Workshop

Doug Johnson

October 18-20, 2019

Black and White Photography

Producing noteworthy black & white photographs takes more than just converting a color photo to grayscale.

Learn to

Choose which scenes will work better in black and white than color
Take control of tone during the conversion process
Think about tonal values when choosing your composition
Optimize your post-processing

“Color is descriptive. Black and white is interpretive.”

– Eliott Erwitt

Twenty Members Maximum

Fee: $150

Doug Johnson is a highly respected professional photographer and educator. His work has taken him across this amazing planet; from South Africa, Ireland, Canada, and Cuba to his own home in Missoula Montana and all over the US.

He has taught along side many highly esteemed educators including; Alison Shaw, Freeman Patterson and good friends Neil Chaput de Saintonge, Eileen Rafferty and Tim Cooper.

He believes education and admiration are the “means to the end” and good old fashion fun is the vehicle we use to navigate through the journey.

Doug’s lifelong passion for teaching the technical and esthetics in the art is a direct reflection of the long term relationships he shares with his students and peers.

The workshop will start with a lecture Friday night, 7pm, in the Lewis & Clark room at the Red Lion, 5500 Midland Rd, Billings, MT 59101.

Saturday will be spent learning to edit in Lightroom Classic and Silver Efex Pro 2, plus a two hour field session taking our own photos.

Sunday will include more editing plus a photo review.

You will need to bring a laptop computer with Lightroom Classic or your editing software of choice, plus Silver Efex Pro 2, part of Nik Collection 2, available at DXO.com

Don't use Lightroom Classic or Silver Efex Pro 2?

Want to try them out for free?

➙Download the free trial versions from Adobe and DXO right before the workshop, import some of your photos, and let Doug show you what they can do.

Workshop Schedule

Friday, Oct 18

7pm – 9pm Lewis & Clark room at the Red Lion Greetings and Introduction

Presentation: A B&W Introduction

Saturday, Oct 19

8am - 10am B&W Processing in LR “Classic” CC *Bring your computer w/ LR installed

10am - 11am Edit session

11am - 12:30 Lunch

12;30 - 3pm Field session TBD

3pm - 5pm B&W Processing in Silver Efex Pro 2

*Bring your computer w/ SE installed

5pm - 6pm Edit session

Sunday Oct 20

8am - 10:30am Edit session

10:30-12pm Review of your B&W work

12pm Workshop ends

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