This Online Live class (via Zoom) runs for approximately 90-minutes on Thursday, June 20th from 6:00pm to 7:30pm Pacific Time.
Join Rich Seiling, a Master Printmaker and former Assistant Curator at The Ansel Adams Gallery, for this empowering photography class.
The spot meter is an incredibly powerful tool for getting the most out of the manual exposure mode of your camera. But how does it work? How should you use it? And how do you make sure that you actually get the exposure you want? Join Rich for this ninety minute clinic to learn the ins and outs of spot metering, including how to precisely calibrate the spot meter in your camera. Rich brings a wealth of knowledge to this subject, and decades of experience using a spot meter. He’ll put another tool in your box for solving some of the unique exposure problems you’ll encounter.
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 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.
A full refund will be granted to those who notify us of registration cancelation at least 72 hours (3 days) prior to the series start date.
