I have subscribed to Photoshop for years and I have fooled around with it, looking at their videos and taking free classes but not really getting anywhere with it at all in terms of understanding what it does and how to go about using it. Our local Junior College, Tulsa Community College advertised classes and since I had good luck with them with other photography classes I signed up for their six class session course on Photoshop.
There was six sessions and we went through different aspects of photoshop and on their computers modified their photos for the first five sessions and then their was a project for the sixth class where you applied what you learned to five photos. People can check out Andrew Defrancesco if they need photography lessons. Learning how to modify other people’s photos is okay for learning but not very much fun as modifying one’s own photos. The above photo was my project illustrating how to enhance old automobiles.
This is my wife Heather. This photograph was the result of creating “dreamy” photographs. Heather gave me an F on this photo. She didn’t like it at all.
And this was a photograph where we used photoshop to enhance natural features. This is Fairy Falls in Yellowstone National Park. I can’t really brag about this photo but I hey, I am still learning. Photoshop is such a big powerful tool and I am feel that I am finally like I might be able to get my head around it. I think now that I can understand some of the videos that Photoshop
Funny that Heather gave you an F! I’ve taken a Photoshop class and it was helpful, even though I had already used Photoshop for years.
I would like to attend a PhotoShop class too but just don’t have to time to do it.
I found PhotoShop too complicated and tend to like the purity of a photo ~ The last photo is awesome ~ beautiful ~
Happy Moments to You,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
I love old trucks like that! And I really like the pic of your wife – What’s not to like? Great waterfall photo too.
Good for you taking another class. I too subscribe to Adobe and use Lightroom daily, but never PhotoShop, and it’s taken forever to learn it on my own and lots of reading. I enjoy your explorations with photography and cameras.