audio, video and photo gear
Hands-on video production editing training and experience on Final Cut Pro
Ethics and legal issues
Basic Composition and Lighting

Program Outline

The program will train students to always consider the storyline when gathering content. Through daily lectures, critiques and demos, the instructors help students develop, shoot and produce a short video documentary about the local community.

Who Should Attend: Anyone who wants to learn or refine their video storytelling skills.

Special Program Features: Canon 5D mkII DSLRs and lenses provided for use during Workshop

Instructor bios

Evan Vucci

Evan Vucci is a photojournalist for the Associated Press based in Washington, D.C. He studied photojournalism at the Rochester Institute of Technology where he graduated in 2000. He began his career as a freelance photographer for Reuters News Agency, The New York Times, the European Pressphoto Agency and The Associated Press.

Evan joined The Associated Press full time in 2003. His work deals primarily with U.S. politics and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

He has received awards from Pictures of the Year International, NPPA's Best of Photojournalism Competition, White House News Photographers Association, The Associated Press Managing Editors Association, and a national Edward R. Murrow award.

He ventured into multimedia journalism in 2007 and is committed to developing short and long form documentary storytelling at The Associated Press.

http://www.evanvucci.com

Melanie Burford

Melanie Burford, a photojournalist and multimedia video journalist, is known for her perseverance in pursuing a story and her profound empathy for her subjects.

Melanie was part of the team of Dallas Morning News photographers who received the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for coverage of Hurricane Katrina. In 2009, she won a regional Emmy Award for a video documentary portfolio at the Lone Star Emmy Advanced Media Awards.

Melanie's work has been recognized at the 74th annual National Headliner Awards, the Harry Chapin Media Awards, the Clarion Awards, the APME Awards, the Best of Photojournalism, Pictures of the Year International and the Qantas Media Awards.

Her career began in New Zealand in 1990 before leaving for America in 1999. In 2003, Melanie became a staff photographer at The Dallas Morning News before moving to New York in 2009.

http://melanieburford.com/

William Snyder

http://www.williamsnyderphotography.com

Program fee

General Public: $950
RIT Faculty/Staff/Students/Alumni: $750