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Jim ZuckermanIn 1970, I decided to abort my intended career as a doctor in favor of photography and have never regretted it. Photography has enriched my life more than I can tell you. My career has taken me to over 60 countries, and I've seen and photographed wondrous things.
I specialize in wildlife and nature, international travel, and digital effects. In addition, I also shoot nudes, photo- and electron microscopy, children, and other subjects that stimulate my visual or emotional sensibilities.
For 25 years, I shot a medium format camera, specifically the Mamiya RZ 67, for its superior quality. When I would lecture, I’d project the large, glass mounted transparencies, and it was really an incredible experience to see the brilliant color saturation and resolution of these slides. However, I went digital in 2004 because the technology finally equaled or surpassed medium format. I now shoot the Canon 1Ds Mark II digital camera with a variety of lenses.
I am the author of 12 books on photography. My work is sold in 30 countries around the world, and my images have appeared on scores of magazine and book covers, calendars, posters, national ads, trade ads, brochures, and corporate promotions.
For many years I've led photography tours to exotic places. These include Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Burma, Greece, The Czech Republic and Slovakia, Spain, Morocco, and Peru.
 © Jim Zuckerman |  © Jim Zuckerman |
View photos by previous students. You can make pictures like this too!
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 © Hasmik Hatamian |
Lesson 1: Lighting Effects
Learn four different ways of adding light to a photo.
Assignment: Submit images with any of these lighting techniques you like. Let me know what you wanted to achieve and whether or not you feel you were successful.
Lesson 2: Placing Objects in a Night Sky
The moon, fireworks, lightning.
Assignment: Submit photos showing any of the techniques described in the lesson. Make sure that you size the various elements so they look appropriate in the final composite.
Lesson 3: Painting Your Photos Within Photoshop
There is a unique way to add brush strokes to your photos within Photoshop. You can convert any of your photographs into paintings just like you were using oils or acrylics on canvas.
Assignment: Use any of the Wow brushes and upload 2 to 4 painterly images. It would be nice to include both the before and aftershots so the class can appreciate what you started with.
Lesson 4: Duotone Images
Duo, Tri, Quad, and High Contrast.
Assignment: Upload four images showing one duotone, one tritone, one quadtone, and one high contrast duotone. Label each photo as to what you did.
Lesson 5: Defining Patterns
Using the define pattern technique.
Assignment: Submit photos showing variations of the define pattern technique. Remember that the pattern can come from any photo to be used in any other photo.
Lesson 6: Mirror Images
Using mirror image techniques.
Assignment: Upload images using any of the variations explained in the lesson. Make sure that when the various segments are joined, there is no telltale line showing between them.
Lesson 7: Changing Shapes or Angles
A unique way in Photoshop lets you change the shape of a subject, or its original angle, and make it look different from the original. This can offer you some very creative possibilities.
Assignment: Upload examples showing how you have manipulated a subject within an image where you changed the shape or angle of it. Include the before and after photos. You can use any images from your photo library.
Lesson 8: Exploring Opacity
In Photoshop, there are several ways of using the idea of translucency - although it's called 'opacity'. Unlike working with film, digital technology offers a lot more control. When combing images, you can vary how the two pictures blend together by varying the opacity of the floating layer.
Assignment: Upload photos showing unique images showing how you've used opacity. The components that you put together can be images you've taken in the past or specifically for this course.
Review: Voting on Best Work
 © Jim Zuckerman |  © Jim Zuckerman |
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