The Community Lab at Light Work has announced its 2017 schedule of fall photography educational opportunities for adults, including Adobe Lightroom, Intro to Photoshop, Advanced Photoshop, Large Print Format Printing and Studio Portrait Lighting. Light Work Lab classes and workshops are led by experienced and supportive instructors.
Students work in the Portfolio and Professional Practice class.
Open to photographers of all skill levels, Light Work Lab is a DIY member-supported, community-access photography maker space. Workshops and classes are generally on weekends and evenings in an effort to accommodate the even the busiest schedules. All fall educational programming is held in the Light Work Lab, located in the Robert B. Menschel Media Center at 316 Waverly Ave.
Registration for fall classes is $110 for members and $175 for non-members, with the exception of the Nov. 1-day Large Format Printing Workshop, which is $50 for members and $75 for non-members. Registration fees include materials costs. Spaces are limited; early registration is encouraged as spots fill quickly. Day of drop-in registration is unavailable for fall lab classes.
Membership, class registration information and full descriptions for the all Light Work Lab educational programming can be found online at Light Work or by calling 315.443.1300 or via email at info@lightwork.org.
Portfolio and Professional Practice
Oct. 1-22 / Sundays, noon-3 p.m.
Instructor: Gabe Conte
Skill level: Beginner/ Intermediate
Learn how to create a professional portfolio in print and online. This class will cover and review application processes, writing artist statements and how to use websites and social media as part of your artistic process.
Instructor
Antone Dolezal’s photographs have been shown widely, including exhibitions at 555 Gallery (Boston), Candela Gallery (Richmond), Filter Space (Chicago), Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología (Guatemala City), photo-eye Books & Prints (Santa Fe), Webber Represents (London) and are held in notable public collections including the Museum of Modern Art Library, Museum of Contemporary Photography, New Mexico Museum of Art, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Additionally, his words and images have been published with GEO, National Public Radio, Oxford American, Photo District News, among others.
Advanced Photoshop
Oct. 2-23 / Mondays, 6-9 p.m.
Instructor: Amrita Stützle
Skill level: Intermediate / Advanced
Take the next step in adjusting and manipulating your images with Adobe Photoshop. This course will introduce workflow techniques and concepts for adjusting color and tone with selection tools and layer masks, compositing, cloning and printing through Print-Tool. The first two hours of this course will be instruction followed by one hour of open studio time.
Instructor Amrita Stützle is an artist who works in photography and video. She received a B.F.A. in art photography from the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. Her work takes a cinematic approach to investigating the contemporary American service industry and the fleeting American Dream. She is currently the lab manager at Light Work.
Adobe Lightroom
Oct. 2-23 / Mondays, 6-9 p.m.
Instructor: Gabe Conte
Skill level: Beginner/ Intermediate
Learn how to use Adobe’s amazing image editing and management software. Efficiently organize, enhance and share your digital photos by understanding the Lightroom workflow. Everything from storage, to color adjustments, cropping, printing and sharing on the web happens easily with Lightroom.
Instructor Gabe Conte is profiled above.
Studio Portrait Lighting
Oct. 3-24 / Tuesdays, 6-9 p.m.
Instructor: Hal Silverman
Skill level: Intermediate / Advanced
Learn how to use all the equipment in the Lighting Studio to create beautiful and engaging photographs. Lighting techniques will focus on the art of portraiture and topics will include posing, lighting set-ups and camera settings. The first two hours of each class will be instruction, followed by one hour of open studio time
Instructor Hal Silverman graduated from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications with a bachelor of science in illustration photography. A brief assignment shooting national advertising and catalog illustrations under deadline pressure for Macy’s taught him the importance of organization and meticulous preparation. After a few years of shooting and learning in the studio of another nationally respected commercial photographer, Silverman opened his own shop in 1989.
Introduction to Photoshop
Oct. 3-24 / Tuesdays, 6-9 p.m.
Instructor: Rachel Fein-Smolinski
Skill level: Beginner
Learn the foundations of adjusting and manipulating your images with Adobe Photoshop. This course will introduce workflow techniques and concepts for adjusting color and tone, resizing, saving, and printing your photographs through Print Tool. The first two hours of each class will be instruction, followed by one hour of open studio time.
Instructor Rachel Fein-Smolinski is an artist who works in photography, video and installation. She received a B.F.A. in photography from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2014, and in 2017 an M.F.A. in art photography from the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University, where she taught photography and media theory courses. Her work uses sci-fi and adopts the authoritative aesthetics of biology and medicine to deal with neurosis and intellectualism. She has exhibited internationally, and is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2016 Constance Saltonstall Fellowship in Ithaca, New York, and the 2016 Berlin Fall Semester Residency. She is currently the digital services coordinator at Light Work.
Large Format Printing
One-Day Intensive Workshop
Nov. 4, 2- 5 p.m.
Instructors: John Mannion, Rachel Fein-Smolinski
Skill level: Intermediate/ Advanced
Learn how to use Epson large-format printers. In this three-hour session, learn how to properly color manage your files and printing environment. This workshop will cover proper resolution, sharpening, exposure and fidelity to teach you how to make beautiful large-scale inkjet prints.
Instructor John Wesley Mannion is an artist and educator based in Syracuse, and throughout his career has worked with artists to make the most of their work in preparation for publication and exhibition. For the past 15 years he has been the master printer at Light Work. He also teaches in the transmedia department at Syracuse University and has exhibited his own work nationally, including the Everson Museum, Griffin Museum and Munson Williams Proctor Museum.
A bio of instructor Rachel Fein Smolinski is above.
