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"My recent class at LIDI was extraordinary. The content was remarkably useful and the faculty and staff were more than willing to help. I came away with fabulous new techniques, a much improved eye, and energy to burn on my work. The first thing I did when I got home was sign up for another class."
Carolyn Bremer
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The Lepp Institute of Digital Imaging offers a wide variety of courses aimed at improving your photography skills and digital imaging techniques. The maximum class size for each course is sixteen, giving each student use of a Microsoft Windows XP-based computer.
Our week-long courses begin with a free breakfast meeting for students, instructor, and LIDI Staff on Monday morning at 8am at Celia's Garden Cafe in Los Osos.
Many courses include at least one day of field photography, with the remaining days spent in the digital darkroom lab. The lab will be available for general use by the participants certain evenings from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.
By the end of the course, participants will have several professional quality prints of their own images to take home. Your course fee includes all materials used in the digital darkroom lab.
Please bring along your own camera gear for the field photography portions of the class, including your tri-pod. If you are interested in checking out some of our camera equipment you may do so upon arrival.
We encourage you to review our travel information page for any questions you have regarding lodging and how to get here.
Please look at our skill levels page to help you choose a class best suited for your needs.
| 2008 Courses |
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Best of The Lepp Institute
This will be a busy week! From seascape long exposures, horses on a sunset beach, macro bugs and critters, fast action dogs using your Ai Servo and landscape panoramas... you are going to learn a lot!
Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced |
Hal and Victoria Schmitt |
September 8-12, 2008 |
$750
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We will guide you from opening the program for the first time
to an effective and efficient digital workflow.
Skill Level: Beginning |
Hal Schmitt |
September 13-14, 2008 |
$395
Register |
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This course continues to introduce the new or beginning
user to Adobe Photoshop CS3.
Skill Level: Beginning |
Hal Schmitt |
September 20-21, 2008 |
$395
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Learn to change the way you think about shooting so that you take full advantage of all the digital tools available.
Skill Level: Advanced |
Ben Willmore |
October 6-10, 2008 |
$1,200
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Lightroom 2.0
Just upgrade to 2.0 or just buy Lightroom? Hal will show you the ins and outs of LIghtroom and all the new features of 2.0! |
Hal Schmitt |
October 11-12, 2008 |
$395
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Spend a week in the field and in the digital lab mastering such building blocks as advanced color, perspective effects, compositional relationships, dramatic lighting, Photoshop essential controls for better images, and more.
Skill Level: Intermediate |
Rob Sheppard |
October 27-31, 2008 |
$1,100
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Landscape Photography using Available Light
Learn the technical side of beautiful landscape photography in the beautiful wine country of Paso Robles.Then, relax and actually learn how to taste some great wines as well!
Skill Level: Intermediate |
Andy Katz |
November 1-2 |
$525
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This course covers both the photographic and digital darkroom aspects of making high quality black and white images in the digital darkroom. |
Seán Duggan |
November 3-7, 2008 |
$1,100
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Flash Demystified
Learn how to use a flash so well that the outcome looks like beautiful ambient light. Participants learn to work with a variety of lighting situations, using the flash as both the main source of light and as a fill light. |
Rob Sheppard |
November 8-9, 2008 |
$450
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This course is designed for photographers who have a comfortable working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and want to take their knowledge to the next level.
Skill Level: Intermediate
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Jonathan Kingston |
November 10-14, 2008 |
$1,100
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HDR
Shoot, Photoshop and Photomatix for High Dynamic Range images |
Hal Schmitt |
November 15-16, 2008 |
$395
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The Art of Photographing Women
This workshop is a shooting and digital post-production experience for people who love photographing women and want to do it even more beautifully. If you’d like to know more about light and how to control it, to learn posing techniques and improve your retouching skills this is a must do hands-on seminar
Skill Level: Intermediate |
Kevin Ames |
November 17-21, 2008 |
$1,200
Includes
model fees
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Learning how to harness control over these elements is the key to making compelling photographs.
Skill Level: Intermediate
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David H. Wells |
December 1-5, 2008 |
$1,150
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Lighting on Location
Class Full! Waiting List Available
Call the office to join the waiting list
Skill Level: Intermediate
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Joe McNally |
December 8-12, 2008 |
$1,495
Includes models & location fees |
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