SHIV VERMA
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Shiv Verma, APSA, MNEC is a published author, photographer, educator and
technologist. He is a member of the Panasonic Lumix Luminary Team, an X-Rite
Coloratti and a Master at the Arcanum. He has been photographing for over 50 years
and has evolved his photography to express his intense devotion to wildlife and
nature. Over the years has earned numerous awards and recognition both nationally
and internationally.
Shiv devotes a great deal of his time formally reviewing photography related
products, to education in digital photography and is a speaker and competition
judge. He conducts photo tours and workshops worldwide and typically has one
tour a month.
Shiv’s book Time-Lapse Imagery was published in February 2014. He has
been writing for one of the world’s largest photography education sites “Digital
Photography School” with about 1.5 million subscribers. He is also a co-host on TWiP
(This Week in Photography) a weekly photography podcast that is the 7th largest in
the world.
He belongs to multiple photographic clubs and associations and serves as
Vice President of the Digital Circuit NECCC (New England Camera Club Council), a
member of the Professional Photographers Association of America, past General
Chairman of the PSA International (Photographic Society of America), past Chairman
of Nature Division, PSA; Director of the instructional and essay sets, PSA.
Shiv was elected as an Associate of the Photographic Society of America in 2013
and was elected a Master Member of the New England Camera Club Council in 2008.
Composition – The Instrument of Photographic Communication |
Photography Seminar
Meeting Location: Celebration Hall at St. Anastasia, 5205 A1A South
WEDNESDAY 10 TO 11:30 A.M.
Price: $25 | Max. No. People: 30 | Difficulty Level: Beginner
The ability to communicate your message is crucial in photography. Organizing
the elements into a strong and compelling composition and then exposing are the
primary components of this program. The advent of digital equipment allows for
instant feedback, but it is you the maker who needs to use this vehicle of instant
feedback to improve and strengthen the message. Furthermore, software-based
editing tools allow you to refine and enhance the design elements even after the
camera has exposed and the message captured – conveyed. The digital medium
allows us to communicate in ways that would have been too complex or virtually
impossible in the analog capture.
PHOTO: SHIV VERMA
Lighting | Photography Seminar
Image Processing Workflow | Photography Seminar
Meeting Location: Celebration Hall at St. Anastasia, 5205 A1A South
Meeting Location: Celebration Hall at St. Anastasia, 5205 A1A South
THURSDAY 3 TO 4:30 P.M.
WEDNESDAY 1 TO 2:30 P.M.
Price: $25 | Max. No. People: 30 | Difficulty Level: Beginner to Intermediate
You will see that you do not need to spend thousands to achieve awesome results.
The session will concentrate on the following:
• Setting up and using off-camera lights
• Shooting hot shoe flash units and other lights
• Using reflectors, diffusers and other light modifiers
• Creative lighting tricks
Price: $25 | Max. No. People: 30 | Difficulty Level: Beginner to Intermediate
This is a comprehensive program that entails the complete photography workflow.
Starting with image capture using color management, white balance and exposure
tools we move to the image download and digital asset management. We will
cover color calibration on the work environment. The next segment involves using
tablets and iPads as image editing tools. We will see how to best utilize some of
the new image editing applications like On1 RAW, Capture One and Affinity. These
applications along with Lightroom and Photoshop will be used in conjunction with
plug-ins like the Google Nik Suite, Topaz Labs, Macphun and more. The program is
intended to demonstrate how to best utilize what photographers have available to
speed up and enhance their workflow.
You’ll use and learn how to:
• Control and modify the quality of light produced from a typical shoe mounted flash
• Properly use umbrellas, soft boxes, snoots, bounce techniques
• Use a single strobe combined with ambient light for great images
A Photographer’s Color Management Workflow |
Photography Seminar
We will use:
• One, two, three and four light sources, light reflectors, modifies and gels
• Learn how to set up the five basic lighting patterns
• How to set up lighting patterns for specific subjects
• How to combine lighting patterns
• Establish lighting ratios for mood and sculpting
• Lighting for skin and hair colors
• Use camera angles and appropriate focal lengths for image capture
• See how to produce quality photos of simple and complex products, glass, liquids,
solids and food
Meeting Location: Celebration Hall at St. Anastasia, 5205 A1A South
THURSDAY 10 TO 11:30 A.M.
Price: $25 | Max. No. People: 30 | Difficulty Level: Beginner to Intermediate
The best weapon in any photographer’s kit is a ColorChecker Passport and a in the
studio a Monitor/Printer Profiler. This seminar is for everyone who is concerned about
good color quality in Still and Hybrid Photography. Here is what you will learn:
• Using the Color Checker to white balance and obtain correct color in your images
• Using Lightroom for profiling and color managing your images
• Preventing and Correcting color casts
• Warming and Cooing your portraits and landscapes to set the right mood
• Calibrating your monitor for optimized editing
• Calibrating your printer for perfect prints
You will leave with an understanding of how light works, color of light, quantity
of light and quality of light and how to get consistent results and be confident in
lighting your subject in any environment.
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