The Photography Conference

Vincent Versace · Moose Peterson 

Dave Cross · Laurie Excell

Overall Seminar Schedule

Cruising Through Life is excited to feature a celebrity instructional staff. For those booking early, there will be two shore trips included in the package with these extraordinary artists.

Vincent Versace: an artist whose work is on permanent display in the Smithsonian.

Moose Peterson: one of the most well-respected nature photographers in the world.

Dave Cross: The Premier Photoshop instructor in the industry. Author of Photoshop Finishing Touches and the Photoshop CS2 Help Desk Book.

Laurie Excell: One of the original instructors at the DLWS Worshops.

Vincent Versace

• Author of:

  • Welcome to Oz: A Cinematic Approach to Digital Still Photography with Photoshop

• Recipient of:

  • The Computerworld Smithsonian Award for innovation in Media Arts & Entertainment

  • The Shellenberg Fine Art Award

  • Three time nominee to the Photoshop Hall of Fame

• Member of:

  • Immediate Assistance First Response Medical Rescue and Eco-Challange photographic teams; Microsoft's Digital Imaging Applications Group, Nikon Legend and Epson Stylus Pro

  • Former member of the Board of directors; The American Photographers Association, Los Angeles chapter

  • The National Association of Photoshop Professionals Dream team, American Photo Mentor and Nikon Master Class and US Navy Combat Camera unit Instructor

  • Three time host of the Epson Print Academy

• Teaches at various workshops:

  • Digital Landscape Workshops, Santa Fe Photographic, and Palm Beach Photographic

Moose Peterson

• John Muir Conservation Award recipient

• Author of 23 books and articles in over 130 magazines worldwide

• Research Associate with the Endangered Species Recovery Program

• Beta tester for all the major hardware and software manufacturers

• National lecturer on wildlife digital photography

• Specialist in photographing California's rare, sensitive and endangered wildlife and wild places

• Creative innovator of new techniques both behind the camera and on the computer

Dave Cross

• Senior Developer, Education and Curriculum for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP)

• Adobe Certified Expert in:

  • Adobe Illustrator CS2

  • Adobe Photoshop CS2

• Teaches:

  • At Photoshop World

  • At Photoshop Seminar Tour where he is lead instructor www.photoshopseminars.com

  • In various instructional DVDs

• Author or co-author of:

  • Photoshop CS2 Help Desk Book

  • Photoshop Finishing Touches

  • Illustrator CS2 Killer Tips

  • The Photoshop World Dream Team Book

• Contributing writer to Photoshop User magazine

• Graphics Editor of Layers Magazine

Laurie Excell

• Instructor in Digital Landscape Workshop Series

• Images have been showcased in galleries and magazines in the Pacific Northwest, Audubon calendars, postcards, Camping Life Magazine, Amtrak publications, the BT Journal and Outdoor Photography Magazine

• Owner of www.EquipmentLady.com

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Seminar Schedule Overview

The course guide is subject to change. Additional speakers may be added and will be announced through e-mail and via site updates.

Sunday, August 19

Depart Seattle 4 PM

Cocktail Party 8 PM – Meet and greet with the instructors and other students

Monday, August 20

Cruising Inside Passage

Seminars

Photography (Beginner / Intermediate Session) - Session 1 - 8 AM – 12 PM

• If you are new to photography, just picked up a digital camera after years of shooting film, or just want to brush up on the basics…  This is the course for you!  We’ll review images, talk about the basics of photography from proper handholding, lens selection, aperture and shutter speed, how to get sharp images, and the basic terms of digital photography.  You’ll get a good handle on the basics of photography, and get pumped up to go out and shoot more!
  

Photography (Intermediate/Advanced Session) - Session 2 - 1 PM – 5 PM

• Taking your photography beyond the basics takes being exposed to an array of simple (when you learn from experts), yet more complicated photographic tools, techniques and most importantly -- ideas.  In this class we’ll go over tools for basic and intermediate photography such as filters and their applications all the way through concepts as advanced as creating visual depth.  We’ll delve more into the digital realm to understand its limitations and how you can overcome them.  Most importantly, we’ll look at photography in terms of communicating, and as an art.  Bringing back what you see, with your eyes as well as your heart, requires knowledge beyond applying aperture and shutter speed.  In this class we will also tackle the hardest concept for photographers to master, light.  We’ll build on that with mastering your flash. We’ll then add color and tie it all up with composition and concept…  You’ll learn how to bring life to your photographs so the viewer feels all that you felt when you were there.   Imagine taking pictures worthy of publication!  That’s what you’ll take away from this course.

Photoshop (Beginner/Intermediate Session) - Session 3 - 7 PM – 9 PM

• The Photographer's workflow: a discussion of raw vs. jpeg, file backup, Adobe Bridge and Camera Raw overview.  We will also cover a typical start to finish process: adjusting in Raw, opening in Photoshop, color tweaks, sharpening, saving, output.  Along the way we'll look at typical challenges faced by digital photographers.

Tuesday, August 21

Photoshop Session - 8 AM – 12 PM

• Color Correction & Sharpening: A step-by-step color correction process, from calibrating through Curves adjustments to an in-depth look at different approaches to sharpening your photos.  We'll compare a variety of options to help get the best color

Shore Excursions and Pictures

• Excursions led by Photographers.  The Shore Excursions will begin in early afternoon and last for approximately four hours. The specific excursions will be confirmed at a later date. 

Photoshop Q&A Session - 7 PM – 9 PM

Wednesday, August 22

Free Day In Skagway

Thursday, August 23

Photography Session – Glaciers & Landscapes - 8 AM – 12 PM

• The cool breeze whips off the glacier and smacks you square in the face…the spruce tower along the shoreline illuminates a Bald Eagle perching atop a magnificent tree creating the perfect exclamation point for the landscape spreading out beyond your foot steps.  Alaska is a land of extremes; most can be summed up in the adjectives gigantic, awesome, overwhelming and spectacular.  How do you encapsulate all you feel, hear and see in such an environment in a single click of the camera?  That's what we'll prepare you for in this class. Bringing visual depth to your photograph, composing it in the viewfinder, working the light and making the most of the lenses YOU have are just some of the topics we'll cover.  You'll leave with lots of ideas that you can incorporate into your own style of photography.

Photoshop Session - 7 PM – 9 PM

• Finishing Touches: Add a finishing touch to your photograph with borders, edge effects and other ways of presenting your images.

Friday, August 24

Shore Excursions and Pictures

• Excursions led by Photographers.  The Shore Excursions will begin in early to mid morning and last for approximately four hours. The specific excursions will be confirmed at a later date. 
  

Photography/Photoshop - 2 PM – 5 PM

• Panel discussion/demo with the instructors discussing their workflow, how Photoshop & photography go together, and some brief demonstrations addressing common issues.

Cocktail Party - 7 PM

• Picture Submissions for Saturday's Contest

Saturday, August 25

Picture Contest - 9 AM – 2 PM

Sunday, August 26

Disembark Cruise Ship

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