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Charleston Camera Club
is a community of amateur and professional photographers dedicated to their passion for photography and nature. Our club was founded in 1933 and we are located in Charleston, WV. We are located within a day’s drive of some of the most beautiful mountain scenery in the Appalachians. Our field trips are often centered around the beauty of our Mountain State.
Our meetings are held on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month starting at 6:30pm from September to May with some gatherings June through August. Our 1st Monday meetings feature selected topics on photography presented by photographers from our local area. The 3rd Monday meeting is our monthly themed photo competitions where entries are judged by fellow photographers and photos critiqued by a professional photographer.
We invite you to visit us at our next meeting. We are sure our club has something to offer no matter whether you are a beginner or a master at photography. Our goal is to help you move to the next level in your photography. So, until we meet....browse around our site especially our galleries. We hope to get to meet you soon!
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10/13/2009
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| Announcements | | Photo Workshops | | Photography & Photoshop Workshops
Contact Pat McKee ASAP to secure a spot in any of the workshops via email (wpmckee@gmail.com) or phone (304) 617-2963 as space is limited. All participants have use of their own computer and printer. Space is limited to only 15 participants per workshop. Weekly classes will meet once a week on the designated day from 6:00-8:00 for six weeks. Saturday workshops will run from 9:00-3:30. Cost of each six week course is $99 while the Saturday workshops are $75.
· Beginning Photoshop
Students in this workshop learn how to use Photoshop as a digital darkroom to enhance and print beautiful images like the pros. Participants will become familiar with the Photoshop tools and palettes and develop a natural workflow for dynamic image editing. In addition, students will learn the creative uses of masks, channels and adjustment layers. Other lessons will explore such topics as Black & White images, creating vignettes, gallery prints, and the creative use of text with images. Students will learn various sharpening techniques and print out beautiful images of their own each week. This course adequately prepares the student for any intermediate or advanced Photoshop classes.
Wednesdays
January: 20 27 February: 3 10 17 24
· Mastering Your DSLR Camera
Demystify all of the jargon surrounding the digital world today. This workshop is an introduction to digital photography while unlocking the powers of your digital SLR camera. Lectures and assignments cover exposure, lighting, composition, and the creative possibilities of digital photography; helping students grow to become comfortable with digital SLR cameras and digital workflow. Topics include shooting modes, exposure/exposure compensation, file types, menus, and focusing modes. Working in the Huntington High School digital lab, students learn basic digital workflow, from organization and file management to contact sheets and archiving.
Fridays
January: 22 29 February: 5 12 19 26
· Advanced Photoshop Techniques
Participants in this workshop should already understand basic digital camera operations as well as have a working knowledge of the Photoshop workspace. This class will build upon your basic image-editing skills and introduce advanced methods in selective masking, layering, and selections. Students will learn exciting techniques used by the pros to perform advanced Photoshop projects including compositing, edge effects, and high impact presentation methods. Some other topics of instruction will include photo-restoration, out-of-bounds, and displacement maps. Students will explore creative techniques to perform beautiful soft focus and lighting effects that was once only possible in the studio.
Tuesdays
March: 2 9 16 23 30 April: 6 (no class - Spring Break) 13
· Photoshop for Photographers
Learn how to master your digital photography and apply the hottest and most cutting-edge Photoshop techniques to take your photography skills to a whole new level. You'll learn extremely powerful Photoshop techniques such as adjustment essentials by exploring Photoshop CS4's new adjustments and masks panels and see how they can solve even the most challenging adjustment issues. You'll also learn how to control the viewer's experience by directing your viewer's eye through your photographs by adjusting tone, color, and sharpness. Learn how to produce images that would be impossible in a traditional darkroom, such as, how to slow down water without slow shutter speeds, reduce or eliminate environmental mist, changing background colors by filtering the subject's light, creative light painting and streak photos with a difference, shooting techniques that ensure accurate color and skin tones, how to combine two less-than-ideal shots to produce an acceptable result, hand-held extreme panoramas that will blow your mind, a two-shot process for making flash look natural, simulating sunrise or sunset light, and much, much more.
Wednesdays
March: 3 10 17 24 31 April: 7 (no class - Spring Break) 14
· The Art of Photoshop
This advanced workshop focuses on the more creative uses of Photoshop, encouraging the student to explore their more artistic expressions. Learn to use filters, blending modes, and advanced masking techniques to produce wonderful artistic impressions from your digital photography. Students will also explore the use of HDR photography, compositing, infrared images, and a host of other “artistic” techniques. Learn to take your images beyond the normal snapshot and unleash that “creative” side that is just dying to get out! Students are encouraged to already have a working knowledge of the Photoshop workspace before taking this class.
Fridays
March: 5 12 19 26 April: 2 9 (no class - Spring Break) 16
Saturday Workshops
These one-day workshops offer the more intermediate/advanced photographer a unique opportunity to focus on one specific area of photography in an intense 'hands-on' learning experience. Day-long workshops are from 9:00-3:30 with lunch and snacks provided. Cost is $75 and limited to 15 participants.
· Portraits: from lighting setups through the complete image workflow
Students will gain experience of taking portraits or small group photography using a variety of lighting setups ranging from studio lights, umbrellas, soft boxes, reflectors as well as on- and off- camera strobe techniques. Participants will learn to meter lighting situations to provide the best exposure as well as how to manipulate lights for creative effects. After shooting a card full of images, students will learn Photoshop techniques to enhance and display those images for a more aesthetic and professional look.
Saturday March 13
· Flowers and Creative Macro Photography: from the setup through the print
"Flowers and Creative Macro Photography" will provide you with an opportunity to take your macro, close-up, and flower photography to a new level. This 'hands-on' photography workshop will help you learn new techniques and improve those you are already using. Participants will spend part of the day taking pictures using a variety of creative techniques and then learn to optimize each image interactively in our digital darkroom lab. This course is geared toward photographers interested in macro and flower photography who have some experience with digital imaging, but don't feel they are making the most of the tools available.
Saturday April 17
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