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DSI Adobe Lightroom 101 Workshop
Saturday March 24, 12-6 pm DSI will conduct an Adobe Lightroom Workshop. Lightroom is the essential software tool for any serious photographer. Come and learn the fundamentals of this incredibly powerful tool that many professionals have come to rely on. Experienced instructor Kathy Tarantola will help guide you through the basics.
The class will thoroughly cover the Library and Develop modules where you manage, keyword, edit and enhance your images. With hands-on practice, learn how to import, organize, edit, rate, fix and enhance your images, and how to work through large shoots efficiently with synchronized settings and presets. We will discuss how Photoshop will still fit in your workflow, and learn how to move between Lightroom and Photoshop easily.
We will take several images through the entire Develop workflow, reviewing tools as we go. Topics emphasized will be based on student needs. You will have time to practice with your own images, ask questions, and get feedback on your work.
Library Module
• Import process • Organizing and naming your photos • Editing photo shoots – synchronizing • Using ratings and filters • Collections and smart collections • Mastering metadata and keywording • Exporting
Develop Module
• Evaluating photos and making creative decisions • Perfecting tone and color in each photo • Applying sharpening and noise reduction • Correcting lens distortion and chromatic aberration • Using virtual copies • Making great black and white conversions • Applying special effects
The class will also cover the basics of the Slideshow, Print and Web modules, all of which take your workflow to a professional conclusion.
No prior experience with Lightroom is necessary; however a working knowledge of computers is necessary for you to get the most from this workshop. A laptop computer loaded with the current version of Lightroom 3 is required. You can download a trial version at Adobe.com.
You will gain a fresh outlook on how to manage your workflow and process your digital images faster and with more precise control.
The fee for this course is $149, Space is limited. Call 617.489.0035 to reserve your spot or purchase online now.
Grand Opening – Thank You
When our building was sold we didn’t know what to expect. DSI Karma must have been good because our new landlord, JW Construction, moved us into a larger, beautifully renovated space that perfectly fits our growing company.
When you get lucky there is only one thing to do…have a party! Saturday, 2/25/12, we had our official Grand Opening. It was a fun day of free demonstrations and good coffee thanks to Peace River Coffee roasters.
Folks brought in their digital files and we converted them to black & white using Nik Silver Efex Pro software and made a free 11×14 silver gelatin print on our Durst Theta processor. We capped off our extravaganza with refreshments and a lively gathering. All total, 12 hours of fun, learning, and some good deals to boot.
We’d like to give a huge pat-on-the-back to Ray Nayson and Brenda Hipsher from X-Rite for their excellent demonstrations on the Colorchecker Passport, i1 Display and Color Munki products. Also Congratulations to the participants that won Nik Software, and Colorchecker Passports.
Last but not least a big high-five to our amazing interns: Alexis, Anai, Kristen, Emily S. and Emily J. We couldn’t have pulled off the Grand Opening without their help. If you couldn’t make it to the Grand Opening Event please stop in, say hello, and see our beautiful new space.
DSI Moves into New Space
It’s official – we’re moving….about 50 feet. After 3 years in the former accounting office of Zeff Photo, we will be expanding into 2,500 newly renovated space at 11 Brighton St. Our new space is triple the size of our previous location at the same address. Once Zeff Photo closed, the building was purchased by Jon Wardwell of JW Construction and they have begun renovating the building and giving it new life. We can’t say enough about how great they have been at working with DSI to expand our space and help us with our move. Stay tuned for exciting news about the building and other new tenants.
The new space will consolidate our production into one large area that will enhance our product offerings. Our newly expanded finishing area will accommodate DiBond mounting, more matting & framing and our large format fine art color printing with our new Epson 9900 HDR inkjet printer.
Our true black & white silver gelatin printing services will be delayed a few days during our relocation. Durst technicians will be here Mon – Weds (1/23 & 1/25/2012) to assist us moving the Durst Theta 51 and getting her all setup and recalibrated. So, please be patient over the next few days as we expand into our new space. We will be offering more services in the near future, including classes, workshops and more!
By the way, mark your calendars for Feb 25th – we’ll be having a Grand Reopening day filled with events with XRite, Pro Photo lighting and Nik Software.
Rock & Roll
The title of our current exhibition at the Digital Silver Imaging Gallery says it all. This exhibition covers more than 50 years of Rock and Roll photography from the Beatles and the Rolling Stones first US tours to Lady Gaga and Phish.
Given the confines of our gallery it was difficult not to have floor to ceiling images but gallery director and curator J. Sybylla Smith has produced a stunning show. Just a few of the highlights of the exhibition include:
• Early Beatles photographs from Astrid Kirchherr, including John, Paul, George, Pete and Stuart!
• Mike Mitchell’s recently discovered images of the Beatles first US tour.
• Intimate Rolling Stone images by the late Bob Bonis
• Never before shown studio portrait of Led Zeppelin by Herb Greene
• Ron Pownall’s sensual onstage portrait of Blondie’s Debbie Harry
• BC Kagan’s photos of vintage Cars and a boyish Billy Idol
* Pearl Jam’s sound check at the Boston Garden made iconic by Brian Babineau
• Steven Tyler of Aerosmith being Steven Tyler in beautiful B&W as captured by Melissa Mahoney
• Ethereal play of concert lights at Phish and Radiohead and My Morning Jacket concerts by Ryan Mastro
• Kerry Brett’s elegant panoramic studio image of the Dropkick Murphys
• Face-to-face portrait of Lady Gaga by Mitch Weiss
This exhibition opens Thursday December 8, 2011 and runs through January 28, 2012. A gallery talk will be held on January 26 at 7:00 pm. Speaker(s) TBA (we are working on something really cool so keep an eye out for this event).
Griffin Museum of Photography by Digital Silver Imaging Gallery, 4 Clarendon Street, Boston MA
The Science of Art
Howard Schatz refers to his studio as a research laboratory. Before a single image is
captured an extensive production is engineered with details on the sun, wind, and water
conditions, exact placement of invisible markers and an artful application of industrial
strength make-up. Only then do Howard, his assistants, stylists and models strap on
weights, hyperventilate and jump into a 92 degree pool of crystal clear water for a timed
minute of silence and rapture; repeatedly, all day long.
Listening to Howard describe his work is as delightful and incredulous as the imagery
created in his Underwater Study Series. The Griffin Museum/DSI gallery was beyond
SRO with people sitting in the aisles and up the staircase to view his slideshow
presentation and hear his gallery talk. On view through November 6th are five images
from H2O his third book published from this body of work.
A swimmer, competitive tennis player and until the 1990’s, a retinal surgeon, Schatz,
has an eager curiosity and intrepid passion. With joy and determination he manipulates
the limits of biology to capture the fancy of his relentless imagination – underwater.
Riveted by the properties of light and water that mirror and distort Howard sees infinite
possibility.
Vanity Fair features his ongoing series; In Character: Actors Acting. With lens posed
inches from an accomplished actors face, he immortalizes their instantaneous
interpretation of his scripted synopsis written to illicit their intense emotion. Howard
loves to be on the observing edge, catching creation and life with awe and wonder.
Fresh off the press last week is his 18th book. With Child is the culmination of 20
years of photographing women in all stages of pregnancy. Defying gravity he explores
the living sculpture that is gestation. Schatz has met yearly with these mother’s and
their children for a portrait. Each child is given age appropriate questions exploring
how they feel about their life at that stage. A hybrid of conceptual art and humanistic
therapy these missives are collected in a time capsule without being read or published.
Effectively, Harold is mirroring pregnancy itself.