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HDR at Liverpool Anglican Cathedral Interior and Exterior with Post Processing Tuition

Event location

The Thistle Atlantic Hotel Chapel Street Liverpool L3 9RE

Event date & time

Saturday 04 February 2012 from 10:00 to 17:30

Event description

For more information on the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral please visit http://www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk/

*  Find out how local Churches and Cathedrals can create eye-catching Photographs. 

*  Learn how to use the Cathedrals Interiors and Exteriors to strengthen your composition and create a complete image. 

*  Put your HDR skills to use at the amazing Liverpool Anglican Cathedral with access to areas not normally allowed. 

*  Streamline your HDR workflow using Photomatix. 

*  Learn valuable Photoshop skills such as Layers and Actions to improve and speed up your post processing. 

*  Re-create 10 of Adrian Wilson scenes from the Cathedral and then process them.

 

Introduction – 10.00AM

Meeting 10:00AM for coffee at The Thistle Atlantic Hotel you will have an introductory slideshow showing some ideas on how to compose a great architectural images, Adrian will talk you through images from all over the UK describing the though process behind each image.

Adrian will also show you 10 shots from the Cathedral, which you will be re-creating during the day.

For those who are not familiar, we will go over how to set your camera up to shoot for HDR easily before and after leaving for the location

10.45pm - Leave by transortation, already pre-arranged, for the Cathedral

Capture - 11.00 AM

Armed with ideas from the talk, you will leave the class room and Adrian will take you around the Catherdral, showing you the location of each of the 10 shots discussed in class, demonstrating how to compose and capture them using HDR techniques, and more importantly, discussing the thought process behind each image.

Once the walk around is complete, a worksheet will be handed out and you can split up into smaller groups* around the complex and start to capturing the 10 shots. You can of course capture as many other shots as you like, but for the purposes of the processing session, we will work on the 10 main shots.

* Small groups of 2-3 people means that no one is queuing up to take a photograph and we all get more shooting time.

 

Leave for the hotel by arranged trasportation at 1.30

Lunch - 1.45PM

Processing - 2.30pm

With HDR, the difference between great images and images that look like cartoons is often the position of one slider. In this session, we will all learn a workflow, which will streamline your HDR experience AND produce great results.

Adrian will work on a projector taking you step by step through the process of how to take your 3 images and create one final fantastic image. After each step, he will come round each delegate to help if you are unclear on anything.

 

In this session we will follow this Photomatix workflow: -

• Copy the images of the 10 shots from your cards into a folder for processing

• Learn how “exposure fusion” works in Photomatix

• Create a fused image, and save the settings as a “preset” in Photomatix

• Use a “Preset” to batch process all 10 images in one go.

• Review the batch-processed images; check whether the batch process worked or whether it needs changing.

  
  

Once we have the images fused, we will move to Photoshop and learn some essential Photoshop skills. You will be introduced to some very powerful features such as Layers and Actions, these will be useful every time you use Photoshop, not just with architecture: -

• Open the image

• Run a “Clarify” step using Unsharp Mask – we will record this as an “Action” which you can use over and over again with one click of a button.

• Correct verticals using “Rotate Canvas” and “Transform”

• Crop creatively

• Correct the Levels of the image

• Increase contrast with Curves

• Use Layers and Masks to “selectively” change contrast

• Change “Saturation” to change the balance of colour (this can help with very saturated “unreal” blue skies).

• Create a Black and White version – often a good final step.

  
  

We will slowly go through 2 or 3 shots on the projector, then you can work on your next image at your own pace, with Adrian being available for 1-2-1 tips and tuition for the rest of the afternoon.

Refreshment Break - 4.00pm

Close of Events - 5.30pm

Numbers will be restricted to 12 people.

Price includes:  Arrival Tea and Coffee, Lunch, Private Function Room for Processing and Tuition and Workbooks to take away with you and Transportation

Bookings and Registration is essential.

Event schedule

10.00am - Meet at The Thistle Atlantic Hotel in Liverpool

10.05am - Formal Introductions over Tea and Coffee and pastries and briefing on what you need to do.

10.450am - Leave Hotel for the Cathedral

11.00am - Capture the Images with tuition and guidance

1.30pm - Leave Cathedral for the Hotel

1.45pm - Lunch and discussion.

2.300pm -  Post Processing - Learn those HDR Processing Skills

4.00pm - Refreshments

4.15pm - Processing continues

5.300pm - Close

What you should bring:

Camera – preferably DSLR, though high-end prosumer cameras will work

Tripod

Cable release (optional)

Angle Finder (optional, but really useful)

Range of lenses, though Wide angled us most important.

Polarising Filter (optional)

Lots of batteries

Lots of memory cards

Laptop computer

Photoshop or other editing package you are familiar with

Photomatix – free evaluation copy can be used for the workshop

Appropriate clothing and footwear for being outdoors

Event booking information

This event is fully booked. To register your interest in attending future events like this please contact us by email or phone 01248 719126.

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