re-tooling | photoshop

Learn how to use Adobe Photoshop for photo-correction and photo-enhancement. We discuss adjusting the color and contrast in an image to make it look its best. Discover working with layers in order to improve your image. Explore sharpening, cropping, making images black and white, selective coloring, working with selections, and using Camera RAW settings to improve the quality of your image. Bring your memory card from your digital camera full of images, and walk away with enhanced photos and a better understanding of what you can do in Photoshop.

Beginner Level

 About the Instructor: Steve Stenzel
Steve Stenzel studied at the College of Visual Arts, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography. He graduated with his Masters of Fine Arts from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. He has taught at Brown College, and is currently teaching at the University of Minnesota, the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and the College of Visual Arts.

Steve’s work has been shown in galleries internationally and his work is in numerous public and private collections. His latest work has been seen in Illuminance, a biennial photography exhibit in Texas; The ReFresh Print Biennial at the University of Wisconsin; Art on the Plains at the Plains Art Museum in North Dakota; After Dark, an International juried show at The Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, CO; and the 5th Photographic Image Biennial at the Wellington B. Gray Gallery in Greenville, North Carolina. He was commissioned by the New York Times Magazine to shoot a cover story, which was published on November 19th, 2006. Since then, he’s completed 3 more projects for the New York Times.

In his free time, Steve enjoys training and competing in duathlons and triathlons.