♦The Photography and Lighting Workshop--How to Light, Shoot & Edit like a Pro for Artists: 
In this one day Photography Workshop, participants will leave with the ability to document work with continuous lighting, setup professional backgrounds and lighting, and understand various camera settings with either digital or film based cameras. This workshop will emphasize the digital media and cover the techniques necessary for creating prints, slides, and digital images for such applications as juried exhibitions, Zapplication, art fairs, documentation, grant applications, catalogues and the web.  The first part of the workshop will be a photo shoot of participants artwork while the second part of the workshop Tony will give a slide show covering related issues and demonstrate editing techniques on participant's work in Photoshop Elements.  Tony will also discuss some of the commercial products available for professionally photographing your artwork and will bring a lighting setup specifically for 3D as well as 2D artists.   Note:  Participants are welcome to bring one art work (less than 24” in height in either direction).  Please note:  If the host or participants would like to arrange to schedule more pictures taken of their artwork, please contact Tony for a post workshop photo shoot details and rates. 

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♦Digital Image Editing Workshop 101
Now you have the images, what do you do with them?  In this workshop I will be demonstrating in real time the entire process of taking an image and editing it to prepare the image for:  slides, jurying, Zapplication, JAS, web sites, print (i.e. brochures, newsletters) grant/fellowship applications, and anything else you are interested in.  If a computer lab is available (or bring your own laptop), participants will be able to follow along with the instructor and may bring their own images to work with or one provided by the instructor.  I will be using Photoshop CS3 as well as Elements and possibly some open source image editing software such as the Gimp. I can also use any other digital image editing software if there is one that is the groups' preference.  When I speak of editing, I speak of:  brightness/contrast adjustments, cloning out jaggies, adjusting curves, and many other functions of Photoshop to get your images to the level the need to be to be competitive--and doing these actions in the correct way to preserve image integrity.  Participants will leave with a clear understanding of the most efficient and correct way to edit their images for many uses so that they leave with a working knowledge of how to edit their images for real world applications.

♦How to Build your own Website Workshop 101
In this workshop I will be demonstrating in real time the entire process of creating a web page from scratch and from a template.  This will involve the following:  creating a blank page, establishing borders, headers, footers, frames or no frames, generating text, creating hyperlinks, importing images, importing an image gallery, setting up the gallery, and too many other things we are going to do to list them.   If a computer lab is available, participants will be able to follow along with the instructor and may bring their own content to work with or use what is provided by the instructor.  I will be using Dreamweaver and FrontPage 2002 to build sites and possibly some open source website creation software.  Participants will leave with the understanding of how to build a basic website and what is involved in setting one up, working with your ISP, a host provider, registering your name, sub-domains, etc. 

♦Clay Workshops With Ceramic Artist Tony Ferguson
   
Tony will demonstrate various throwing, altering and forming methods including faceting, interior/exterior manipulation, sculptural treatments with throwing techniques that emphasize technique over strength.  Tony will be making both traditional functional pottery as well as demonstrate ways in which to push the work into the sculptural realm.  Demonstrations will cover the use of the wheel and construction of forms by altering work both on and off the wheel as well as multiple part pieces thrown and put together.  Tony will work for sale at the event.