This workshop will be led by David Rosen and will comprise three online sessions on consecutive days:

Monday 13th February 2023: 10:30-12:30

Tuesday 14th February 2023: 10:30-12:30

Wednesday 15th February 2023: 10:30-12:30.

Controlling colour in our images allows us to define the mood of our shots, influence the emotional response of the viewer. When combined with a larger body of work it creates a sense of cohesiveness, meaning and purpose for the images. Over time, the creative and precise use of colour also helps to define the personal style of the photographer.

With Lightroom, Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop offering ever more control over colour at virtually every stage of the post-processing workflow, it can be tempting to push and pull sliders and make adjustments to settings without really understanding what we are doing. In time a portfolio can become messy and lack a professional and precise look and feel .

Of late, a raft of Lightroom and Camera Raw presets have flooded the market, offering post- processing utopia, but significantly over promising. As well as leaving customers out of pocket, they tend to lead photographers into creative and technical dead ends. Controlling colour is challenging, but once mastered, it can transform and uplift a photographers portfolio.

This workshop, led by David Rosen, has been designed to help simplify the process of colour control, by walking you through every aspect of the process and how to manage it during post processing.

Day one

How we see and remember colour will be explained, together with basic colour theory. A short examination of how colour is used effectively in cinematography to create mood and drama and what as photographers we can learn from this will be explored.

Managing and specifying raw images will be described, together with how colour space can affect both your processing options and the appearance of the final image. The session will be rounded off with an overview of the various colour controls and their creative potential in preparation for day 2.

Day two

An in depth description of colour calibration and its potential to provide tailor made profiles will be explained. You will be shown how to save these profiles for your own personal post-processing work flows in the future .

You will be introduced to Adobe's free online colour themed tool which allows you to accumulate and evaluate your colour profiles and maintain a database of personal colour styles.

We will look closely at the HSL colour tool, its differences to calibration and how it can be used to colour optimise and style your images .

Finally the new Adobe colour grading module will be dissected and explained and how this can be used as a final post-processing colour grading and refinement stage.

Day three

After two days of extensive technical explanations and theory, day 3 will offer a number of practical walk-throughs showing the various colour modules in action. Each of the colour influencing modules will be demonstrated and their impact on images discussed.

You will be shown how by colour specifying your files at every stage in your workflow you will be able to not only better match your processing to your subject matter but also work towards achieving your personal style development ambitions.

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Carbon offsets

Tickets for events that involve travelling include a £2 carbon offset charge that will be paid to a carefully researched and selected offsetting partner.

Joining Instructions

Most of our events have the meeting time and place specified on the relevant event page on the RPS website (this is a link to the Landscape Group events calendar). In some cases, however, the event leader may email you shortly before the event with more detailed instructions. Please keep an eye on your incoming emails prior to an event but if you do not receive any specific instructions, then you should meet at the time and place advertised on the website.

Cancellation by You

If you wish to cancel your booking PLEASE let the event leader / organiser know with as much notice as possible. If nothing else, this can avoid them delaying the start of the event while they wait for you.

If you have paid for an event, please note that this fee/ticket price is non-refundable unless we are able to sell your place to somebody else. You are welcome to sell your place yourself but, again, PLEASE notify the event leader / organiser in advance of any change.

Cancellation by us

Event leaders are asked to make plans for alternative activities or locations in the case of poor weather and, in most cases, events will proceed despite poor weather unless, in the view of the event leader, the weather will lead to unacceptable safety risks or very little chance of successful photography. It is inevitable, however, that occasionally an event will be cancelled for this or another reason beyond the RPS’s control.

Occasionally an event may also be cancelled owing to lack of bookings. So if you wish to attend an event, don’t leave it till the last minute to book as it may be too late.

If an event is cancelled we will give you as much notice as we are able and any payment by you to the RPS in respect of the event offered as a full refund. In the case of events cancelled because of lack of interest we will aim to give at least three weeks’ notice wherever possible.

Please note we are NOT able to refund any associated or consequential costs including but not limited to travel, accommodation, insurance premium or other costs incurred by you in order to attend the event.

Responsibility

You are responsible for your own health and safety and must appraise your own strength, fitness and mobility. The event leader is NOT responsible for your safety, welfare or attendant medical conditions. Strictly the event leader is there to introduce you to a location and/or to teach you particular skills.

Liability for any accident, injury, medical condition, loss or damage to property, inappropriate behavior, dress, equipment and third party liability is accepted by you when signing up for the event. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Royal Photographic Society from all claims of whatsoever nature.

Insurance

You are advised to consider having insurance to cover: event cancellation by you or by us, accident, medical, personal equipment and public liability.

In particular you should also consider, in the case of high cost events, the likelihood and consequences of you having to cancel or not attend at the last minute because of accident, medical or other unforeseeable circumstances.

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• send you joining instructions for the event
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If you do not want your details to be shared with the event leader please cancel your booking immediately. You will not be eligible for a refund as this information was provided on the web page where you made your booking.

Thank you,

RPS Landscape Group Committee