Pacific New Media Summer `08 / Digital Imaging Certificate Summer `08
Noncredit Workshop
Shoot the Moon
Event ID: L09662
Info: Jul 15-24 • Tue/Wed/Thu • 6:00-9:00pm • 6 mtgs • UHM Krauss 012 (Yukiyoshi Room) • $240
With: Frederic Larson, William Morrison
Shoot the moon over Hawai`i with San Francisco Chronicle staff photographer Frederic Larson. Discover the tricks of the trade photographing the full moon as it rises during the magic moments of twilight. See how to plot landmarks, read a compass, and choose an angle as the moon rises; measure exposures then scan images; and finally lay out your art for publication. Explore principles of light mastered by professional photographers of National Geographic magazine. The workshop gives you the opportunity to start a calendar or series of greeting cards from your work. Discover how to market your art in today`s tourist industry. In the computer lab, download photographs for presentation or photo layout suitable for publication. Learn professional shortcuts in Adobe Photoshop and desktop publishing skills in Adobe InDesign on Macintosh computers.
The workshop time is split into field trips, lectures, and computer/scanning training. This workshop teaches basic skills with a digital/film camera, Adobe Photoshop, and desktop publishing on Macintosh computers.
Fred Larson, a photojournalist for the San Francisco Chronicle for 24 years, specializes in documentary and sports photography. ILarson was the first photojournalist to win the Hibakusha Travel Grant Program to photograph the World War II atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The photo essay that resulted from the grant was a finalist for the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography. Larson was named the Photographer of the Year in 1989 and 1990 by the California Press Photographers` Association and was 1991`s Photographer of the Year from the Bay Area Press Photographers Association. His book, Mystical San Francisco, explores the moon, sun, and fog over San Francisco.
Bill Morrison is a local freelance web designer and digital media educator. He has a growing interest in Flash as a multimedia agent.
Supported in part by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and Hawai`i Community Television.