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Need help with PhotoShop?
£50 per hour One to one PhotoShop tutoring at Peter’s Studio
£25 per hour Small group courses and workshops for only £300 per 12 hour course.
Courses at Peter’s studio are for groups of 2-4 people. Hourly rate is per participant.
£30 per hour* Bespoke courses for your exact needs. No need to cover the entire course – just ask for the bits you all want to learn.
*Specialist material may necessitate a slightly higher price to cover the time involved preparing course notes for your group. Price stated is per person for groups of 2-4 friends or colleagues.
£60 per hour One to One tutoring at your home or work. Note minimum lesson duration is 2 hours. Please enquire for prices for visits outside Hertfordshire.
£50 per hour Professional enhancement, repair and restoration of images.
FREE Minor enhancements are included free with our Printing service.
Contact us for prices for Peter to run PhotoShop courses at your art gallery, shop or premises.
Do you pick things up quickly or slowly?
In a private lesson you can go as fast or slow as you like. Any subject within Peter’s own extensive knowledge can be covered in a private one on one lesson.
Are there just one or two things you can not get to happen?
Sort them out in a one to one lesson.
Have you a couple of pictures you would love to improve?
Work together with Peter in a one to one lesson.
Do you get frustrated when your computer (and camera) do not do what it says in the instructions or help menu? Do images sometimes seem to hide?
A few one to one sessions at your place are all you will need to show them who is boss with confidence and knowledge. Peter can even make sure you are storing your images in the best place in the best format. Peter often makes baffling happenings so simple you may find you only need one visit to be back on top and pressing just the right buttons. Learning a quicker, better way of doing what you regularly need to do can be such a relief.
Would you benefit from a good grounding in digital photography and PhotoShop?
Come to our small group courses and workshops and learn all the steps, shortcuts and good practices. There is time to practise techniques in the class so you can make sure you get it or ask questions until you do! Course details are at the bottom.
Are you too busy or is it too complex a job to do yourself?
You do not need to do it all yourself. Peter will enhance or restore your images for only £50 per hour. As a professional he is very quick when not teaching, so it will cost less than you think. All jobs are quoted in advance so there are no surprises. Image enhancement can cost as little as £10. Bulk orders can be much less than £10 per image. You can even come to the studio and sit beside Peter to make sure it is exactly to your liking if you would like to. Minor adjustments are included free with his printing services. Printing available for anything up to A2 (and that is large).
Restoring or changing old photos.
Do you or your relatives have battered old favourite or historical photos or documents? Peter can digitally restore them and print new copies. Even torn up or faded photos are not beyond repair. Do you think they would be better a little different? It is often possible to take objects or people out of the image.
Print your photos up to A2* (or 16 and a 1/2 inches wide and as long as you like)* on our professional large format true colour printer onto top quality photographic or giclee paper with lasting inks far cheaper than at the professional print stores.
Group Lessons
Beginners’ group classes and workshops include the following lessons. Each lesson is about 2 hours long including practical work on supplied images or your own photos. If you pick it up quickly you can practise more or leave early.
The Beginners:
Lesson 1: The Basics
How to set your camera to get the best photos.
What can be corrected in PhotoShop and what you need to get right when you take the photograph?
The difference between the different image file types such as jpeg, tiff, psd etc and which is best for different purposes.
The best way to store your images and how to find them.
Importing images from devices like cameras and from files on your computer.
The rules for resizing so no quality is lost and the best image resolution for different purposes.
File sizes and what affects them.
How to inspect an image to judge the print quality.
Rotating, flipping and cropping images.
Printing images.
Using a tablet instead of a mouse and the benefits and drawbacks.
Saving images and the advantages of saving image versions
Lesson 2: Basic Image Enhancement
An introduction to contrast, sharpening, brightness and colour balance.
Why you should use them.
Problems with overdoing them and loss of image quality.
Simple ways to use the above effects.
More complex ways of enhancing to get an even better result.
Getting the balance right.
When to save and history.
Lesson 3: Touching up
Using the basic touch up tools, what they can achieve and which to choose.
Removing specs and red eye.
The Burn tool.
The Blur tool.
The Eraser tool.
The Healing tool.
Lesson 4: Touching up areas
Working on areas of the photo.
Different ways of selecting areas.
Repairing areas.
Changing colours on areas of the photo
Lesson 5: Working with layers
Why we use layers and the power of layers.
Using layers to enhance an image.
Using layers to add text overlay images and create posters, adverts, invites etc.
Lesson 6: The digital art basics and revision.
Take time to go over the most relevant lessons so far for you or
Using simple special effects like sepia.
More complex special effects.
Photographers and artists tricks
Advanced Photoshop
Peter works with more advanced amateurs and professionals to improve the skills they already have. Peter has restoration classes and workshops for those wanting to restore old photographs and historical photos. Once the photographs are scanned the syllabus includes:
Removing dust, crease marks and any people or details you no longer wish in the photograph.
Colour alterations to bring back real life colour.
Knitting pieces together.
Black and white or sepia alterations and manipulations.
Sharpening or Blurring.
Clever ways to make the image appear sharper.
Judging the size the image can be printed maintaining the desired quality.
Printing and mounting in his home studio when needed.
Please contact Peter on 01438 871871 / 07775 918717
