Looking to get ahead in Digital Workflow/ RAW Processing/ Creative Retouching/ and Apple Aperture?

We may just have the answer for you!

This September 12th and 13th, Vancouver Photo Workshops proudly welcomes Guy Gowan, who will be leading 4 Seminars in our studio on 14 West 7th Avenue.

Guy Gowan is one of the creative industry’s leading solutions experts. Guy works at the cutting edge of the digital revolution fusing his experience of the Lithography, Print, Graphic Design and Photography industries. His 25 year career has given him a unique ability to see through marketing spin and evaluate the core essence of new technology to find its best application in real world work environments.

Guy Gowen will be teaching the following:

Pre Processing (half day)
Digital cameras today are technically amazing but there are limitations. Instead of trying to ‘Retouch’ these characteristics out of images on a ‘one by one’ basis why not process them out with an action and droplet combination.
The processes included are: Range, Moire, Shadow Cast and Noise.As all images are ultimately just a bunch of pixels some things such as camera artifacts can be corrected on mass.In this seminar you will learn how to perform each of the steps individually and then put them together to create automation by creating and ‘Action’ and then a ‘Droplet’. This pre process when combined with Guy’s Process Action has am amazing impact on your final images.

Process Workflow (full day)
Guy demonstrates his technique which enables you to adjust and edit images including raw files with speed and accuracy. This workflow is used by thousands of photographers worldwide and embraces the discipline of ‘Processing’ first then ‘Retouching’ which vastly increases images quality and consistency. Guy examines Levels, Range, Contrast, Colour and Sharpening and demonstrate his Post Production Action which will save you minutes, hours and days from the mindless repetition of the conventional post production manipulation process.

Creative Retouching (full day)
In this seminar, Guy will deliver an understanding of how you can radically improve everything you do with Photoshop. Most importantly, he will teach you some of the golden rules of Retouching giving you the building blocks to retouch in a intuitive, creative way.You will learn how to create your own retouch tools, see Guy’s amazing Digital Reflector and learn Guy’s methods for Dodge and Burn. Guy then moves
on to common issues in Beauty Retouching and closes the day with his stunning Colour to Mono technique.

Apple Aperture (half day)
Guy has used Apple Aperture since its release in 2005 yet to most photographers Aperture is an application not to be taken seriously. Aperture is different and it is this difference which is its strength. In this seminar Guy starts from the ground up and guides you through the many options, library set-up and management choices. Guy also explores editing and publishing showing the incredible power of Aperture as a RAW file editor then He combines Apple Aperture and Adobe Photoshop to offer you the ultimate solution.

Prices- full day $170 and half day $85. Discounts are available for CAPIC PPO Members.

Visit www.guygowan.com/ca for further details and to sign up for for any or all of these Seminars, or email anne@ guygowan.com.

Please note: Registration and payment is being processed by Guy Gowan directly, and not through Vancouver Photo Workshops.

Visit www.guygowan.com/ca to sign up and pay for your Seminar of choice (or take the all – it’s worth it)

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Written by: Marc on August 30, 2011.