In this two day workshop, we will be working outdoors for the plein aire painter seeking more control over the camera to capture good shadow and highlight detail, and indoors for the studio painter who needs to have the ability to control their light source to achieve the perfect lighting for portraits and still life subjects.
Learning how to work your digital camera properly to capture the lighting can make all the difference in the world for you to have a great image to paint from. This beginning workshop will cover basic digital camera controls and how they relate to lighting, getting the correct exposure, getting good color and setting up a composition.
Our demonstrations, slide presentations and discussions will focus on how to set up and create good lighting for still life and portraits, how to alter lighting for softer effects, how to expose the image correctly when working outdoors in the bright sun, how to capture Chiaroscuro light for drama and still maintain detail in the highlights, how to set up lights to photograph your paintings, and tips for how to use your computer without fear in order to manipulate, email and print your images.
The camera and computer have become such important artistic tools. Getting the basics down can be the difference of getting into a juried show or not, being able to email images of your paintings to a gallery, or being able to easily manipulate your images for better clarity, color and contrast.