Equine Photographers Network Photo Workshop Schedule
Please Note: The schedule is subject to change, please check back for updates.

The following sessions are included in the Photo Workshop fee. You may still register separately to participate in these sessions if you are not attending the Photo Workshop. See registration details below.

Optional Photoshop Classes with Sherron Sheppard
Hampton Inn Meeting Room, Craig, Colorado
Session 1, Wednesday May 2nd, afternoon:

Maximizing the Hidden Potential in Your Images:

How do we maximize the potential of an image?  How do we push an image to be all it can be? Before we can analyze and elevate our images, we have to understand what it is we are trying to achieve.  Join Sherron in a hands-on Photoshop workshop that covers what components an award winning image should include and gives you the skills to create those award winning images.   Sherron will help you recognize the little things that give your images more impact and allow you to analyze your own images from an “artistic point of view”.

Some of the topics to be covered:

• Exploring the characteristics of a fine art photograph.
• Custom Burn and Dodging:  How, where and why.
• The different types of layers mask and how, when and where to use them.
• Making Images “Pop”
• Adding additional colors to color images to create depth and uniqueness
• Creative Glows
• Making images different by adding a Motion Blur
• Selective sharpening
• Photoshop time savers (Actions and Custom Shortcuts)
• Marketing yourself as an artist

Skill level: Advanced Beginner - should be able to navigate around Photoshop and have some working knowledge of layers. Bring a laptop computer with Photoshop or Elements version 9 or later installed. Also bring power cable, mouse and a Wacom pad and pen if you have one.

Session 2, Thursday May 3rd, morning:

Taking it to the Next Level:

Join Sherron in a hands-on Photoshop workshop that will help you take your images to the “fine art” level.  You will begin to develop your own unique “art” style by expanding and practicing Photoshop skills designed to add impact to your images and increase your creativity.  Sherron will go through her awarding images, layer by layer, and cover the Photoshop techniques used to create those images.  In addition you will learn to analyze your own images and make corrections to push those images to the next level.  The goal of the workshop is to take your work beyond “ordinary” and into a more artistic, fine art style.

Some of the topics to be covered:

• Photoshop Artistic Embellishments and Pops
• Using Blend Modes
• The fundamentals of Composition and Design and how to make it work for you
• Hands-on portion of workshop:  Students will analyze their images and apply Photoshop techniques under Sherron’s supervision. Sherron will offer suggestions on making the images better.

Skill level: Intermediate. Bring a laptop computer with Photoshop or Elements version 9 or later installed. Also bring power cable, mous and a Wacom pad and pen if you have one.

Registration and Cost Details
The Photoshop Class sessions are included as part of the Photo Workshop. If you are not registered for the Photo Workshop but would like to attend the Class Sessions you may add them using the link below.

Register for the Photoshop Workshops ONLY via PayPal Do not select if you have already registered for the the Photo Workhsop
Pay Both Sessions, May 2-3 - $150
Pay Session 1 Only, May 2 - $79
Pay Session 2 Only, May 3 - $79

*Or you can mail your check with your registration information to:
Carien Schippers
Equine Photographers Network
288 White Hill Road
Walton, NY 13856

About Sherron Sheppard

Sherron Sheppard transitioned into photography 15 years ago after many years as a traditional artist. As an artist, Sherron taught watercolor techniques for fifteen years and was a seasonal instructor for eight years teaching watercolor painting at Yosemite National Park.

Her photographic career began photographing weddings with her husband, Ron. Seven years ago, Sherron transitioned out of wedding into other areas, including presenting programs and workshops to amateur and professional photographers. She teaches Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter classes at the California Professional Photographers West Coast School, conducts private workshops, and co-instructs an annual Equine Photoshop/Photography Workshop with April Visel.

In 2003 the Professional Photographers of California (PPC) awarded Sherron "Photographer of the Year" in the Journalistic Wedding Category. Again in 2005, PPC awarded Sherron "Photographer of the Year", in a second category, the Illustrative. Once again in 2006, Sherron earned her third "Photographer of the Year" in the Illustrative category. Plus, she was awarded PPC's 2006 overall "Photographer of the Year" with the highest print case total, Best of Show and also the "Peoples Choice Award".

In January 2006 at the (PPA) Professional Photographers of America convention, Sherron was awarded "Platinum Photographer of the Year" with 3 Loan Collection Images and was invited to join the American Society of Photographers (ASP).

In January 2008 Sherron's image "A Passage of Time" scored a perfect score of 100 at the PPC Print Competition and was awarded Best of Show. Her second print "Lonely Days, Lonely Nights" scored 96. PPC also awarded Sherron her fourth California "Photographer of the Year" in Illustrative, and overall "Photographer of the Year" with the highest print case total. In addition, Sherron was awarded the Canon Par Excellence Award and ASP State and Regional Awards, plus the PPA Certified Photographers High Score award. In March 2008, "A Passage of Time" scored another 100 at PPA's Electronic Imaging competition. At the 2008 PPA print competition Sherron received PPA 3 Loan Collection images and was awarded a PPA Platinum Photographer of the Year in January 2009.

In February, 2010, Sherron was again awarded, for the 5th time, PPC's Photographer of the Year with the highest scoring case and also Photographer of the Year for the Illustrative Category. In addition, Sherron was awarded a Kodak Gallery Award for her image "A Gift from Heaven" and a Judges Award for "School Days Gone By".

Sherron has earned 4 Fuji Masterpiece awards, 3 Kodak Gallery Awards, 7 Judges Awards, and numerous PPA Loan Collection prints. In addition, she is a PPA Certified Photographer and holds her Master of Photography, Master of Electronic Imaging and Photographic Craftsman degrees.

In addition to Photography, Sherron has gone back to her first love, painting with traditional painting mediums. She is currently using artist pastel chalks and watercolor. In addition to local art shows, Sherron displays her work in her gallery, Sherron Sheppard Studio Arts, located at Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, Calif.

Sherron is a member of the Channel Islands Professional Photographers Association, the Professional Photographers of California, the Professional Photographers of America, the Wedding/Portraits International, and the National Association of Photoshop Users, the Pastel Society of the Gold Coast, SCAPE (Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment, the Ojai Preservation Artists (TOPA) Group.

Sherron has exhibited her photographs at PPA, PPC, and WPPI conventions, and exhibited her paintings at Yosemite National Park, Bell Arts, and SCIART.