If retouching your images is something you spend too long on, or simply don’t feel you understand, then you won’t want to miss this step-by-step demonstration of Photoshop techniques for the portrait & wedding photographer. Join Jeffrey as he shows you how to enhance some real world portrait examples, and how to develop a retouching strategy to improve the quality and speed of your portrait enhancement workflow.

During his portrait enhancement demonstration, Jeffrey will guide you through looking at the raw image with a systematic eye, analyzing and mapping out the most effective workflow to streamline the enhancement process. You will learn all the tips, shortcuts and trade secrets you will need to polish and perfect the image while decreasing your time spent in post processing.

Some of what will be covered:

• When to Use Levels and Curves
• Determining Which Facial Features Should Be Accentuated or Minimized
• Analyzing the Image for Distracting Contrasty Items
• Refining Lighting and Focus
• Which Color Space to Use: Adobe98 vs. sRGB
• Different Retouching for Different Subjects (Families vs. Children vs. Seniors)
• Using the Portraiture Plug In to its Full Potential

About Jeffrey:

Jeffrey McIntyre began his photographic and Photoshop work in 1997 during his High School and College years. He began his professional experience at The Portrait Place in Grosse Pointe Woods, MI. It’s here where his interest in portrait photography and digital portrait enhancement really started to grow. After working there for 3 years, and also spending a year at a Detroit area pro color lab, he became the digital artist and printer for Angela Carson Photography in Northville, MI. He currently is the digital artist for Naturally Photography by Monni in Sylvan Lake, MI, and operates his own portrait studio Jeffrey McIntyre | Fine Art Photography in Royal Oak, MI.

Don’t miss this opportunity to go home with a proven set of portrait enhancement steps and take back the hours of time you’ve been wasting on unnecessary tools and techniques.

Where: Your Computer Online

When: October 6th at

Time: 5 P.M. to 6 P.M. (Pacific Time)

Cost: $30 (Before September 22nd) $39 (After September 22nd)

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The most beautiful baby in the world was just born, according to the new parents, and they want pictures. In the ABC’s of Newborn Photography, you’ll learn everything you need to know about newborn portrait sessions and how to create images that those new parents will cry over. We’ll discuss finding newborns to photograph, how to prepare your studio (or their home) for the session, posing, and final products.

Liz Vance has been working as a photographer in the Washington, DC metro area since 1987. Her first paying job was as an elf at the brand new Potomac Mills, capturing that special moment between terrified toddlers and an underpaid overweight man in a hot, itchy red suit. Liz won several awards for her fine art and documentary work while living and working in Boston in the early 1990′s, which is also where she got her first taste of real studio work while assisting in a busy portrait studio. After moving back to DC, she established a small boutique studio specializing in fine art maternity and newborn portraits. Liz is a member of the Virginia Professional Photographers Association, and a certified member of the Professional Photographers of America.

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Creating marketing materials in Indesign offers a chance to layout and edit you materials in a simplified and design oriented manner. Join Stephanie Millner (CPP) as she guides you through the ins and outs of Adobe Indesign CS4, coupled with her years of design experience to create the perfect press-ready marketing pieces.

What you’ll learn:

• Intro to InDesign CS4
• Marketing Layout Basics
• Ready your material for pre-press

Length: 75-90 min

Registration:

Before March 28th – $19

After March 28th – $29

REGISTER HERE: http://photographyconnect.com/webinar-registration

Topics to be discussed include getting started with your blog, how to implement social networking such as Twitter, and more.  Sign up today to make sure you get your blogging questions answered!

Starting March 4th at 6PM Eastern Time