Sheena Wilkie is a professional photographer who offers courses and workshops in photography and related software.
(604) 591-7770
Tuesdays from September 14 to October 19, 2010 / 7:00-9:00 PM FULL
Thursdays from September 30 to November 4, 2010 / 7:00-9:00 PM
This six-week course takes the mystery out of producing better photos. Tailored for beginner to intermediate photographers, this course teaches you simple techniques for great lighting and composition, and how to get the most out of your equipment.
Learn the exposure triangle and make great photos regardless of the lighting. Discover how to use depth of field to your advantage in creating interesting and exciting photographs. Unearth the mysteries of your histogram. Gain the confidence to stop using your DSLR as a point and shoot, get out of Program/Auto mode. Use those “bells and whistles” to make photos people will “ooh” and “ahh” over. And you don’t have to be a geek to take this course, we take the geek out of photography! …keep reading
Tuesdays from November 2 to December 7, 2010 / 7:00-9:00 PM
Photographers of any level can learn how to make their photos shine using Adobe Photoshop. In this six-week, hands-on course, we’ll help you understand the key concepts like layers and masks, and show you how to choose the right tools and successfully apply them to your own images.
Each week’s session will include a hands-on step-by-step tutorial covering specific tasks and aspects of the software. …keep reading
This workshop is really two workshops in one. The morning will be spent discussing and demonstrating practical portrait shooting. We will cover the various lighting options, including natural light, studio lighting, reflectors, and flash. We’ll also go over different types of portraits, from studio to environmental, candid and posed as well as how and when to engage the subject. Models will be available, and during this time you’ll have a hands-on opportunity to take some portraits yourself.
After lunch (provided), We’ll provide a lesson in how to retouch the portraits you’ve just taken. …keep reading
Well-designed multimedia presentations are, without a doubt, the most powerful way for photographers to evoke the emotions of a large audience. Amateur photographers can use these techniques to bring travel, nature and family photos to life. As a professional photographer, having these skills in your toolbox not only helps you to present your photos in a compelling way, but also allows you to offer another channel of communication to your clients: “visual storytelling”.
Using the popular ProShow software, Sheena will guide you through some of the key aspects to telling a good story in this medium. She will discuss the ins and outs of presenting different types of photographic subjects, including documentary, weddings, and other events.
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One of the first things you learn as a photographer is that our cameras have a limited dynamic range. HDR (High Dynamic Range) imaging is the process of combining a sequence of exposures, allowing you to lighten your underexposed areas and darken your overexposed areas to better simulate the contrast that your eye would actually see. HDR can enhance and improve your images, often adding drama and details.
We all know we need back up our work, and have backup cameras, lights and assorted shooting equipment but have you thought about a backup computer? And I mean a computer equipped to carry on your business and not skip a beat. …keep reading
I am often asked by those new to the business of photography for information on how to price their work. It’s an issue all new commercial photographers struggle with. However, unless the person answering your question lives in your town, village or hamlet their answer probably isn’t going to be relevant. Hopefully my advice can be used wherever you may live.
There are two key factors I use when developing my price list. One, how much is the gal/guy down the road charging? And, two, how much do I want to make per hour?
So how do I figure that out? …keep reading
Each month when I was a little girl, we received the National Geographic magazine. And each month, I acquired another animal to be concerned about or another person’s plight to care about. I had never seen a sea turtle, but I cried when I saw a photograph of one entangled in a net. When I looked at the photographs of whalers hunting off the coast of Japan; the urgent cries of the whales, their thrashing, and the spray of their blood was entirely real for me. I’d never been to Biafra, but the children with those big sad eyes and distended bellies touched me in a way that shaped who I would become. …keep reading
It’s impossible these days to turn a page, click a link, or compete without encountering photographs we commonly call HDR. Love it or hate it, it’s everywhere. I noticed photos described as HDR popping up with increasing frequency on the web in 2008. Wikipedia’s first entry on HDR dates 2003. The first photo I could find on flickr.com with the HDR tag appeared in 2005. Both Photoshop and Photomatix appeared on the scene in 2007 with HDR capabilities that made technology accessible to photographers. …keep reading
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