http://www.anseladams.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2268May 13-17, 2009 (Yosemite National Park)
Charles Cramer shows you everything you need to know to make the finest digital prints from your transparencies, negatives, or digital camera files. From exposing and scanning film to choosing the right printer, Charlie will share the results of extensive testing in his pursuit to make the best possible prints. And beyond the technical details, you will learn ways to make your images stronger and more compelling. This class will expose students to the state-of-the-art in digital techniques and equipment.
DETAILS
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Instructors: Charles Cramer
Date: May 13-17, 2009
Location: Yosemite National Park
Focus: Digital Classroom
Level: Intermediate
Class Limit: 8
Tuition: $1,100.00 (Material Fee Included)
Rooms have been set aside for workshop participants at Yosemite Lodge in Yosemite Valley. A form will be emailed to you upon registration that will allow you to reserve one of these rooms.
Workshop cancellation and refund policyCharles Cramer shows you everything you need to know to make the finest digital prints from your transparencies, negatives, or digital camera files. From exposing and scanning film to choosing the right printer, Charlie will share the results of extensive testing in his pursuit to make the best possible prints. And beyond the technical details, you will learn ways to make your images stronger and more compelling. This class will expose students to the state-of-the-art in digital techniques and equipment.
Students should have a working knowledge of Photoshop.
Subjects covered will include color management, scanning, workflow, using Photoshop to fine-tune your images, equipment selection and preparing files for Lightjet or Inkjet printing. Students will get to scan, fine-tune and print using their own images on the Gallery's Epson and HP printers.
Subjects covered in detail will include:
Scanning
Purchase vs. service bureau---do I need my own scanner?
What is a good scan and how to tell
Recommended scanning parameters---resolution and size, color space, and sharpening
Color Management (covered in depth)
How to insure consistent results from monitor to final print
How do I color-profile my own monitor, scanner, and printer?
Which calibration software works best
Image Processing
Recommended techniques for working on files
The Master File and adjustment layers
Photoshop selection tools---tips and techniques
Setting density and color balance
Retouching, burning and dodging
Preparation of files for output to various printers
Sharpening
Using the "Sharpen Only Edges" action (included)
Equipment Selection
Recommended Computers and Monitors
Printers for proofing and printers for final output
Software for image processing
Storage for large image files, CD and DVD writers
Digital cameras
Presentation
Archival methods of mounting and matting digital prints
In addition to time spent in the digital classroom, workshop participants will have the opportunity to participate in instructor led field sessions. Throughout the workshop, several field sessions will take place in the morning and evening hours, giving students the opportunity to make images around the Yosemite region while receiving instructor feedback.
CHARLES CRAMER studied piano for 25 years, receiving an M.A. degree from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. George Eastman, who also founded the Eastman Kodak Company, endowed this conservatory. This connection between music and photography can be seen in the lives of many photographers. Cramer gradually turned to full-time photography by 1980.
What initially started out as wet darkroom work transited into the digital era in 1997. Although far removed from darkroom-intensive dye transfer prints, the digital process gives him incredible control over the final image. These new advances allow Charles Cramer to realize his lyrical landscape images at their strongest and most compelling.
Cramer has taught photography for The Ansel Adams Gallery, and in 1987 was selected by the National Park Service to be artist-in-residence in Yosemite. National Geographic, the Sierra Club, and the Yosemite Association have published his work. His photographs are in numerous public and private collections in the United States and abroad.
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