Join renowned celebrity photographer Francis Hills for a 3-hour photographer’s workshop where he will demonstrate the digital photo workflow he uses to create iconic images of today's most interesting and influential personalities.  In addition to an intimate look at how Hills achieves his unique photographic style, you will learn image capture with SanDisk memory, how to edit, showcase and manage your images with Aperture, and create saleable, gallery-quality prins with HP Designjet large-format photo printers. Francis Hills’ workshop will demonstrate his photo digital workflow using products from Apple, HP, and SanDisk. LEARN HOW TO: 1. Capture with SanDisk imaging memory cards and readers 2. Tone and refine images using Aperture’s advanced adjustment tools. As well as learn how to manage massive libraries with Aperture. 3. Print with HP Designjet large format printers. For those with a passion for photography, learn how to get the best post- production results using some of today’s leading products. This workshop presents a unique opportunity to hear from a pro photographer who will provide you with tips and inspiration to help improve your work-flow processes. Francis Hills will start his workshop by shooting one of the members of the audience using a simple portrait light set-up and then walk through his digital work flow techniques and finish with a gallery-quality print. LEVEL: Ideal for pro-consumers (intermediate) to advanced users. For registration or more info, please call: 323-456-4564 x1329 or contact us by email at: edu@samys.com. Francis Hills is known as the Accidental Photographer, and for a compelling reason: seven years ago, after losing his job during the dot.com bust, he picked up a point---and---shoot and discovered his true passion. Today, Francis shoots celebrity, fashion and beauty from his New York Studio. A digital photography evangelist, he's worked closely with Hasselblad and Hewlett Packard, giving presentations about his photographic journey and demonstrating high---end digital photography, worldwide. His work is primarily shot on high resolution digital using medium format backs. Francis has appeared numerous times as photographer and judge on Scandinavia's Top Model, Norway's Top Model, Sweden's Top Model (as resident photographer) and TLC's Covershot TV shows. In 2007 Francis had the rare opportunity to fly to Africa and France to take portraits of the enigmatic French Foreign Legion, documenting first hand the Legionnaires for a book and exhibition. His work has appeared in numerous magazines worldwide including: Elle, Entertainment Weekly, Esquire, Essence, Gotham, GQ, Las Vegas, LA Confidential, Ocean Drive, Oprah, Time and Zink. See his work here: www.francishills.com Registration Pre-registration is required for this class or workshop. To register, please use the "Add to Cart" link above or call the Samy's Digital Institute at 323-456-4564. Please call or email us at edu@samys.com if you have any questions regarding this class. Refunds & Cancellations Enrollment is limited, therefore your commitment is important to us. If you must withdraw from a workshop, we provide this refund policy: A $25 administrative fee will be charged on all cancellations. If you cancel 24-72 hours prior to the start of the workshop, we will retain 50% of the total workshop fee, unless we are able to fill your spot. If you cancel 24 hours or less prior to the start date of the workshop, we will retain 100% of the workshop fee unless we are able to fill your spot. No refunds are given once the workshop begins. If you miss 1 - 2 classes of a workshop, you may sit in on those missed classes during the next session as long as space permits. On occasion we may cancel a class because of low enrollment and/or unforeseen professional conflict on the part of the instructor. Should this be the case, al monies will be refunded in full. We do not take responsibility for non-refundable airline tickets, so please buy a refundable ticket if you are coming from outside of Los Angeles.