See the list below for our upcoming one day workshops and two hour myth-busting sessions.

Tim Handfield Courses – Jan to June 2010

One-day Workshops

Digital Photography Fast Track    Sat    27/2/10
Understanding Digital Colour       Sat    20/3/10
Creating Photoshop Masters       Sat    17/4/10
Getting More from RAW            Sat    8/5/10
Digital Printing Revealed            Sat     22/5/10
Creative Colour Management      Sat    19/6/10

$175.00 each

Two-hour myth-busters information sessions
Digital Photography                        Wed    24/2/10
Resolution                                    Wed    10/3/10
Scanning                                      Wed    17/3/10
Camera RAW Processing                 Wed    14/4/10
Colour Management                       Wed    28/4/10
Digital Printing                               Wed    26/5/10

10am to 12 noon
$50.00 each

Creating Photoshop Masters (Intermediate) is being held on November 21st and will enable you to gain ultimate control over Photoshop’s most advanced features to produce compelling prints from your digital files. This workshop provides a step-by-step introduction to the concept of non-destructive image editing using Photoshop’s Layers and Transfer Modes.

Register soon as places are running out!

For more information see our seminar page.

Here a few pics from Gerard O’Connor and Marc Wasiak’s opening, early on in the evening.

Digital photography seminar date change

Tim Handfield’s ‘Creating Photoshop Masters’ seminar has changed date! Due to the workshop falling on the Melbourne Cup weekend we have decided to reschedule the workshop to Saturday November 21st.

Limited places available! Please see the seminar page for details.

Just in time for Halloween…

George Paton Gallery
Glenn Sloggett
Feeble
Opening night Wednesday October 21, 5 – 8pm
Dress: Funeral attire or zombie!

Exhibition runs ’till October 30, 2009.

“Australian photographer Glenn Sloggett is known for his dark comedic images of the walked street. Feeble offers a new insight into the artist’s highly ritualistic working processes by presenting a selection of his photographs alongside an assemblage of the lost and discarded objects the artist has found during a decade of street photography.”

The Colour Factory, in coordination with photographer Tim Handfield is running the Creating Photoshop Masters (Intermediate) digital workshop on October 31. This workshop provides a step-by-step introduction to the concept of non-destructive image editing using Photoshop’s Layers and Transfer Modes. RSVP early as places are limited!

Read more on the seminar and download your application form here.

Sojourn, Tim Handfield, 2009

August 29 – Understanding Digital Colour (Intermediate)

As promised, Tim Handfield’s ‘Understanding Digital Colour’ workshop is back!

Workshop Details

Date          29th August, 2009
Time         10.00 am to 4.00 pm
Location TBA
Price        $175.00 (inc GST)

‘Understanding Digital Colour’ provides visual artists with the foundation knowledge to use digital photography in an expressive way to control digital colour from conception through to the final print or multimedia presentation of their work.

The workshop aims to increase your ability to pre-visualise, control and manipulate digital colour through the use of experiential techniques to engage with colour on a sensory level.

You as an artist can then relate that knowledge back to practical digital tools to produce compelling results in print or projection.

The course is divided into 4 one-hour sessions addressing different aspects of the topic.

Topics covered:
- What is colour?
- How does the eye work?
- Working with digital colour
- The digital colour print

Comprehensive course notes will be provided.

October 31 – Creating Photoshop Masters (Intermediate)

Gain ultimate control over Photoshop’s most advanced features to produce compelling prints from your digital files. This workshop provides a step-by-step introduction to the concept of non-destructive image editing using Photoshop’s layers and transfer modes.

Details

Date          31st October, 2009
Time         10.00 am to 4.00 pm
Location  The Colour Factory
Price         $175.00 (inc GST)

Topics covered:
- Digital image evaluation and pre-visualisation
- Photoshop transfer modes and layer adjustments
- Layer masking techniques
- Putting it all together: the Photoshop Master file

Comprehensive course notes will be provided.

The overall objective of the workshop is to be able to start with a basic digital image, either scanned from film or from a digital camera, and visualise how that image may be fine tuned or altered to achieve your aesthetic aims, and then to apply those changes as a series of layers.

The result is a master file that is optimised for your chosen print process and able to be output to a variety of sizes and uses. All this is achieved without changing the original image that is always available for immediate comparison by switching on its layer visibility.

This is more than a series of techniques but rather the foundation for a sophisticated approach to digital photography that will open up new horizons for creative expression. Your ability to work with images in a completely intuitive way will feed back into the choices you make when photographing.

‘Introduction to Photoshop Masters’ will be held at the  Colour Factory, allowing prints to be produced during the day based on demonstration files, to illustrate the benefits of the techniques being taught.

Who Should Attend?
Both the above workshops are perfect for photographic artists and creative professionals. Some basic Photoshop knowledge is required to get the most from the workshops.

‘Understanding Digital Colour’ provides an excellent conceptual framework for getting the most out of ‘Introduction to Photoshop Masters’ so attendance at both is recommended but not a pre-requisite.

‘Introduction to Photoshop Masters’ will be followed by and ‘Advanced Photoshop Masters’ workshop in early 2010.

Find out more about the Colour Factory digital photography seminars or download a registration form here.

This fast approaching seminar is filling quickly, so please book now to avoid disappointment!

Held at the Abbotsford Convent, the seminar is designed to assist all photo artists who use digital photography in their practice.

Keep a look out for more upcoming seminars and workshops on the Colour Factory Seminars page, such as an upcoming seminar is to be presented by Tim Handfield at the Colour Factory.

This workshop aims to educate its attendees about the difference between ink and photographic output using practical examples. Bring along a specified file and you will leave with two 760mm x 1000mm prints – one on ink and one on digital photographic.

This workshop will work through the production procedure and end result of the two medias.

Exact dates TBA shortly.

Designed to assist all photo artists who use digital photography in their practice, participants will be inspired and enlightened by the seminar, which is to be held in the “Bishops Parlour” at the historic Abbotsford Convent.

For more information visit the Colour Factory Seminars page or down load the  registration form.