Digitalsilverimaging

The Fine Art of Printing in a Digital World

Workshops

Lensbaby™ & Black and White Image Processing

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Stan Godwin, Lensbaby and Nik SIlver Efex Pro 2
©Stan Godwin, Lensbaby Lens processed with Nik Silver Efex Pro2

Photography with Lensbaby™ Lenses

This hands-on workshop is an introduction to Lensbaby™ lenses and accessories. The Lensbaby is one of the most unique and beautiful shooting lenses on the market today. Learn how to maximize your art by mastering the use of this amazing lens system. As weather allows we will be shooting outdoors around DSI so bring your tripod and DSLR fully charged to get to work! There will be Composer Pro w/ Sweet 35 Optic lens available for Nikon, Canon and Olympus for hands-on demonstration.
A discount coupon for 10% off your next Lensbaby™ purchase will be provided to all attendees.

 Note: If you register by midnight Oct. 8 you are guaranteed a lens for your DSLR, If you register later you may have to share with another attendee of the workshop. When registering make sure you state your whether you use  Canon, Nikon, or Olympus DSLR camera.

Date: Saturday, October 18, 10AM – 12PM
Place: Digital Silver Imaging, 9 Brighton Street, Belmont, MA 02478
Phone: 617.489.0035
Cost: $49 per person
Unfortunately this workshop has been cancelled

Black & White Image Processing with Tonality Pro and Silver Efex Pro 2

There are many ways to convert a digital file from color to B&W, but not all conversions are created equal. Working with instructor Stan Godwin, workshop participants will be shown how to go beyond basic Photoshop and Lightroom conversions with Macphun Tonality Pro and Nik Silver Efex Pro 2. Stan will show you how to simply achieve amazing results in the conversion process. Stan will also touch upon the power of these plugins when using them for color post production.

As a bonus, participants will also receive a FREE 11×14 silver gelatin RC print from Digital Silver Imaging. 

Date: Saturday, October 18, 1PM – 4PM
Place: Digital Silver Imaging, 9 Brighton Street, Belmont, MA 02478
Phone: 617.489.0035
Cost: $79 per person
Unfortunately this workshop has been cancelled

Bring your lunch if enrolling in both or get a great sandwich just around the building at the Loading Dock Deli!

STAN GODWIN BIO:

Stan taught photography and coordinated the photography program at Texas A&M University-Commerce where he was employed for 30 years. He lead one of the first digital photography programs at a U.S. university. When he retired he was the Interim Head of the Art Department at Texas A&M University-Commerce.

Stan has taught over 120 workshops on Cape Cod and in Texas, Oklahoma, Nevada, California, Georgia, Louisiana and Florida and continues to shoot professionally and personally. Stan is a nationally recognized educator of Lightroom, HDR, RAW and Color Management and Profiling. His photographic work has been published in hundreds of magazines, newspapers and books over the last four decades. Stan holds the BFA from Rochester Institute of Technology and the MS from TAMU-C. Stan Godwin Photography Workshops can be found on the internet at www.stangodwin.com. Stan also owns Packet Galleries (www.packetgalleries.com) on Cape Cod featuring antiques, fine art and more.

*Refund Policy: Because our instructors commit their time to workshops and space is limited, our refund policy is as follows: Cancellations 2 weeks prior to the workshop will receive a full refund. Cancellations a week before the workshop date will receive a 50% refund. All other cancellations will not receive a refund but may apply 50% of the workshop fee to a future workshop of the same or greater price. You must notify us of your cancellation or inability to attend via email. (info@digitalsilverimaging.com).

Infrared Photography 101 Workshop 9/20

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LaurieKleinIRCelebrate the Feminine Stump-WMJoin internationally acclaimed artist, photographer, educator and author Laurie Klein for this infrared photography workshop. Laurie will show participants the creative possibilities of infrared through her own unique images and hands-on demonstrations. Participants will be inspired by Laurie’s myriad use of infrared capture of both the landscape and the human form. She will also cover:

•  How IR interprets the visual spectrum (Image pre-visualizing)
•  Making good exposures utilizing your histogram
•  Camera Settings and infrared capture
•   Which subjects make for the best IR images
•  IR post production  including: using Adobe Photoshop & Lightroom, raw conversion, IR file characteristics, and 3rd party plug-ins
•   Hands-on shooting session (weather permitting)

Bonus Instructor!
Laurie will be joined by her son and professional photographer, Kyle Perler. A freelance photographer and part of the Chuck Fazio Media Team, Kyle will assist in providing intensive one-on-one instruction during the hands-on portion of the workshop.

Date: Saturday September 20, 2014
Time: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Place: Digital Silver Imaging, 9 Brighton Street, Belmont MA 02478
Fee for this workshop is $149

Cancelled – Look for this workshop Spring 2015

Instructor Bio
Laurie Klein is recognized worldwide for her infrared photography. Her work embodies a soft passionate style that most often depicts the human experience in nature. She began photographing Infrared film under the tutelage of Ansel Adams and she has never looked back.  Laurie has been teaching for over 30 years and is currently an instructor at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Peters Valley and the Texas School of Professional Photography. Her work has appeared in hundreds of publications and a life-long record of gallery exhibitions. She is the author of the recently released The Female Form with Digital Infrared (Amherst Media) and Hand Coloring Black and White Photography (Quarry Books).

*Refund Policy: Because our instructors commit their time to workshops and space is limited, our refund policy is as follows: Cancellations 2 weeks prior to the workshop will receive a full refund. Cancellations a week before the workshop date will receive a 50% refund. All other cancellations will not receive a refund but may apply 50% of the workshop fee to a future workshop of the same or greater price. You must notify us of your cancellation or inability to attend via email. (info@digitalsilverimaging.com).

Photoshop Basics: Post Production and Digital Workflow Workshop

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©Kyle Perler Photography
©Kyle Perler Photography

Learn effective strategies to build your own photographic workflow. This class will take you from downloading your images through final output. Along the way we’ll cover workflow management like how to organize and keep your files safe. You’ll learn the essential adjustments in Adobe Camera Raw (the engine for Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Bridge), techniques for creating rich HRD images, and how to use Photoshop to give your images that finished professional look. We will also cover filter programs such as NIK Software and discuss advanced topics like masking, selective image manipulation, Infrared retouching, and much more. This class is ideal for people wanting to organize their libraries, create better looking files, and reduce both time spent behind the computer and frustration commonly associated with post production!

A laptop or portable computer (iMac), loaded with Photoshop, that you can bring to the workshop is required.

Date: Saturday September 27, 2014
Time: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Place: Digital Silver Imaging, 9 Brighton Street, Belmont MA 02478
Fee for this workshop is $149

PS Basics 

Instructor Bio
After graduating from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 2009, Kyle spent 3 years honing and refining his skills as a photographer and production manager for Mainframe Photographics; a commercial and biomedical photo studio in Boston. After Perler left Mainframe he open the doors of his own professional photographic business specializing in head shots, social portraits, commercial events, boutique weddings, and photo education. Kyle is also a photographer for the esteemed Fazio Media Team, photographing national and international events and meetings. Kyle teaches and mentors for both beginning and professional photographers. He is just returning from a 2 month photographic expedition in Africa, capturing wildlife and endangered species. He is also coauthoring a new book with Laurie Klein on Digital Infrared Photography to be published in the spring of 2015 by Amherst Media.

 

*Refund Policy: Because our instructors commit their time to workshops and space is limited, our refund policy is as follows: Cancellations 2 weeks prior to the workshop will receive a full refund. Cancellations a week before the workshop date will receive a 50% refund. All other cancellations will not receive a refund but may apply 50% of the workshop fee to a future workshop of the same or greater price. You must notify us of your cancellation or inability to attend via email. (info@digitalsilverimaging.com).

New IR Workshop a Success

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Infrared Workshop with Laurie J. Klein
Infrared Workshop with Laurie J. Klein

A clear, late Spring day in Massachusetts was a perfect setting for a digital infrared workshop with instructors Laurie J. Klein and Kyle Perler. The workshop, Digital Infrared Photography 101, was taught to a sold-out crowd of 15 photographers. The biggest surprise of the day was that over half of the participants fell in love with the magic and mystery of infrared  during the film days of Kodak HIE High Speed Infrared Film! These intrepid photographers used changing bags, red filters, and the quirky film to capture IR. Now they are embracing digital infrared and a much simpler production process.

This workshop was scheduled to coincide with an exhibit of infrared photography titled, Beyond the Visible Spectrum. The exhibition featured the work of 4 artists that use infrared photography to create images of ethereal beauty. The work of Laurie J. Klein, Ron Rosenstock, Tony Sweet and Carl Stoveland provided inspiration and a teaching vehicle to workshop participants. Laurie utilized the prints on display as her introduction to the art of IR photography.

As Laurie stated, “One of the most challenging aspects of infrared capture is being able to pre-visualize in a non-visible spectrum. Learning how to interpret in IR.  Foliage comes out white yet the bark of the tree branches come out dark so composing is different then with color or B&W capture.  Some black fabrics come out white, some black. Red roses come out white, purple flowers come out darker. “

Many participants admitted that one of the reasons they love IR is there is often a gift that happens, something they didn’t see in the viewfinder or expect. Because the photographer is not working with a light source she can see, not all outcomes are predictable, that is the “magic” of IR.

Laurie and class during hands-on portion of workshop
Laurie and class during hands-on portion of workshop

Laurie and Kyle also brought in a model for a few hours and went out shooting at a pond near Digital Silver Imaging. Laurie also brought a Cam Ranger, which she tethered to her camera and laptop so the students could instantly see what the images being produced looked like. This allowed Laurie to discuss composition, what a good IR histogram looks like, exposure, ISO and custom white balance.

After a group photograph, it was back to the classroom and Kyle worked with the group on after capture. Using a variety of methods from Photoshop, Lightroom and Nik Pluggins: Color Effects Pro and Silver Effects Pro.  Kyle stepped the class through several images from raw to final, spending a good deal of time on retouching eyes, as eyes can go very dark and have an extremely haunting quality to them when photographed with IR.

Participants responded to Laurie and Kyle’s instruction with overwhelmingly praise and we hope to have the team back soon for another workshop and perhaps even an advanced session.

Join Laurie J. Klein 7/13-7/18/14 in beautiful Santa Fe, New Mexico for her workshop : Creative Infrared Photography

Laurie’s new book: Photographing the Female Form with Digital Infrared

 

Infrared Photography 101 Workshop 9/20

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©Laurie Klein
©Laurie Klein

Join internationally acclaimed artist, photographer, educator and author Laurie Klein for this infrared photography workshop. Laurie will show participants the creative possibilities of infrared through her own unique images and hands-on demonstrations. Participants will be inspired by Laurie’s myriad use of infrared capture of both the landscape and the human form. She will also cover:

•  How IR interprets the visual spectrum (Image pre-visualizing)
•  Making good exposures utilizing your histogram
•  Camera Settings and infrared capture
•   Which subjects make for the best IR images
•  IR post production  including: using Adobe Photoshop & Lightroom, raw conversion, IR file characteristics, and 3rd party plug-ins
•   Hands-on shooting session (weather permitting)

Bonus Instructor!
Laurie will be joined by her son and professional photographer, Kyle Perler. A freelance photographer and part of the Chuck Fazio Media Team, Kyle will assist in providing intensive one-on-one instruction during the hands-on portion of the workshop.

Date: Saturday September 20, 2014
Time: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Place: Digital Silver Imaging, 9 Brighton Street, Belmont MA 02478
Fee for this workshop is $149

Cancelled – Look for this workshop Spring 2015

Instructor Bio
Laurie Klein is recognized worldwide for her infrared photography. Her work embodies a soft passionate style that most often depicts the human experience in nature. She began photographing Infrared film under the tutelage of Ansel Adams and she has never looked back.  Laurie has been teaching for over 30 years and is currently an instructor at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Peters Valley and the Texas School of Professional Photography. Her work has appeared in hundreds of publications and a life-long record of gallery exhibitions. She is the author of the recently released The Female Form with Digital Infrared (Amherst Media) and Hand Coloring Black and White Photography (Quarry Books).

*Refund Policy: Because our instructors commit their time to workshops and space is limited, our refund policy is as follows: Cancellations 2 weeks prior to the workshop will receive a full refund. Cancellations a week before the workshop date will receive a 50% refund. All other cancellations will not receive a refund but may apply 50% of the workshop fee to a future workshop of the same or greater price. You must notify us of your cancellation or inability to attend via email. (info@digitalsilverimaging.com).

Color Management Workshop: Capture, Calibration and Printing with Adobe Lightroom and X-rite

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This two-part workshop will take participants from image capture, through monitor calibration, to final print ready output with Adobe Lightroom.

In the first hour MAC Group expert Ray Nason will show how to use X-rite calibration tools to guarantee accurate, consistent and repeatable results.Getting great color and exposure can be as simple as calibrating your monitor and using a photographic target like the X-rite Passport. Ray will make the complex understandable and show you how to calibrate your computer system so you can get the best color fidelity in print and on screen.

Hour two will be led by Adobe Certified Expert, Kathy Tarantola, who will demonstrate the Lightroom Print Module. Kathy will cover a variety of Print Module features including the use of soft proofing to optimize your images for a particular paper and output device, fixing issues with out of gamut color clipping, using paper profiles and print settings for the perfect color management.

There will be time for question and answer and this workshop will be open to a limited number of participants. If you are using Adobe Lightroom and want great color and exposure both on screen and in print this workshop is a must.

Date: Wednesday, February 26
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM 
Location: Digital SIlver Imaging, 9 Brighton St. Belmont, MA 
Fee for this course is $49*

Color Mgmt. Workshop

*Refund Policy: Because our instructors commit their time to workshops and space is limited, our refund policy is as follows: Cancellations 2 weeks prior to the workshop will receive a full refund. Cancellations a week before the workshop date will receive a 50% refund. All other cancellations will not receive a refund but may apply 50% of the workshop fee to a future workshop of the same or greater price. You must notify us of your cancellation or inability to attend via email. (info@digitalsilverimaging.com).