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January 6, 2020
7:00PM - 9:00PM

Presentation by Tim Neumann

No doubt as you have matured as a photographer, you have begun to realize the dynamic range limitations of your camera system and you have begun to employ techniques to capture that additional tonality that you might have been missing. Well capturing all that light is half the battle, to really bring out the full extent of the light that may have been in the scene, you need to expand your post-production skills as well. For quite some time, expanding tonality in post-production was a byproduct of high dynamic range processing (HDR), but as you might have noticed, as a trend the HDR look is becoming a thing of the past. A modicum of editing skills, in Photoshop, allows for compositing scenes together and this certainly is a much better approach to managing expanded tonality in a scene. However, to get the absolute best out of your tonally challenged images, you really want to understand luminosity selections in Photoshop. While most don’t realize it, luminosity selections have existed natively within Photoshop for quite some time. Without fancy plugins and with a little bit of knowledge, you can begin to address specific tonal levels and make very targeted edits of those selections. In this presentation we will explore luminosity selections within Photoshop, creating a luminosity masks, and the editing techniques that can be applied to these very specific, isolated regions within an image. Luminosity editing can be made understandable, easy, and most of all fun. Bio: Having over 3 decades of imaging experience, Tim Neumann has experienced, as well as learned, an extremely wide range of photographic skills, as well as post processing disciplines. With a portfolio that is internationally recognized, published, and rewarded, with numerous contest wins, Tim displays not only an unusual diversity of subject genre, but a technical proficiency that yields sought after fine art print editions. Few photographers can freely range from demanding underwater extreme macro images to soft, emotion evoking, portraiture work, to striking landscape imagery. Tim is regularly sought out for instructional and consulting engagements in the photographic field, as well as one-on-one mentoring assistance, from subjects as simple as mastering exposure, all the way to technically demanding fine art printing workshops. “As long as I can remember, I have been in love with compelling, well thought out images, that display a clear sense of subject, design awareness, and compositional structure”, says Tim. That view, of the fine art perspective of photography, led Tim on a quest to master the technical side of the equation early on in his photographic career, and has made him adept at presenting and instructing on a variety of exposure, situational, and effects photography subjects. As a frequent lecturer and instructor Tim regularly teaches for Midwest Photographic Exchange, as well as numerous guest speaking engagements for Nikon, Canon, Sony, Franklin Park Conservatory, and The Ohio State University, to name a few; developing both curriculum and course work that provides a path for participants to achieve higher levels of imaging results. “The challenge of photography is not in the selection of gear or exposure; the modern-day technology offerings easily solve that part of the equation. The real challenge lies in the thoughtful consideration of the scene before you and interpreting the result well before you press the shutter button.” Believing that fine images are the result of a complete end-to-end process, Tim has developed a series of instructional components that take students from pressing the shutter, to pressing the print button, and all aspects of photography and processing in between. Through his company, Soft Lite Studios, Tim offers immersive workshop experiences, where not only are the participants treated to idyllic confluences of location and light, they are challenged to reflect upon the scene before them and to maximize upon what that intersection of perspective and light have to offer. “Every photograph, that can be taken, is a confluence of light, color, and composition. So, the question is not, DO I take the photograph, the question is, HOW AND WHEN DO I take the photograph.”

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Add to Calendar aCLuDhaqizCaPxAftmqF167204 01/06/2020 07:00 PM 01/06/2020 09:00 PM false Presentation by Tim Neumann No doubt as you have matured as a photographer, you have begun to realize the dynamic range limitations of your camera system and you have begun to employ techniques to capture that additional tonality that you might have been missing. Well capturing all that light is half the battle, to really bring out the full extent of the light that may have been in the scene, you need to expand your post-production skills as well. For quite some time, expanding tonality in post-production was a byproduct of high dynamic range processing (HDR), but as you might have noticed, as a trend the HDR look is becoming a thing of the past. A modicum of editing skills, in Photoshop, allows for compositing scenes together and this certainly is a much better approach to managing expanded tonality in a scene. However, to get the absolute best out of your tonally challenged images, you really want to understand luminosity selections in Photoshop. While most don’t realize it, luminosity selections have existed natively within Photoshop for quite some time. Without fancy plugins and with a little bit of knowledge, you can begin to address specific tonal levels and make very targeted edits of those selections. In this presentation we will explore luminosity selections within Photoshop, creating a luminosity masks, and the editing techniques that can be applied to these very specific, isolated regions within an image. Luminosity editing can be made understandable, easy, and most of all fun. Bio: Having over 3 decades of imaging experience, Tim Neumann has experienced, as well as learned, an extremely wide range of photographic skills, as well as post processing disciplines. With a portfolio that is internationally recognized, published, and rewarded, with numerous contest wins, Tim displays not only an unusual diversity of subject genre, but a technical proficiency that yields sought after fine art print editions. Few photographers can freely range from demanding underwater extreme macro images to soft, emotion evoking, portraiture work, to striking landscape imagery. Tim is regularly sought out for instructional and consulting engagements in the photographic field, as well as one-on-one mentoring assistance, from subjects as simple as mastering exposure, all the way to technically demanding fine art printing workshops. “As long as I can remember, I have been in love with compelling, well thought out images, that display a clear sense of subject, design awareness, and compositional structure”, says Tim. That view, of the fine art perspective of photography, led Tim on a quest to master the technical side of the equation early on in his photographic career, and has made him adept at presenting and instructing on a variety of exposure, situational, and effects photography subjects. As a frequent lecturer and instructor Tim regularly teaches for Midwest Photographic Exchange, as well as numerous guest speaking engagements for Nikon, Canon, Sony, Franklin Park Conservatory, and The Ohio State University, to name a few; developing both curriculum and course work that provides a path for participants to achieve higher levels of imaging results. “The challenge of photography is not in the selection of gear or exposure; the modern-day technology offerings easily solve that part of the equation. The real challenge lies in the thoughtful consideration of the scene before you and interpreting the result well before you press the shutter button.” Believing that fine images are the result of a complete end-to-end process, Tim has developed a series of instructional components that take students from pressing the shutter, to pressing the print button, and all aspects of photography and processing in between. Through his company, Soft Lite Studios, Tim offers immersive workshop experiences, where not only are the participants treated to idyllic confluences of location and light, they are challenged to reflect upon the scene before them and to maximize upon what that intersection of perspective and light have to offer. “Every photograph, that can be taken, is a confluence of light, color, and composition. So, the question is not, DO I take the photograph, the question is, HOW AND WHEN DO I take the photograph.” ----