Online: Multi-Session Series- Creating Books and More: Preparing Images, Creating Designs, and Emphasizing Storytelling

Please note: This is a 2-part class that will meet on the dates listed above
That title is exhausting! And so it can also feel making a book, a zine, a calendar, or even a print! There’s so much to the printing process that is foreign and never covered in standard courses, and so in this course, we will begin to cover some of the basics.
In this two session course, we’ll discuss the following topics:
-Organization- How to use your software (ANY software) to work for you to prepare your vision
-Culling your images- Reducing the quantity of images you use to strengthen your end result
-Pre-visualization- Begin to develop your storytelling journey by letting the images guide you!
-Exporting & Importing- How do we bring the images out of the program we’re using and at what settings
-Online options and standalone programs for building books, calendars, and more.
-Layouts- What are some of the basic design elements that we can employee? What can be automated and what do we have to do from scratch?
-Storytelling- This is the glue that holds the book together! (Figuratively, not literally.) How do we keep interest for 20 pages? 50 pages? 100 pages?

Much of the conversation in this course will be demonstrated using Adobe Lightroom Classic, but other programs (Capture One, Apple Photos) can also be discussed and are just as applicable.

Keep the conversation going: At the conclusion of this workshop, you will also have the opportunity to register for additional sessions where we will review prepared pages from your book for feedback. These review sessions will occur over the course of months and can be recorded, in case you cannot attend live.

A note about printing: Please be aware, we will NOT be printing books in this class, only showing the process. The printing will be up to you!