The Fine Digital Print II is a true master class, conducted by a master, at an elevated level.

Reviews set the stage for customized projects, collaboration, and extensive feedback. We’ll identify core strengths, areas for further development, and areas for focused experiments designed to get the answers you need to resolve your work at the highest level.

Demonstrations of advanced material are conducted seminar style. Sessions give you not only how to use the tools optimally but also strategies for applying them to achieve the results you want. You then apply these new techniques to your own images.

You'll test a variety of media with your images to determine which is optimum for your images/vision. You’ll test a variety of palettes with your favorite image(s) to clarify and refine your personal palette. You’ll test a variety of sharpening styles. You’ll test a variety of scales. And you'll get valuable feedback while you explore your options that will accelerate your progress.

You'll be excited and inspired by the diverse perspectives of your fellow participants. Collaborative sessions reveal how uniquely interpretive each realization of an image can be. You'll find hidden dimensions in your images and your visual voice that you didn't know were there before.

You’ll leave with a clear understanding of the core strengths of your vision, an action plan for finishing your personal project designed to take your work to the next level, and several exhibition quality prints.

Schedule

Monday       aesthetics of print, a body of work, reviews of your work
Tuesday      evaluating color management, softproofing, the art of proofing
                   testing your work on a variety of substrates
Wednesday  advanced color adjustment strategies
                   testing your palette to define your signature style
Thursday     advanced selection/masking skills strategies for local adjustment
                   advanced sharpening focus effects

                   noise – use it / lose it
                   testing your focus preferences in print
Friday          extending dynamic range

                   advanced lighting effects

                   group reviews of work done       
                   advanced topics tailored for the needs of the group
                   John Paul processes of your files live before the group

Small class size with selective enrollment ensures that participants receive group and individual feedback and that pace can be customized.

Topics

* Color management evaluated – what you may be missing
* Softproofing in detail
* Sophisticated proofing techniques
* Essential printing tests
* Fine art printing techniques
* Fine art workflow
* Photoshop, Camera RAW, Bridge, Lightroom
* Sophisticated color adjustment strategies
* Advanced black and white conversions
* Advanced sharpening strategies
* Noise reduction
* Advanced selection and masking techniques
* Local adjustment strategies
* Exploring the impact of substrates and scale
* Defining a project to focus your efforts and produce tangible results
* Introduction to marketing fine art prints

Demonstrations of advanced material are conducted seminar style. You then apply these new techniques to your images, customizing the techniques for your unique vision.

Extensive supplementary materials are provided in both Workbook and CD formats filled with exercises, informative PDFs, test files, and Photoshop actions designed to make routine tasks as easy as pushing a button. There's more information in these items than we can cover in a week so you'll find them to be invaluable resources long after the workshop ends.

This workshop has a strong photographic perspective but is applicable to all types of artists who want to reproduce their work in digital media.

One of the best ways to learn how to make better prints is to expose yourself to great masterworks. You'll develop an eye for the aethetics of photographic printmaking. You'll become sensitized to the many nuances that add up to make a great print.

During my workshops you'll see original master works from the history of photography including original prints by Ansel Adams, Wynn Bullock, Paul Caponigro, Linda Connor, Kurt Markus, Arnold Newman, Olivia Parker, Chris Rainier, Joyce Tenneson, George Tice, Jerry Uelsmann, Brett Weston, Minor White, Huntington Witherill, and many more.

You're comfortable with digital workflow and printmaking and you want to take your skills to the next level and strengthen your personal vision.

This is an intermediate to advanced workshop. You're ready for this workshop, if you've taken the Fine Digital Print I or if you have equivalent skills. You should be comfortable with the topics listed in the schedule for The Fine Digital Print I and prepared to advance your understanding of them at a rapid rate during the week.

DVDs

My DVD series R/Evolution offers excellent resources to help you prepare for my workshops and review core material presented long afterwards.  Find out more about my DVDs.  Click Here