April 19, 7:00pm at the Comfort Suites Hotel in Comstock Park. (take West River Drive east off of US-131, turn left at the Burger King)

**Photoshop Finesse**
Quality retouching is a must for a professional portrait. The methods and amount of retouching that you use help to define your personal style.
Adobe Certified Expert Karen Walker will share her favorite tips and tricks for portrait retouching using only Photoshop.

We’ll explore methods of retouching portraits for the most natural look. And then we’ll go beyond the “normal” to easily create effects that will add value to your high school senior images. Karen will show you how to create the trendy high contrast look and grunge effect that seniors love, as well as apply texture layers and hand writing. We’ll talk about correcting lighting and exposure problems, when and how to sharpen and blur, creating multi image layouts and creative cropping. You will learn how to simplify your workflow using shortcuts and other secrets to save time and effort.

This presentation will help you find the best way to create a quality product while developing your personal style.

Karen Walker is an East Jordan, Michigan native that has been pursuing art and photography since childhood and has been photographic professionally since 1992. Specializing in portrait photography, Karen has also been building a portfolio of fine art photography and photographic paintings.

In just a few short years of print competition, Karen has won numerous awards including International Photographer of the Year, a Kodak Gallery and Fuji Masterpiece award, Michigan Electronic Imager of the Year, Michigan Top Seven, many Best of Show awards as well as winning several fine art and folio competitions.
Karen is an Adobe Certified Expert and Certified Professional Photographer. In addition to certification, Karen also holds specialty endorsements in the areas of portrait, wedding, children and high school senior photography. http://www.karenwalkerphotography.com/

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“ The Fine Art Of Posing And Lighting”

Photography is a gift, a way of seeing the world in a different way. Stretch your imagination and Learn to see and understand light like you never dreamed possible. Search into your soul and find the true artist that is waiting to be born.

This class will be an intense learning experience for those who want to get a better understanding of the fine art of lighting and posing for portrait photography. Through photographing live models with studio lighting, to window lighting, Scott will explain in depth how to “See the Light” and also pose people with ease.

Having a better understanding of light control is essential to becoming a master portrait artist. Learning how to control the lighting from strobes to natural daylight, and pose people with more of a natural look. Will give your photography that extra spark that will have your clients coming back as return customers for years to come.

Some of the subjects covered: See the light -Learn how to find the edge of light sources with daylight or strobe- Understand how to create mood with the use of different lighting styles-Learn how to build depth with lighting-learn how to see composition and use it to build strength in your images-Understand how color effects composition –How to control the pace of composition thought the understanding of color and tonal value- How to pose subjects with ease-Facial analysis for more flattering portraits-Adjusting images in Photoshop for best print quality-Utilizing various computer programs to enhance and create fine art images.