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Here is a portrait I created with a new light and a reflector. I was trying to "sculpt" or paint his facial features with the lights for a more dimensional look:

Here are the new classes being offerend in 2012 starting the week of January 23rd, 24th, and 25th, on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.

Classes are offered in Ashland KY at the Ashland Community and Technical College and start at 6:30pm. Please call Karen Coburn or Diana Opell through Lifelong Learning at: 1-800-928-4256

Photoshop

Don't let Photoshop intimidate you! Learn just what you need to know through hands-on training taught by J.Bird Cremeans who has been using Photoshop since 1999. This class is ideal for anyone interested in photography, graphic design, photo restoration, digital scrapbooking, and more. Visit J.Bird's website to see artwork created and manipulated with Photoshop: www.jbirdistheword.com

Intro to Photography

Baffled by your camera? Struggling with the manual settings? Wondering how it all works? Local wedding and portrait photographer J.Bird Cremeans invites you to sign up for this Intro to Photography class where you'll get one-on-one instruction, detailed notes, and fun homework assignments designed to help you learn how to use your camera. View student photography work on facebook by visiting J.Bird Cremeans Photography or the website: www.jbirdseyephotography.com.

Intro to Photography Part 2

You've learned how to operate your camera in manual mode but now what do you do with it? Kick start your photography skills up a notch with this follow up to the popular Intro to Photography class taught by wedding and portrait photographer J.Bird Cremeans. The class will include fun homework assignments to help you develop a more creative eye. You'll also learn how to pose individuals and groups of people in your own home studio that J.Bird will show you how to make! View student photography work on facebook by visiting J.Bird Cremeans Photography or the website: www.jbirdseyephotography.com

Just finished up week 3 of Intro to Photography class. At the beginning of each class we show off our pictures from the previous class's homework assignment. Here are some pictures based on shutter speed:

Here is a head shot of Caitlin:

The following is an example of how I like to retouch. No over-whitening of the eyeballs or super smooth skin:

Check out the Wedding Gallery by going to "Galleries" at the top to see a few more of Jen and Ryan's wedding:

Well I've been busy editing away this past month! But here is a new one featuring Caden:

Tanner Dickess chose me to photograph his Senior Pictures!

Photographed these 3 lovely girls:

My show is still hanging in Proctorville (see previous blog post) and the Ironton Tribune has run a great story on it!

Pushing color to the limits

Published 9:40am Tuesday, May 24, 2011

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PROCTORVILLE — Art photographer J. Bird Cremeans searches for subjects in places most people wouldn’t imagine. Now she has combined those photographs into the current show at the Ohio University Southern Proctorville Center.

“It is bringing the outside in,” Cremeans said. “It is pictures of outside things. Not a lot of nature photography. The rest is in tombs in big cemeteries. Some statues. There’s a few pictures of abandoned places. I like going to abandoned hospitals and warehouses.”

And it’s not pure realism that Cremeans goes after. She is driven to use color in an extreme fashion in her work.

“I like to use raw format,” she said. “It allows me to push your contrast and colors. To push those colors to the limits. They are very vibrant. Raw format lets you capture color information so it is the true color. They are bleeding off the page.”

Cremeans, a native of Huntington, W.Va., trained at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, originally wanting to study graphic design. However after instructors saw her drawing portfolio, Cremeans was steered into the institute’s animation program.

“A lot of time I was into video games and it is so much fun bringing your own drawing to life,” she said.

After school, she stayed in Pittsburgh, working at a one-hour photo developing shop where the owners introduced her to photography.

“I had always wanted to give photography a try,” she said. “But when it was film, it was still very costly to have a good film camera. Digital was starting to be accepted. It was affordable. I have really liked colors and the owners talked to me about color. What is good color, making sure the sky is the right color. Whites are whites.”

In Pittsburgh she found her subjects walking in the city at night shooting the architectural features of the downtown skyscrapers. From that she realized abandoned structures as subjects that offered her the greatest creativity — graveyards and deserted houses.

“People don’t go (to cemeteries) thinking they are going to have a good time,” she aid. “It is not portrayed that this is beautiful, this is serene. People go there to mourn or to remember. I think to go and take pictures is to show them something different. It is a mini museum with some of those tombs.”

The show, which is free and open to the public, runs through June 27. Hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

"Bring the Outside In"

I have the pleasure of displaying my photography work in the Ohio University Proctorville Center starting this week until the end of June. There are 20 framed pieces ranging in sizes of 8x10 to 24x30. Prints are also available if you happen to see something you like but have your own ideas for framing!

All framed work is for sale and there is an office located inside the college that is full of friendly staff. If you have any questions simply email me at jbirdistheword@yahoo.com.

You can visit the center during the week from 8am to 8pm Monday through Thursday and 8am to 5pm on Fridays.

Ohio University Proctorville Center

111 Private Drive 516

Proctorville, OH 45669

(740) 886-7655

Need directions?

http://www.southern.ohiou.edu/proctorville/directions.html

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Beginning Photography Class

Have a new camera? Learn how to use your new camera or improve the quality of photos taken with an older camera in this Beginning Photography class. The class will meet at the College Drive Campus. Participants will need a 35mm camera and film or a digital camera and memory card. Instructor Jennifer “JBird” Cremeans is an area artist and experienced instructor.

Class Fee: $65, and any film processing costs.

Tuesdays, May 24-June 28, 2011, 6:30-8:00 pm

Call: 1-606-329-2000 and ask for Lifelong Learning

Call today about these coming classes as well!

Photoshop for Beginners – Mondays, July 11 – Aug. 15

Beginning Photography – Tuesdays, July 12 – August 16

"Be a Pro" series workshop

"Your very first client-start to finish:

Do you enjoy photography so much that you want to take it to the next level but don't know how? Photography intructor j.Bird Cremeans has designed this class with you in mind! Guiding you from start to finish, J.Bird will show you how to select locations, post your client, price your work, and how to edit your pictures in Adobe Photoshop. A digital SLR camera capable of shooting in RAW format is required for this workshop as well as a card reading device to transfer your pictures onto the computer for editing.

Workshop will take place Saturday July 9th, times TBA.

Check out some more of my student's artwork:

Here is a sneak peak for Jen and Ryan's engagement session:

Check out my May Special!