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Photographing real estate, buildings and landscape is much harder than one might think. Successful architectural photographers don't grow on trees. But there are still many things the average person can do to make images of houses and their landscape that will help convince people to sign a check faster if they have a positive impression to start off with. Perception is everything and the first impression will set the buyer's receptiveness to any property.
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In Brief:
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The goal of this workshop is to teach home owners but most probably realestate agents how to utilize various visual approaches to take when photographing properties both outside and inside. Light is of prime importance as are the right lenses on the camera. Propping and framing are just as important. When coupled with our "core" computer lab photo workshop which is tailored to dealing with the particular problems presented by landscape, house and interior photographs. It will allow you full control over getting the best out of your images.
This is very much a location workshop with demonstrations with actual properties. Since few properties are ready for "Architectural Digest", we will show you some things you can do to make the property look the best it can. We will help couple the eye of the realator with that of the photographer. We will "de-mystify" the technology of the digital camera so anyone at any level of competence can learn how to obtain fine images in the camera then how to handle their digital images in the computer - PC or Mac.
Using PhotoShop, students will learn how to prepare their image files for a multitude of uses as well as how to identify and fix problems with the images. Included in this, is instruction on organizing, viewing and cataloguing digital images.
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Requirements:
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Must be able to provide their own computer and bring it to class.
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Must purchase in advance and have installed a copy of PhotoShop Elements or PhotoShop Pro version 7.0 or above.
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Must own or have use of a digital camera.
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Must be fully paid up for the duration of the workshop.
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Must have all necessary cables and connection devices for computer and for connecting digital camera to the computer. This includes the ability to either directly connect the camera to the computer and/or have a card reader that is already configured to download images from the card to the computer. It also includes having a CD drive, either internal or external to read CDs and download to the computer the practice images supplied as well as students own images if needed.
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Major Skill Topics Covered by Workshop:
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Downloading images to computer.
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Organizing images on the computer for later retrieval.
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Opening and saving photo images in the correct format for working-on in PhotoShop.
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Basic "fixing up" of photographs for subsequent use which includes:
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Real estate photography specific topics include:
How to choose the right equipment
What to look for
Choosing angles
Becoming aware of light
Making use of "found" propping and existing elements to frame the image
Photographing the landscape and garden features
Photographing interiors
Shape distortion corrections
Crop and Size Images
Contrast and Exposure Corrections
Saturation and Color Correction
Sharpening or Softening of detail
Bringing up lost shadow & dark area details that look lost on a copy photo
How to print out the images on an inkjet printer
How to the correct formats to save the images for different uses
How to "optimize" the images for email and/or web use
How to set up an album, an image web site, slide show of your work
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Additional tools and techniques covered:
Red Eye elimination from using flash-on-camera with people
Deleting problem details
"Stitching" photo together to create panorama
Using basic PhotoShop filters and creative effects
Use of "Layers" for correcting a variety of problems
Use of Type in PhotoShop
Creating "Contact" proof sheets automatically in PhotoShop
Making a Web Photo Gallery to share images with friends, family and/or clients
How to rotate, distort, correct distortion problems with images
How to use the "Sharpen" filter to make photos sharper if they were a bit blurry when photographed or become less sharp when reduced in size
How to use the "History" feature to get back to a previous stage without having to start all over again when you make a mistake.
How to take advantage of the "Auto" tools in PhotoShop and when not to use them
And much more.
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Camera Buying Advice:
We will also offer advice on the some of the best cameras in each price range for you to obtain the best results at camera level.
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