Join Outdoor Photography Canada Magazine contributing editor and professional photographer Paul Burwell for a many-faceted workshop that will help immerse you into the world of Adobe's Photoshop Elements software. Photoshop Elements is an affordable alternative to the professional version of Photoshop CS5 and is able to perform virtually every task the average photographer requires when editing their digital photographs. We'll spend the entire weekend together helping you learn about developing a work flow in Photoshop Elements that will take you from importing your photographs from your camera, to processing them to look their best and then finally to outputting them for email, the web or print. This workshop allows you to have hands-on practice with my images, along with your own. You'll learn how to optimize your images to make them look their best, process large collections of images and learn the techniques you'll need to find those images in the future. Additionally we'll discuss best-practice techniques for ensuring that your image collection sticks around and survives a hard drive crash or other calamity. This workshop is targeted towards photographers with a beginner to intermediary level of experience with Photoshop Elements. You will need to bring a computer (Mac or Windows, Laptop or Desktop) loaded with the latest edition of Adobe Photoshop Elements Software (Version 3.2). (If you don't wish to purchase the latest edition, you may install the free trial version of the software just before the start of the workshop available directly from Adobe). Want to read what others think about our workshops? Read our testimonials here. About your instructor

Paul Burwell is a professional photographer, writer and educator. His images have appeared in numerous magazines, greeting cards, advertisements and calendars. He is a contributing editor for Outdoor Photography Canada Magazine where he has a regular column called "Let's Go Digital!" In addition to the wildlife photography workshops and tours he hosts worldwide each year, he also teaches a number of photography classes at Edmonton's Metro Community College. Paul has been a finalist in both the 2009 and 2010 Worldwide Veolia Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition and has been named by Popular Photography magazine as a "top shooter" of wildlife photography in their March 2010 issue featuring a two-page spread of Paul's photo of a Snow Leopard. Paul facilitates his workshops and tours in a cooperative and constructive environment. [caption id="attachment_1013" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="Down on his luck Missoula Cowboy - B&W Conversion"][/caption] Prerequisites:

As a preqrequisite, you should be familiar with your computer's operating system and be able to perform the following tasks without assistance:

• copy a file from one folder to another
• be able to competently work with the computer mouse and keyboard (click, double-click, ctrl-click, shift-click, etc.)

At a minimum, you'll want to have...

• A Mac or Windows computer (either a desktop or laptop) with the latest version of Adobe's Photoshop Elements software installed on it.
  • You'll need to bring this computer to class so that is something to take into consideration when deciding between a laptop and a desk top computer.

• 12 hours of classroom instruction
• Text book (Scott Kelby's The Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 book for Digital Photographers) - $40 value
• Certificate of completion
• Coffee breaks
• Small group size, limited to 12 participants

• Providence Renewal Centre
• Wednesday February 1st 6:30pm - 9:30pm: Classroom instruction
• Wednesday February 8th 6:30pm - 9:30pm: Classroom instruction
• Wednesday February 15th 6:30pm - 9:30pm: Classroom instruction
• Wednesday February 22nd 6:30pm - 9:30pm: Classroom instruction

• $275 Canadian Dollars (plus tax). Price includes text book ($40 value).
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