MICHAEL PLISKIN - AWARD-WINNING PHOTOGRAPHER

CLASS SCHEDULES

Classes are either LIVE ONLINE

or In Person in the Austin, TX area.

Private, personal instruction in Photoshop, Lightroom Classic, or InDesign available online via Zoom
email:
michael@pliskindesigns.com for details and to schedule

Online Lightroom Classic Basics Workshop
Importing and Organizing (Import & Library Module)

(LIVE on Zoom and recorded for later review)

An online 4-session class through the Creative Photo Academy of Paul’s Photo.
Classes are held online using ZOOM.

You will learn how easy it is to:

  • import digital photos into your computer from a memory card

  • sort and rate the photos

  • organize them and create collections of your favorite

  • export them for lab printing, emailing or social media.


Lightroom Importing and Organizing

2025 Schedule TBA

Classes held online via ZOOM


Creative Photo Academy

23845 Hawthorne Bl
Torrance CA 90505
Phone: (310) 375-7014

academy@paulsphoto.com

Online Lightroom Classic Basics Workshop
Editing your photos (Develop Module)

(LIVE on Zoom and recorded for later review)

An online 4-session class through the Creative Photo Academy of Paul’s Photo.
Classes are held online using ZOOM.

You will learn how easy it is to:

  • Edit RAW files

  • Adjust Exposure, Color, Shadows, Highlights

  • Retouch photos

  • batch process many photos at once

  • Learn the amazing new selection masking tools

  • Print photos in all kinds of interesting ways from passport photos to picture packages to contact sheets

  • Export them for lab printing, emailing or social media.


Lightroom Developing and Editing

Mondays, 6-8PM PDT
May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2025

Classes held online via ZOOM


Creative Photo Academy

23845 Hawthorne Bl
Torrance CA 90505
Phone: (310) 375-7014

academy@paulsphoto.com

Online Lightroom Classic Basics Workshop

(LIVE on Zoom and recorded for later review)

An online 12-session class through the Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP).
Classes are held online using ZOOM.

  • Import digital photos into your computer

  • Sort them

  • Organize them

  • Edit RAW files

  • Adjust Exposure, Color, Shadows, Highlights

  • Retouch photos

    Batch process many photos at once

  • Print them in all kinds of interesting ways from passport photos to picture packages to contact sheets

  • Export them for lab printing, emailing or social media.


Classes held online via ZOOM

Mondays and Wednesdays

April 7, 9, 14, 16, 23, 28, 30.
May 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 2025

12-1:30 PM Pacific Time
2-3:30 PM Central
3-4:30 PM Eastern


Los Angeles Center of Photography
Los Angeles, CA

Phone: 323-464-0909

info@lacphoto.org

NEW COURSE!
Unlocking AI with Adobe Lightroom

(LIVE on Zoom and recorded for later review)

An online 4-session class through the Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP). Each session will be 90 minutes.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools have become an important part of the photo editing programs we have long used to hone and perfect our digital images. All versions of Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop have now incorporated many new features and capabilities with the help of AI.

This course will explore how to use the various AI-enhanced features, such as:

  • Masking

  • Adaptive Presets

  • Removal of unwanted elements

  • Lens Blur


Classes held online via ZOOM

Mondays and Wednesdays

June 2, 4, 9, 11, 2025

12-1:30 PM Pacific Time
2-3:30 PM Central
3-4:30 PM Eastern

Los Angeles Center of Photography
Los Angeles, CA

Phone: 323-464-0909

info@lacphoto.org

Photoshop Basics Workshop Photoshop 101

(LIVE on Zoom and recorded for later review)

An online 4 -session class through the Creative Photo Academy of Paul’s Photo.

NOTE: Classes are held online using ZOOM.

You will learn:

  • How to use Adobe Bridge to organize your photos.

  • Photoshop’s selection tools, brushes, cropping and resizing, retouching tools,

  • Layers – what they are and how to use them

  • Color Correction

  • How to use Camera Raw for editing your images

  • Layer Masks for combining and editing images

  • Selection Tools and how to use them

  • And much more, including an introduction to the new Adobe Firefly AI technology!


Classes held online via ZOOM

2025 Schedule TBA

 

Creative Photo Academy
23845 Hawthorne Bl
Torrance CA 90505

phone: (310) 375-7014
academy@paulsphoto.com

Photoshop Basics Workshop Photoshop 201

(LIVE on Zoom and recorded for later review)

An online 4 -session class through the Creative Photo Academy of Paul’s Photo.

NOTE: Classes are held online using ZOOM.

You will learn:

  • Using adjustment layers and masks for more accurate editing

  • The easy way to use curves to match colors

  • Using the new Selection and Masking tools

  • Creative ways to use the Type tool

  • Creative Filters

  • Using the new Generative AI tools for deleting, filling, and more. 

  • Using filters and layer styles to change a piece of flat art into a realistic 3D-like image.

  • And much more


Classes held online via ZOOM

Thursdays 6pm PDT, 8pm CDT, 9pm EDT

May 1, 8, 15, 22

Creative Photo Academy
23845 Hawthorne Bl
Torrance CA 90505

phone: (310) 375-7014
academy@paulsphoto.com

Lightroom Classic- A First Look for Beginners


2 separate 3-hour classes (Register Seperately for each) at Precision Camera – Southpark Meadows Mall on the basics of Adobe Lightroom Classic.

LRc 101 - Importing and Organizing
In-Person Class

In the first class You will learn how easy it is to:

  • import digital photos into your computer from a memory card

  • sort and rate the photos

  • organize them and create collections of your favorite

  • export them for lab printing, emailing or social media.


IN PERSON CLASSES

Basics 101: Library Module and Import
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
May 27
June 24
July 22 
Aug. 19
Sept. 16
Oct.21
Nov.18
Dec. 9
6-9PM Central Time

REGISTER FOR LIGHTROOM CLASSIC 101: IMPORTING AND ORGANIZING

Precision Camera – Southpark Meadows
Southpark Meadows II Unit 76:, 9600 S IH 35 Frontage Rd Suite G-400, Austin, TX 78748
https://www.precision-camera.com/classes

phone: (512) 467-7676
email: classes@precision-camera.com

Lightroom Classic- A First Look for Beginners
LRc 201 Editing your photos (Develop Module)

In-Person Class 

In the second class You will learn how easy it is to:

  • Edit RAW files

  • Adjust Exposure, Color, Shadows, Highlights

  • Retouch photos

  • batch process many photos at once

  • Learn the amazing new selection masking tools


IN PERSON CLASSES

Basics 201: Develop Module & Editing
Tuesday
May 6, 2025
June 3
July 1
July 29
Aug. 26
Sept. 30
Oct. 28
Nov. 25
6-9PM Central Time

REGISTER FOR LIGHTROOM CLASSIC 201:
Developing and Editing

Precision Camera – Southpark Meadows
Southpark Meadows II Unit 76:, 9600 S IH 35 Frontage Rd Suite G-400, Austin, TX 78748
https://www.precision-camera.com/classes

phone: (512) 467-7676
email: classes@precision-camera.com

Photoshop 101 and 201- A First Look for Beginners
In Person Class

Two 3-hour classes (Register Seperately for each) at Precision Camera – Southpark Meadows Mall on the basics of Adobe Photoshop

 

Photoshop 101

In the first Adobe Photoshop class (register separately) you will learn:

  • How to use Adobe Bridge to organize your photos.

  • Photoshop’s selection tools, brushes, cropping and resizing, retouching tools,

  • Layers – what they are and how to use them

  • Color Correction

  • How to use Camera Raw for editing your images

  • Layer Masks for combining and editing images

  • Selection Tools and how to use them

  • And much more, including an introduction to the new Adobe Firefly AI technology!


IN PERSON CLASSES

Photoshop 101
Tuesday
May 13, 2025
June 10
July 8
Aug. 5
Sept. 2
Oct. 14
Nov. 4
Dec. 2
6-9PM Central Time

REGISTER FOR Photoshop 101

Precision Camera – Southpark Meadows
Southpark Meadows II Unit 76:, 9600 S IH 35 Frontage Rd Suite G-400, Austin, TX 78748
https://www.precision-camera.com/classes

phone: (512) 467-7676
email: classes@precision-camera.com

Photoshop 201- A Second Look for Beginners
In Person Class

3-hour class at Precision Camera – Southpark Meadows Mall on the basics of Adobe Photoshop

 

Photoshop 201

In the second class (register separately) you will learn:

  • Using adjustment layers and masks for more accurate editing

  • Using the new Selection and Masking tools

  • Creative ways to use the Type tool

  • Creative Filters

  • Using the new Generative AI tools for deleting, filling, and more. 

  • Using filters and layer styles to change a piece of flat art into a realistic 3D-like image.


IN PERSON CLASSES

Photoshop 201
Tuesday
May 20, 2025
June 17
July 15
Aug. 12
Sept. 9
Oct. 14
Nov. 11
Dec. 9
6-9PM Central Time

REGISTER FOR Photoshop 201

Precision Camera – Southpark Meadows
Southpark Meadows II Unit 76:, 9600 S IH 35 Frontage Rd Suite G-400, Austin, TX 78748
https://www.precision-camera.com/classes

phone: (512) 467-7676
email: classes@precision-camera.com