Where: This is an Online Live class using Zoom
When: Thursday, December 12th from 5:30pm to approximately 7:30pm Pacific Time
Learning to focus stack will make photography more rewarding. It opens up new possibilities and gives you ways to make photos you never thought possible.
“Depth of field” is how you keep near and far subjects in focus and sharp. Using a smaller aperture increases depth of field (keeping more of your photo in focus), but it’s not always enough. That where you need focus stacking.
Focus stacking takes a series of photos, focused at different distances, and stacks them together so the entire image is sharp and in focus. It takes a little more work with your camera and in post-processing but can produce stunning results.
This workshop is designed to help you get started with focus stacking. You’ll learn how to use Helicon Focus software to produce a focus stack, including the settings to use, and how to retouch problem areas. You’ll learn how to capture focus stacks with your camera.
Included with this class are example files that you can use to practice with, which will help you get started faster and build confidence in your skills. These example files include a diffraction test that will teach you how to choose the sharpest aperture for your lens and get the best results.
This class will be recorded and available for playback for one month.
Rich Seiling’s passion for capturing light and beauty with photography has led him on a series of adventures that have shaped his vision and view of the craft. From a stint at The Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite as an assistant curator, to his pioneering work in digital printmaking, founding of a leading fine art printing studio, and 22 years living in and photographing the Yosemite region of the Sierra Nevada, Rich has deeply explored the vision and craft of photography while continuing to express his own vision.
He learned photography in the darkroom, seeking to make prints with the rich tonal scale exemplified by the West Coast traditions of photography. But his frustration with color processes lead him to explore digital photography starting in the early 1990s.
Combining his darkroom knowledge with digital tools led to a process for making color prints of museum quality that pushed the process to new heights. His reputation for making vibrant yet realistic digital prints allowed him to help photographers like Michael Forsberg, Galen Rowell, Jack Dykinga, Robert Glenn Ketchum, and many others, make the transition to digital fine art printing. With his team at West Coast Imaging, he has helped produce numerous museum shows, supplied prints for leading galleries, and done prepress for art books from publishers like Taschen and Houghton Mifflin.
His simple yet powerful Photoshop workflow, tested on tens of thousands of prints at WCI, is in use by many top professionals, and has been taught to countless students across the country through workshops and lectures.
Working in both black & white and color, Rich strives to capture the profound beauty of nature and communicate it through vibrant, and sometimes large, prints. He considers himself a student of light, discovering its qualities and how it communicates the inherent realities of a subject, often seeking out fleeting moments of rare light that make the landscape sing its own voice.
Driven by the belief that each photographer has a unique story only they can tell, Rich teaches the art of photography through workshops and articles. His goal is to help students unlock their potential to tell their own stories by helping them gain control of the craft, expand their vision, and most of all, to experience the enrichment and joy that photography brings.
Rich lives just outside Nashville with his wife and creative partner Susan, and his three children. You can see more of his photography at richseiling.com
Looking Glass requires 72-hour notice of cancellation for a full refund.
