The workshop will start with field trips and lectures explaining how to use the different features of a digital camera. In the mornings and evenings Richard will take the participants to his favourite locations around Canmore to photograph wildlife and stunning mountain scenes.

During these field trips discover more about the techniques, tools and compositional thinking that Richard has used to become an acclaimed photographer. Richard believes in capturing an image correctly in the field and not spending hours fixing images in Photoshop. Therefore he will also teach traditional photographic field techniques to ensure that each photographer will spend more time in the field behind a camera and not in a room behind a computer.

The workshop will use the well equipped computer lab at the Bow Valley college and between field trips Richard will teach his quick and successful file management and file editing workflows. He will also give you confidence in working with RAW files.

You will learn how to use Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop to download, edit and print your photographs. The Photoshop skills that Richard will teach can also be used with Photoshop Elements.

By the end of the week you will have developed the skills to use Lightroom and Photoshop with confidence and speed.

Richard is a very enthusiastic teacher and enjoys seeing workshop participants having fun and becoming more confident with their photography. He will happily answer your questions and doesn’t believe in keeping secrets. By the end of the week Richard is confident that everyone will go home with prints of their own stunning photographs and skills that will last them a lifetime.

Graham Budd, a participant at the August 2007 Tradition and Technology workshop has written a review which can be read here.