Future Light Digital Workshops offers training for digital photographers at all levels. Whether you are just taking your camera out of its box, or are a seasoned professional, FLDW offers classes customized for you. The Future Light classroom is located on the second floor of the Calumet Photographic retail center in the Mission-Potrero neighborhood. Enjoy FLDW's personalized classes and expert instruction in a spacious setting customized for the needs of digital photographers, and take advantage of Calumet's extensive retail selection, rental equipment and knowledgeable staff. For details about our address see Location.
Learn digital photography the right way with Adobe Certified Experts in Adobe Photoshop and exceptional authors of digital photography books and training videos. Take home Future Light's specially designed tutorials on CD for review and study at a later date. Visit the Classes page to view the schedule of upcoming workshop.
Do you have your photos on Flickr? It's a fun way to explore and share the world of photography. Join the FLDW Flickr group. Members' photos are featured prominently in rotation on the FLDW home page. You must be an FLDW customer or colleague to join the group. For more details, visit the Flickr group page.
Custom Gift Certificates are now available for purchase 24 hours a day. Great holiday gift for a photographer you know!
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Capturing More Light • 3/21-22/09
We have created a fantastic new class that will help you get the most from your high speed digital SLR. Explore how bracketed multiple exposures can increase the dynamic range of your photography. Uwe & Bettina Steinmueller of Digital Outback Photo guide you through the exciting visual world of HDR (high dynamic range) digital photography. This advanced workshop also presents 'super-resolution' techniques and RAW workflow options with Photo Acute, Adobe Lightroom, Photomatix, and Lightzone software.
March 21 - 22, San Francisco
"I enjoyed your workshop a great deal. I felt that you were giving us cutting edge techniques. I don't know of any one who is experimenting and sharing the results in the way that you are have done. Brad's knowledgeable assistance and his fabulous equipment is a unique situation for a workshop. I may try to take it again."
(October 2007, Larry Larsen)
Advanced Black & White Digital Clinic • 12/19/2009
Digital photography allows you to enjoy the best of both worlds – full color images and rich black and white versions of the same shots. In this six-hour intensive workshop, we’ll show you how to develop advanced black and white digital techniques.
Part I: Topics include black and white conversions using Photoshop’s Advanced Actions for blending individual black and white layers, and a look at specific black and white plug-ins for Photoshop.
Part II: We’ll work on converting your digital files and printing them with the Epson 4800 large format archival inkjet printer. Topics covered include specialized black and white printer profiles using RIP software including ColorByte ImagePrint.
What you’ll learn:
• Capturing images for optimal results
• Advanced techniques for converting images to black and white while retaining the dynamic range of the image
• Choosing the best system for archival output
December 19
