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Digital Workflow Basics – Adobe Lightroom
February 5, 2023 | Sunday 12:30-5:30pm
Faculty: Lesley Saber
$135

Capturing digital photographs is important, but knowing what to do with them next is key. Learn how to create a solid and consistent digital workflow for your photography in this one-day workshop. During hands-on, instructor-led demonstrations, we will cover proper image file importing and management, and unlock Adobe Lightroom Classic as a powerful tool for image archiving, processing, and editing.

TOPICS INCLUDE

Image file types

File import settings

Understanding metadata

Adobe Lightroom Catalog

Basics of Navigating Adobe Lightroom Library and Editing

Become a member for a 10% discount on classes and workshops!

Intro to DIY Photography Zines
Faculty: Craig Mammano
February 19, 2023 | Sunday 12:30-5:30pm
In-person Course
$170

A zine (pronounced “zeen”) is often a limited-run, handmade and affordable publication. Depending on your zine’s purpose and choice of materials and design elements, the production value can vary greatly from dollars to cents. In this one day workshop we will make Photography Zines and discuss the various ways that they can benefit photographers of all levels and genres. We will create reusable zine dummies with multiple binding techniques, tools and formats. In the process of making our zines, we will cover photo editing and sequencing methods, the many tools used, and different design, material and publishing options. Participants will need to bring at least 32 images, printed 4 images on 8.5” x 11” paper. These will be our mini work prints for editing, sequencing and laying out your zines. Laser printer or photocopier prints are ideal but any print method is fine as long as your prints are a maximum of 5.5” x 4.25”. Color images are ok, just keep in mind that any reproductions we make during the workshop will be black and white. Basic zine making tools and materials will be provided.

INSTRUCTOR BIO

Photographer Craig Mammano (1975, New Jersey) studied at Hunter College, The City University of New York. Spending the next few years working in the archives of the Black Star publishing company and assisting world-renowned documentary photographer, Joseph Rodriguez. His work has been exhibited at The Association of Photographers Gallery, London; FOTO FEST Biennial, Houston, TX; Home Space Gallery, New Orleans, LA; GET THIS Gallery, Atlanta, GA; and Permanent Gallery, Brighton, England, among others. Since 2001 he has been making photography zines and artist books, both self-published and working with many celebrated independent publishers including The Photocopy Club, Brighton/London; Swill Children, Brooklyn, NY; King Hamburger Eyes; and Kaugummi Books. He currently lives in South Beacon Hill, Seattle.

Portrait Photography: Capturing Emotions, Lighting Techniques, Post Production
February 25, 2023 | Saturday 12:30-5:30pm
Faculty: Mia McNeal
In-person
$150

Join Mia McNeal for this one-day workshop to explore concepts in portrait photography both in the studio and in the field. From available light to continuous lights, speedlights, gels, and lighting modifiers, this will be an exploration into a multitude of techniques. The first portion of the session will take place in the studio at PCNW as Mia demonstrates working with a model using a variety of lighting from the essentials to more creative techniques to create a mood and tell a story. Later in the session, we will work both in the Daylight Studio and outdoors near PCNW, as Mia demonstrates techniques for working in available light conditions. Finally, we will look at how post production can be a powerful tool to enhance your portraits and make them stand out through editing.

Become a member for a 10% discount on classes and workshops!

Black and White Film Photography Basics (February Session)
February 26, 2023 | Sunday 12:30-5:30pm
PCNW Faculty
$135

This is a one–day workshop designed for beginners who want to shoot and process black and white film, but it can also serve as a refresher for anyone who is rekindling a relationship with the medium. Start off by shooting a roll of black and white film on your 35mm camera after an overview of how aperture, shutter speed and depth of field will affect your results. Then learn how to process your film and obtain negatives for printing.

Topics covered include:

Aperture, shutter speed, depth of field, and ISO: how do they work together?

Metering and shooting with a 35mm film camera

Film processing: how to turn exposed film into negatives for printing

Film developing chemistry, and how it works

Take this workshop in tandem with our Black & White Printing Basics workshop for a perfect two–day introduction or refresher to the beauty of black and white photography.

NOTES

Students are required to have/bring a 35mm SLR (Single Lens Reflex) Film Camera; please check your camera batteries or bring a spare to ensure your camera is in working order

PCNW will provide one roll of 35mm film per student to shoot during the workshop

Become a member for a 10% discount on classes and workshops!

Printing with Adobe Lightroom
Faculty: Dan Hawkins
February 26, 2023 | Sunday 12:30-5:30pm
$135

Go beyond a basic understanding of Lightroom CC to learn how to effectively print. We will look at printing yourself using Lightroom, as well as how to export your images to have them printed by someone else. We will discuss the importance of printer and paper profiles, understanding printer settings and dialogue, and more advanced output tools. Each participant will have the opportunity to print a few of their digital photos during the workshop.

Black and White Printing Basics (March Session)
March 5, 2023 | Sunday 12:30-5:30pm
PCNW Faculty
$135

This is a one-day workshop designed for beginners in the black and white darkroom, but it can also serve as a refresher for anyone who is rekindling a relationship with the darkroom. Bring negatives that you’ve processed (or had processed through a lab) and come explore the fun part: making prints! We’ll cover everything from the basic printing steps, to more advanced printing techniques like dodging, burning, and using filters. Most importantly you’ll have a chance to print in the black and white darkroom alongside a seasoned pro who can lend personalized advice – every print is different, and requires special attention! You can become a better darkroom printer in hours with the assistance and feedback of one of our instructors.

Topics covered include:

Printing and evaluating a contact sheet

Creating the best possible print from a negative, with correct exposure, contrast, and tone

Using different filter techniques, like split filter printing

Localized exposure control through dodging and burning

Print evaluation techniques

Darkroom workflow

Printing in a community darkroom, and much more!

Take this workshop in tandem with our Black & White Film Photography Basics workshop for a perfect two–day introduction or refresher to the beauty of black and white photography.

NOTES

Students must bring black and white negatives that are processed and ready for printing, and a box or folder to take home completed prints

PCNW will provide black and white paper for darkroom printing during the workshop

Become a member for a 10% discount on classes and workshops!

Black and White Film Photography Basics (April Session)
April 8, 2023 | Saturday 12:30-5:30pm
PCNW Faculty
$135

This is a one–day workshop designed for beginners who want to shoot and process black and white film, but it can also serve as a refresher for anyone who is rekindling a relationship with the medium. Start off by shooting a roll of black and white film on your 35mm camera after an overview of how aperture, shutter speed and depth of field will affect your results. Then learn how to process your film and obtain negatives for printing.

Topics covered include:

Aperture, shutter speed, depth of field, and ISO: how do they work together?

Metering and shooting with a 35mm film camera

Film processing: how to turn exposed film into negatives for printing

Film developing chemistry, and how it works

Take this workshop in tandem with our Black & White Printing Basics workshop for a perfect two–day introduction or refresher to the beauty of black and white photography.

NOTES

Students are required to have/bring a 35mm SLR (Single Lens Reflex) Film Camera; please check your camera batteries or bring a spare to ensure your camera is in working order

PCNW will provide one roll of 35mm film per student to shoot during the workshop

Become a member for a 10% discount on classes and workshops!

Portrait Photography: Light + Mood + Story
April 9, 2023 | Sunday 12:30-5:30pm
Faculty: Kate Hailey
In-person
$150

Join Kate Hailey for this one-day workshop to survey concepts in portrait photography both in the studio and in the field. From available light to continuous lights and speedlights, this will be an exploration into a multitude of techniques. Learn about composition, what to look for, what to avoid. Learn to use light to create mood and tell a story. Start the day in the studio at PCNW as Kate demonstrates working with lighting from the essentials to more creative techniques that push through tradition. We will cover essential concepts including Rembrandt, Split, beauty, high key, low key, rim light and more. Then we shift into more creative uses of light, to add color, mood, and story. Attendees will have access to a variety of types of lighting from Speedlights/Flashes to Continuous lights, Gels, lighting modifiers and more. Attendees will gain a firm understanding of these tools, how they work and how they can use them. Later in the session, the group will work both in the Daylight Studio and venture outdoors near PCNW as Kate demonstrates techniques for working in available light no matter the conditions. Kate will share tips on creating compelling compositions and making the most of a single location.

Become a member for a 10% discount on classes and workshops!

Black and White Printing Basics (April Session)
April 15, 2023 | Sunday 12:30-5:30pm
PCNW Faculty
$135

This is a one-day workshop designed for beginners in the black and white darkroom, but it can also serve as a refresher for anyone who is rekindling a relationship with the darkroom. Bring negatives that you’ve processed (or had processed through a lab) and come explore the fun part: making prints! We’ll cover everything from the basic printing steps, to more advanced printing techniques like dodging, burning, and using filters. Most importantly you’ll have a chance to print in the black and white darkroom alongside a seasoned pro who can lend personalized advice – every print is different, and requires special attention! You can become a better darkroom printer in hours with the assistance and feedback of one of our instructors.

Topics covered include:

Printing and evaluating a contact sheet

Creating the best possible print from a negative, with correct exposure, contrast, and tone

Using different filter techniques, like split filter printing

Localized exposure control through dodging and burning

Print evaluation techniques

Darkroom workflow

Printing in a community darkroom, and much more!

Take this workshop in tandem with our Black & White Film Photography Basics workshop for a perfect two–day introduction or refresher to the beauty of black and white photography.

NOTES

Students must bring black and white negatives that are processed and ready for printing, and a box or folder to take home completed prints

PCNW will provide black and white paper for darkroom printing during the workshop

Become a member for a 10% discount on classes and workshops!

Digital Photography Basics (April Session)
April 16, 2023 | Sunday 12:30-5:30pm
Faculty: Lesley Saber
$135

Do you have a digital camera and want to learn how to get the most out of it, or simply need a refresher? Our one-day digital camera basics workshop will help you venture beyond auto mode by giving you a practical, hands-on understanding of digital photography capture and camera settings. We’ll cover camera setting options, how they relate, and which settings are appropriate for various situations (portraiture, nature, or sports photography for example). Take this workshop in tandem with our Digital Workflow Basics workshop for a comprehensive foundation for your digital photography.

TOPICS INCLUDE

Navigating the menu options of your camera

Image quality file types; JPEG vs RAW

Image Sensor Size

ISO vs Digital Noise

DSLR vs Mirrorless

How to make practical adjustments in aperture/shutter speed

Setting white balance and in-camera color settings

Reading histograms to evaluate images in–camera

Students can bring their DSLR, Mirrorless, or point and shoot camera as long as it has manual controls. Please also bring your camera manual as all cameras are different.

Become a member for a 10% discount on classes and workshops!

Digital Workflow Basics – Adobe Lightroom
April 30, 2023 | Sunday 12:30-5:30pm
Faculty: Lesley Saber
$135

Capturing digital photographs is important, but knowing what to do with them next is key. Learn how to create a solid and consistent digital workflow for your photography in this one-day workshop. During hands-on, instructor-led demonstrations, we will cover proper image file importing and management, and unlock Adobe Lightroom Classic as a powerful tool for image archiving, processing, and editing.

TOPICS INCLUDE

Image file types

File import settings

Understanding metadata

Adobe Lightroom Catalog

Basics of Navigating Adobe Lightroom Library and Editing

Become a member for a 10% discount on classes and workshops!

Black and White Film Photography Basics (May Session)
May 7, 2023 | Saturday 12:30-5:30pm
Macsen Baumann
$135

This is a one–day workshop designed for beginners who want to shoot and process black and white film, but it can also serve as a refresher for anyone who is rekindling a relationship with the medium. Start off by shooting a roll of black and white film on your 35mm camera after an overview of how aperture, shutter speed and depth of field will affect your results. Then learn how to process your film and obtain negatives for printing.

Topics covered include:

Aperture, shutter speed, depth of field, and ISO: how do they work together?

Metering and shooting with a 35mm film camera

Film processing: how to turn exposed film into negatives for printing

Film developing chemistry, and how it works

Take this workshop in tandem with our Black & White Printing Basics workshop for a perfect two–day introduction or refresher to the beauty of black and white photography.

NOTES

Students are required to have/bring a 35mm SLR (Single Lens Reflex) Film Camera; please check your camera batteries or bring a spare to ensure your camera is in working order

PCNW will provide one roll of 35mm film per student to shoot during the workshop

Become a member for a 10% discount on classes and workshops!

Intro to DIY Photography Zines
Faculty: Craig Mammano
May 7, 2023 | Sunday 12:30-5:30pm
In-person Course
$170

A zine (pronounced “zeen”) is often a limited-run, handmade and affordable publication. Depending on your zine’s purpose and choice of materials and design elements, the production value can vary greatly from dollars to cents. In this one day workshop we will make Photography Zines and discuss the various ways that they can benefit photographers of all levels and genres. We will create reusable zine dummies with multiple binding techniques, tools and formats. In the process of making our zines, we will cover photo editing and sequencing methods, the many tools used, and different design, material and publishing options. Participants will need to bring at least 32 images, printed 4 images on 8.5” x 11” paper. These will be our mini work prints for editing, sequencing and laying out your zines. Laser printer or photocopier prints are ideal but any print method is fine as long as your prints are a maximum of 5.5” x 4.25”. Color images are ok, just keep in mind that any reproductions we make during the workshop will be black and white. Basic zine making tools and materials will be provided.

INSTRUCTOR BIO

Photographer Craig Mammano (1975, New Jersey) studied at Hunter College, The City University of New York. Spending the next few years working in the archives of the Black Star publishing company and assisting world-renowned documentary photographer, Joseph Rodriguez. His work has been exhibited at The Association of Photographers Gallery, London; FOTO FEST Biennial, Houston, TX; Home Space Gallery, New Orleans, LA; GET THIS Gallery, Atlanta, GA; and Permanent Gallery, Brighton, England, among others. Since 2001 he has been making photography zines and artist books, both self-published and working with many celebrated independent publishers including The Photocopy Club, Brighton/London; Swill Children, Brooklyn, NY; King Hamburger Eyes; and Kaugummi Books. He currently lives in South Beacon Hill, Seattle.

Black and White Printing Basics (May Session)
May 21, 2023 | Sunday 12:30-5:30pm
Macsen Baumann
$135

This is a one-day workshop designed for beginners in the black and white darkroom, but it can also serve as a refresher for anyone who is rekindling a relationship with the darkroom. Bring negatives that you’ve processed (or had processed through a lab) and come explore the fun part: making prints! We’ll cover everything from the basic printing steps, to more advanced printing techniques like dodging, burning, and using filters. Most importantly you’ll have a chance to print in the black and white darkroom alongside a seasoned pro who can lend personalized advice – every print is different, and requires special attention! You can become a better darkroom printer in hours with the assistance and feedback of one of our instructors.

Topics covered include:

Printing and evaluating a contact sheet

Creating the best possible print from a negative, with correct exposure, contrast, and tone

Using different filter techniques, like split filter printing

Localized exposure control through dodging and burning

Print evaluation techniques

Darkroom workflow

Printing in a community darkroom, and much more!

Take this workshop in tandem with our Black & White Film Photography Basics workshop for a perfect two–day introduction or refresher to the beauty of black and white photography.

NOTES

Students must bring black and white negatives that are processed and ready for printing, and a box or folder to take home completed prints

PCNW will provide black and white paper for darkroom printing during the workshop

Become a member for a 10% discount on classes and workshops!

Printing with Adobe Lightroom
PCNW Faculty
May 21, 2023 | Sunday 12:30-5:30pm
$135

Go beyond a basic understanding of Lightroom CC to learn how to effectively print. We will look at printing yourself using Lightroom, as well as how to export your images to have them printed by someone else. We will discuss the importance of printer and paper profiles, understanding printer settings and dialogue, and more advanced output tools. Each participant will have the opportunity to print a few of their digital photos during the workshop.

Digital Photography Basics (April Session)
May 28, 2023 | Sunday 12:30-5:30pm
Faculty: Lesley Saber
$135

Do you have a digital camera and want to learn how to get the most out of it, or simply need a refresher? Our one-day digital camera basics workshop will help you venture beyond auto mode by giving you a practical, hands-on understanding of digital photography capture and camera settings. We’ll cover camera setting options, how they relate, and which settings are appropriate for various situations (portraiture, nature, or sports photography for example). Take this workshop in tandem with our Digital Workflow Basics workshop for a comprehensive foundation for your digital photography.

TOPICS INCLUDE

Navigating the menu options of your camera

Image quality file types; JPEG vs RAW

Image Sensor Size

ISO vs Digital Noise

DSLR vs Mirrorless

How to make practical adjustments in aperture/shutter speed

Setting white balance and in-camera color settings

Reading histograms to evaluate images in–camera

Students can bring their DSLR, Mirrorless, or point and shoot camera as long as it has manual controls. Please also bring your camera manual as all cameras are different.

Become a member for a 10% discount on classes and workshops!