Digitalsilverimaging

Documentary Master Class with Glenn Ruga
2020-02-10 18:30 (America/Halifax) | Digital Silver Imaging, 9 Brighton Street, Belmont, 02478, United States
This class will run eight Mondays starting February 10, 2020. Designed for photographers who are working on, or are interested in working on, a body of documentary work culminating in a portfolio or a multimedia presentation. The focus of this Master Class will be shooting and in-class critique. We will also go over developing skills of conceptualizing a project, printing, editing, sequencing, and communicating the concept of a project. We define documentary fairly broad for this class and look to creative and non-traditional approaches the genre.
Students may present their work during class as prints, projected digital images, or multimedia presentations. While the core of the class is based on still photography — video, sound, or motion may be used as part of the project. If students are interested in presenting a multimedia project, they should be versed in the skills necessary to do this as we will not have time during the eight weeks to teach these advancd topics.
Students will be expected to present a final project at the end of the class to the instructor and other classmates in the form of a portfolio of prints, a multimedia presentation, a website, or a book dummy.
The class is designed for photographers who want to engage in a learning environment that will provide consistent valuable feedback and discussion with an instructor and other engaged class members. The class will emphasize documentary photography but with a broard interpretation of the genre and participants are encouraged to push the boundaries of what defines documentary.
The weekly class will involve a crit session of work by class participants, analyzing work by accomplished photographers, developing concepts for projects, and discussing documentary photography.
Requirements: Proficiency in technical aspects of photography including use of digital or film camera, ability to bring in prints or digital slide presentation on a regular basis, and willingness to commit to a project that will be further developed during the course of the class.
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Photo by Glenn Ruga; Kosovar refugees in Macedonia.
Glenn Ruga is the Founder and Director of Social Documentary Network (www.socialdocumentary.net) and the Executive Editor of ZEKE magazine (www.zekemagazine.com). He is also the former Executive Director of the Photographic Resource Center. Ruga has produced three major documentary projects that each traveled to numerous locations across the United States. He served as a curator of the 2012 New York Photo Festival and has been a reviewer at FotoFest, Review Santa Fe, Palm Springs Photo Festival, New England Portfolio Reviews, PDN Portfolio Reviews, and New England ASMP Reviews. His curated exhibits include Global Health in Focus (Photographic Resource Center, 2012); PRC in NYC (New York Photo Festival, 2012); On the Razor’s Edge: Between Documentary and Fine Art Photography (New York Photo Festival, 2012); Global Warning (555 Gallery, Boston, 2014); Rania Matar, Girls in Between and Nancy Grace Horton, Being 13 (Photographic Resource Center, 2012), and four exhibitions of work from the Social Documentary Network including Crisis and Opportunity: Documenting the Global Recession (2010); Ten Years After 9/11: Searching for a 21st Century Landscape (2011); The Art of Documentary (2012); and Using the Power of Photography to Promote Global Awareness (2014).
For more information or questions about the class, email glenn@socialdocumentary.net
Payment and Refund Policies

Enrollment is on first-come, first-served basis until capacity (10 students).
Class must have a minimum of five students enrolled. If minimum is not met, all tuitiion payments will be refunded.
$150 minimum payment is required to secure enrollment. Balance must be paid in full prior to the first meeting of class.
If student withdraws up to one week prior to the first meeting of class, student will receive a full refund minus a $50 processing fee. If student withdraws less than one week prior to first meeting of class, or within 48 hours after the end of the first class, student will receive a refund minus a $100 processing fee. Refund requests must be made in writing.

Ziatype Workshop with Anne Eder
2020-02-22 10:00 - 18:00 (America/Halifax)
Ziatypes are a versatile palladium-based printing-out process that makes it possible to assess exposure during development. This beautiful alternative process maybe the perfect match for your photographic imagery. The Ziatype Workshop is for beginners and photographers with basic knowledge of the ziatype process. Expert instructor, Anne Eder, will take participants through the complete process of making ziatypes from digital image to finished ziatype print.
Anne will step participants through the entire process, starting with making a contact negative on an inkjet printer, coating of light sensitive paper, exposure with sunlight, and the final archival wash.
During the course of this day-long workshop participants will focus on:
• Perfecting negative conversion curves for better print results
• Creating a negative to express your vision
• Understanding ziatype chemistry
• Creating additional color and tone in your ziatype
If you are curious about the advantages of Ziatype printing here is a brief list:
• Ziatypes utilize a printing out process (POP), images can be evaluated as they print, resulting in far fewer underexposed or overexposed prints.
• Greater contrast control without graining
• Greater paper acceptance, prints well on most papers.
• Greater color control. You can “dial in” various shades of brown to red brown, purple to neutral grays.
• No developer needed.
• Excellent blacks (dmax)
Ziatype coming out of print washer
All materials needed will be provided, prints will be made on Hahnmühle Platinum Rag paper. Participants need to bring 3 to 4 images on a flash drive, CD, or their laptop. Images should have good tonal scale in both the highlight and shadow areas. Files should be 300ppi, and approximately 5×7 in size. Participants will be able to keep, the prints, negatives, and custom curves made during the workshop.
Please note: This workshop is designed for first time participants. If you’d like to participate in an advance ziatype workshop please contact Andrea@digitalsilverimaging.com.
Date: February 22, 2020
Time: 10:00-6:00 with a break for lunch
Place: Digital Silver Imaging, 9 Brighton Street, Belmont, MA
Fee: 345.00
Student Discount: Currently enrolled students can receive a 10% discount on the cost of the workshop. Use promo code: Student10 at checkout. You will be asked to present your valid student ID at the workshop, if you do not have a valid ID you will be charged the full $295.
Anne Eder Bio:
Faculty Penumbra Foundation NYC
Faculty Harvard University, Harvard Ceramics Program
Member SPE, NCECA, NESA
Anne Eder is an interdisciplinary artist and educator from Philadelphia. She has won multiple awards for alternative process photographic work including two Julia Margaret Cameron awards and a first place Pollux award. in addition, her documentary series on Plum Island, a barrier reef at risk due to climate change won a first place Julia Margaret Cameron award in 2019. She holds an MFA in Photography and Integrated Media from Lesley University College of Art and Design, where she studied with Christopher James. Her gum bichromate images and studio practice are featured in Gum Printing: A Step-By-Step Manual Highlighting Artists And Their Creative Practice by Christina Z. Anderson, published by Focal Press/Routledge 2017.
Website: www.anneeder.com.
Instagram: @darcflower
Twitter: @ChansonetteE
Etsy shop: Woods & Willowbone
Special thanks to Hahnemühle USA for providing their beautiful new alternative processes paper, Hahnmühle Platinum Rag for this 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).

Lightroom Highlights Workshop with Kathy Tarantola
2020-02-29 12:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Learn the Best Lightroom Features and Tools
Whether you have never done much editing in Lightroom or if you have been working with it for years, this workshop will cover some of the main features of what Lightroom can do for your photo editing workflow. Lightroom is the leading editing and processing program for photo professionals and enthusiasts alike, but many features are hard to find on your own. We will cover tips in the Library where you will learn to organize, rate, search, and sort your images to make finding them a breeze. You will learn how to work through large shoots efficiently with synchronized settings and how to use Collections for creating virtual folders of your images for specific projects.
Note: We will not be covering importing in this class to make more time for the organizing features. An upcoming Lightroom 101 class will cover getting your photos into Lightroom. If you have any difficulty getting images into Lightroom to work on, let me know and I can help you prior to class.
Kathy always receives rave reviews from workshop participants, and Digital Silver Imaging is pleased to have her back in 2020.
Learn the Best Lightroom Develop features for editing
Then, with the Develop Module, let the fun begin! Learn the quick and easy tips for editing your work, beginning with learning to evaluate any image and using the tools to make stunning portfolio quality images.
We will take several images through the entire editing 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.
What we will cover: Library Module
• Organizing
• Metadata and Keywording
• Using ratings and filters
• Collections
• Searching
• Synchronizing
• Mastering good workflow practices
What we will cover: Develop Module
• Learn to evaluate your photos for the best creative decisions
• Perfect, exposure, tone, clarity and color
• Making local adjustments with the Adjustment brush, Radial and Graduated Filters
• Applying sharpening and noise reduction
• Correcting lens distortion
• Using virtual copies and snapshots
• Comparing before and after versions
• Presets for creative developing
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 a Lightroom CLASSIC CC is required. You can download a trial version at Adobe.com.
Please be aware – If you have the Lightroom cloud-based version, simply called Lightroom CC, it is a very different program and we won’t be covering it.
Date: Saturday, February 29th, 2020 12-5 PM
Location: Digital Silver Imaging, 9 Brighton St. Belmont, MA
Fee for this course is $149

For over two decades, Kathy Tarantola has been sought after as a commercial and editorial photographer working throughout Boston and New England. Kathy is an experienced instructor having conducted photography workshops across the US and abroad. She is an Adobe Certified Expert in Lightroom a respected member of the photo community and has served as Co-president and board member of the New England chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP).
*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).

Using Photography to Elevate Your Design
2020-03-31 18:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Digital Silver Imaging, 9 Brighton Street, Belmont, 02478, United States
3/16/20 – Our priority is to keep our community and our employees safe. As a result we feel it is only prudent that we postpone this event. We hope to announce a new date soon. If you’ve already RSVPd we will hold your spot for the rescheduled event.
The event, at fine art print lab Digital Silver Imaging, will start with refreshments and a tour. The lab’s team will then give a brief demonstration of several display techniques for finishing photographs. The demonstration will go beyond the basic white mat and frame, showing how to use aluminum and acrylic for a contemporary look. After the demos, architect Tim Techler will speak on his experience working with photographs, followed by Iris Gallery owner Alison Collins who will address working with galleries and photographers. A question and answer period will conclude the evening.
To give all participants the ability to interact with the presenters, the number of participants is limited to 30.
You must RSVP using the RSVP form below.
6:00-6:30 – Craft beer, wine, and snacks. Lab tours.
6:30-7:45 – Photographic print presentation demonstration
7:45-8:30 – Presentation and Q&A with architect, Tim Techler and The Iris Gallery owner, Alison Collins

Creating a Successful Kickstarter Campaign
2020-05-14 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Creating a Successful Kickstarter Campaign with guests Lou Jones and Barry Schneier
During this Free ZOOM webinarwe will review three successful Kickstarter campaigns. It takes more than luck and a good idea to reach your goal. In this one hour plus presentation, Lou Jones, Barry Schneier and Digital Silver Imaging will tell you the elements that made their campaigns a success. If you are considering a crowd sourcing campaign, have run your own, or are just curious about the process we invite you to attend.
(Image Top: Lou Jones, panAFRICAproject: Volume One. Image Bottom: Barry Schneier, Bruce Springsteen. Rock and Roll Future. The Book.)
When: Thursday, May 14, 12:00 PM EDT
Register via this link

Barry Schneier is a photographer and writer who began his career in the 1970s working with up and coming as well as established musicians in Boston, San Francisco and later in Los Angeles. It was there that he became immersed in the world of video and film production working on features, commercials, documentaries and eventually migrating over to the “new” genre of the era; the music video. Barry’s work has been exhibited in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum, The Grammy Museum and is housed in permanent collections at Paramount Studios, CBS, MTV, The New England Folk Archives, The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music, Morrison Hotel Gallery, and Proud Gallery in London. His work has appeared in numerous books, publications and on album art. Barry is most noted for his work capturing a young Bruce Springsteen at The Harvard Square Theatre in 1974. Website
Lou Jones’ eclectic career has evolved from commercial to the personal. It has spanned every format, film type, artistic movement and technological change. He maintains a studio in Boston, Massachusetts and has photographed for Fortune 500 corporations, international companies and local small businesses including Federal Express, Nike and the Barr Foundation; completed assignments for magazines and publishers all over the world such as Time/Life, National Geographic and Paris Match; initiated long term projects on the civil wars in Central America, death row, Olympics Games and pregnancy; and published multiple books. Website

Photographing in India and Nepal, An Insider's Guide
2020-05-28 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Join us live on Zoom as world travelers, Robb LaVelle and Craig Semetko, discuss their photography and travels in India and Nepal. Both photographers have approached these countries in dramatically different ways. Craig on foot with his Leica and Robb from the saddle of a Royal Enfield with a Nikon. These two experienced professionals will without a doubt, provide us with an hour of amazing photography, peppered with useful tips, and share their experience capturing India and Nepal’s people and landscape.
Limited to 100 participants.
Register via this link.
Presenters
Craig Semetko is an American photographer focusing on authentic human experience. Born and raised near Detroit, Michigan, Semetko became a professional comedy writer and performer after college and years later discovered photography as another means of storytelling. His comedic background has given him a highly developed sense of the absurd and ironic, resulting in a strong theme of humor throughout his work.
In his foreword for Semetko’s book “UNPOSED,” Magnum Photos photographer Elliott Erwitt writes, “Good photographs are tough enough to shoot. Really funny ones are even harder. Good and funny photographs observed in nature not arranged or manipulated but simply observed in real time with amazing consistency, constitute a minor miracle now presented in Mr. Semetko’s book…In my book, he is the essential photographer. That is, the one who sees what others could not have seen.”
“None of the images in UNPOSED were staged,” states Semetko. “They were all taken spontaneously–some with the subjects’ knowledge, most without. When I see something that amuses me or moves me, I just ‘click.’ I’m trying to provide the elements of an interesting story in a single well-composed frame, but of course, I’m not consciously thinking of that when I take the picture. In fact, I try not to think at all. Thinking constipates things.”
Semetko was one of 10 photographers chosen worldwide by Leica Camera to be a part of its “10×10” exhibition celebrating 100 years of Leica photography. He spent three months in the fall of 2013 traveling throughout India for the project and the resulting work was displayed at the grand opening of the new Leica headquarters in Wetzlar, Germany, in 2014. His second book, INDIA UNPOSED, was also born of this project and was published by StreetView Press in the spring of 2014.
Semetko spent much of 2011 and 2012 working on a long term project on the United States. The project was partially funded by a successful Kickstarter campaign and Semetko is continuing work on the series.
Semetko graduated from Northwestern University’s School of Speech in Evanston, Illinois, and holds a masters degree in Consciousness Studies from the University of Philosophical Research in Los Angeles. He teaches workshops regularly for the Leica Akademie worldwide and his photographs can be found in private collections in Europe, Asia, and the United States. Semetko currently resides in Los Angeles.
Robb La Velle – “At the impressionable age of 12, I was indelibly changed by a Christmas present from my parents. It was a voluminous, coffee table collection of deep, glossy photographs from the National Geographic. How I ever managed to get the cash together for the Nikon F3 six months later is still a mystery to me but maybe that’s for the better.
The yearn for all things foreign was injected from the households of friends around the corner. Manhattan-artsy-intelligentsia with cocoa from Holland, posters urging “Atomwaffen? Nein Danke” and exchange students from Sweden sparked the earliest impulses.
Six Nikons and 84 countries later, I’m still on a roll. The cameras are now digital and the airfare is picked up by someone else, but the urge to roam remains stronger than ever. Reaching its pinnacle with a three month motorcycle ride from Los Angeles to Istanbul in 2000 and an epic seven month ride around the world in 2008, the source of many of these photographs, those life changing experiences only doused fuel on my desire for more. There are still 111 countries left to roam and ample pages in my dirty old passport.
And so, onward.”
Robb is the founder of Two Wheeled Expeditions, and his photography can be viewed at Robb La Velle Photography.

Ruddy Roye with the Photographic Resource Center
2021-03-09 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Photographic Resource Center
Radcliffe Roye is a Brooklyn based documentary photographer specializing in editorial and environmental portraits and photo-journalism photography. A photographer with over twelve years of experience, Radcliffe is inspired by the raw and gritty lives of grass-roots people, especially those of his homeland of Jamaica.

Strengthen Your Creative Practice with J. Sybylla Smith
2021-03-23 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Concept Aware® (CA) is a unique creative framework for concept development developed by J. Sybylla Smith. Strengthen the foundation of your creative practice by increasing awareness of how you see and the components of an impactful image. This overview outlines principles of the CA structure in a presentation utilizing contemporary photography.

Digitizing Your Film Archive
2021-03-30 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Your film archive has value as a source of income, a portfolio of your work, and as a historic and personal record. How to digitize your archive is often a source of confusion and misinformation. In this webinar, the experts at Digital Silver Imaging will visit a variety of ways to digitize your archive with a “pros and cons” approach.

Digital Silver Imaging Technical Webinar Series: Finishing Options – Best Practices for Display
2021-09-16 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
A matted and framed print isn’t always the best option. In this show-and-tell presentation, Eric Luden will discuss the finer points of finishing a print for exhibition and display. Questions pertaining to archival stability, durability, and cost will be addressed along with aesthetic consideration. Finishing is often the most expensive part of making a print, this webinar will help you make the right finishing decision.
Topics include:

Mounting substrates – Gator, Dibond, Aluminum
Protective coatings
Face mounting
Types of frames
Window mat versus flush mount
Glazing options
Question and answer

Selecting the Right Paper for Your Prints Webinar
2022-02-02 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Presenters – Veronica Cotter & Eric Luden
Realizing your artistic vision in print often depends on the paper you select. With dozens of choices how do you start the process and what is the best paper for your work? Two of the industry’s most experienced and respected professionals will take the guesswork out of selecting a photo printing paper. Terminology and paper formulations will be explained, and the strengths and weaknesses of paper types will be explored.
Topics include:

Inkjet versus digital C prints
Photo based inkjet papers
Fine art inkjet papers
B&W silver gelatin papers
Archival & presentation issues
Question and answer

Veronica Cotter is the Education Development and Western Region Manager for Hahnemühle USA. She works with colleges, universities, photo specialty dealers, fine art print studios and photographers. Her focus is the importance of the print in a digital environment.

Better B&W Prints with Nik Silver Efex
2022-05-26 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Join renowned photo instructor, Dan Hughes, and the B&W experts, Digital Silver Imaging, for this Nik Silver Efex webinar. Dan will step you through the process of how to use the Nik Silver Efex plug-in to create B&W digital images that will impress both on screen and in print. Topics to be covered include:

Converting your digital file from RAW to B&W
Monitor Calibration – Is it necessary for B&W?
Contrast and tonal range
Utilizing Nik’s U Point Technology for amazing results
Filters and Film Grain effects
How to output your image for print
Choosing the right print process
How paper affects your image
Exporting and Uploading your files for printing

Digital Silver Imaging will be raffling a 16×20 DSI Digital Silver Print® a $164 value. (Raffle prize ships for free to US participants. Participants outside of the US are not eligible. for the raffle.)
Register for this Free Webinar
About the instructor: Dan Hughes is an award-winning photographer and esteemed photography faculty member at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Dan’s personal practice revolves around experimentation with careful analysis with more than 15 years in the photography industry ranging from commercial photography to fine art printmaking all the way to software development and photography education.

Alternative Presentation Methods with Digital Silver Imaging
2023-03-08 19:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
Free Virtual Seminar (Zoom): Alternative Presentation Methods with Digital Silver Imaging
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
7–9pm EST, 5 – 7 pm, MST
Please register below
Sponsored by Digital Silver Imaging in collaboration with the Colorado Photographic Arts Center. A matted and framed print isn’t always the only option. In this free, virtual show-and-tell presentation, Eric Luden will discuss the finer points of finishing a print for exhibition and display. Questions pertaining to archival stability, durability, and cost will be addressed along with aesthetic consideration. Finishing is often the most expensive part of making a print, this webinar will help you make the right finishing decision and give you some budget friendly alternatives.
Topics will include:

Mounting substrates explored – Foam core, Gator, Dibond, Aluminum
Protective coatings – types of coatings and purposes
Lamination – when and how to use this option
Framing alternatives
Question and answer

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DSI at Catchlight's Visual Storytelling Summit
2023-04-29 - 2023-05-08
EACH SPRING, CATCHLIGHT GATHERS our fellowship community and leading voices in photography, media, art and technology for an immersive day of portfolio reviews, visual exploration, conversation, and community. Join us to be inspired by artists, founders, and innovators; learn from peers and industry leaders; and explore the world through visual works of passion and curiosity.

Saturday, April 29, 2023
Check-in opens at 1pm (Pacific)
Program begins at 2pm
Reception at 6pm

Minnesota Street Project
1275 Minnesota St
San Francisco, CA 94107

Our theme for this year’s Summit, The Change We Want to See, reflects the unique power of photography, visual journalism, and creative practices to drive social impact.
“Images are instrumental to how we understand our world. They connect people emotionally to issues, promote deeper understanding, build trust, and spark action,” says Elodie Mailliet Storm, CEO of CatchLight. “The Summit is a place where a global community of visual storytellers and leaders in media and technology can gather, share ideas, and push the field forward through partnership and innovation.”

Photoville NYC 2023
2023-06-03 08:00 - 2023-06-18 17:00 (America/New_York)
DSI Prints 8 Exhibitions at Photoville!
We are proud to be a Major Partner for this must see photo exhibition and event taking place in Brooklyn Bridge Park and all over New York’s 5 boroughs. We have provided printing for 8 container exhibitions and they are spectacular. Opening Weekend Community Celebrations take place June 3 & 4, and the containers will be on view through June 18, closed on Mondays, check the schedule for exact times. This is a FREE EVENT!
Container Exhibitions Printed by Digital Silver Imaging
A LOVE LETTER TO BARBADOS
OUR BLACK EXPERIENCE: STORIES FROM BLACK WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS
EROS AND ITS DISCONTENTS
WE DON’T TALK
DEAR MR. WELLES
AUTISTIC JOY
ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE
BEARING WITNESS: DOCUMENTING WAR CRIMES IN MARIUPOL, UKRAIN

Free Webinar with Nikon Ambassador Mike Mezeul II
2023-09-19 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Taking your Photos to the Next Level
Tuesday September 19, 2:00 PM EDT
Adventure photographer, journalist, and DSI Print Ambassador, and Nikon Ambassador, Mike Mezeull II, is our special guest for this free webinar. Mike will discuss how he captures the drama and wonder of volcanic eruptions, tornados, lightning storms, and the simple calm of a seaside village. After a presentation of his work, Mike will talk about his approach to landscape, the importance of printing your work, and his workshops. His 50 minute presentation will be followed by an open question and answer session with attendees. Mike is an excellent teacher and communicator making this webinar one that you just can’t miss.

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All images ©2023 Mike Mezeul II Photography

Paris Photo in Your Pocket
2023-10-26 - 2023-11-08
Join our in-house Curator, Educator, and Consultant J. Sybylla Smith for
Paris Photo In Your Pocket
5 Hours of Live Coverage & Exclusive Interviews

Gallery & Exhibiting Artists
Book Publishers & Book Artists
Elles x Paris Photo
Paris Photo Aperture Book Awards
Photo Saint Germaine

Paris Photo 2023 Early Bird Pricing Ends 11/8/23

$75.00
One time

PURCHASE HERE

Paris Blues - Mathieu Bitton
2024-01-13 10:00 - 2024-03-04 18:00 (America/New_York) | https://leicagalleryla.com/, 8783 Beverly Blvd, West Hollywood, CA, 90048, United States
Join DSI Founder, Eric Luden, in celebrating our friend and client Mathieu Bitton at his opening of the exhibition Paris Blues at the Leica Gallery Los Angeles. This exhibition is guaranteed to be a visual feast for the eyes. Opening January 13, 2024 – 6-8pm follow this link to RSVP. The exhibition runs through March 4, 2024.
Paris. City of lights and dreams. City of love and poetry. City of Jazz and majesty. The city that made my favorite artists better artists because of the alchemy that runs through its core and turns every moment into gold.
I left my hometown of Paris in 1987, but Paris has never left me. The essence of the city permeates every facet of my perspective and sensibilities. The images I’ve captured over the decades all evoke sounds in my mind. I hear a blues-like soundtrack separated into day and night, the A-side and the B-side of a vinyl record. The opera of monochrome. The crescendo of colors. The worlds hidden in the absence of light. A Requiem for fleeting scenes forever embodied in silver gelatin and strings.
I’ve had the privilege of traveling all over the world with a Leica in hand. At every opportunity, I return to Paris for connection and inspiration. Paris Blues documents my most precious stolen moments. I find my way back to my roots — from the flea markets of my childhood and clandestine twilights of Rock & Roll and fashion undergrounds to the passion of Parisian lovers and the grandeur of elusive legends.
This series of photos plays as a symphony of my own existence — often lost, though never off course — and always in search of Melody.
-Mathieu Bitton

Post to Print Webinar with Mike Mezeul II
2024-04-04 13:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
Simple steps for outstanding prints from Lightroom & Photoshop
Nikon Ambassador and DSI Print Ambassador, Mike Mezeul, will provide a rare glimpse into his post-production process. With his extensive experience as a teacher and workshop leader, Mike will guide us step-by-step from camera RAW to final print. Renowned for his stunning images capturing nature’s most powerful and awe-inspiring moments, Mike will delve into his recent photoshoot of Iceland’s erupting volcanoes and more.
This FREE webinar offers limited enrollment, so register today to secure your spot.
Webinar will cover:

Post-production dos and don’ts
Common mistakes often overlooked
Monitor calibration
Should you soft proof?
How to prepare your image for print
Paper choices
Q&A session

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insights from one of the industry’s finest photographers.
Register by clicking on event website link below.

Print Exchange Leica Store Boston
2024-06-26 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Join in a fun evening of sharing images, chatting photography and making friends. Get a discounted print from us by following this link. Register for this Leica Store Boston event via this link.
Image Josie Rybczyk

Summer of Savings Sales
2024-06-28 - 2024-09-09
From July to September we will be having periodic sales on your favorite services! Not on our email list? Go to the bottom of the page and sign up now for DSI-eNews.

Ask the Experts: Digitization Webinar
2025-02-11 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
In this hour long FREE webinar, our experts will answer your questions about digitizing your film, photographic prints or other 2D artworks with Digital Silver Imaging. This webinar is for anyone who wants to digitize their media for reproduction, archiving or those who just want to learn more about the process. Throughout the webinar we will have an open Q&A where we will be available to answer your specific questions on any step of the process. We will also have a live demo.
Potential Questions to discuss:

How does digitization equipment differ and which process is best?
What is the right resolution for my needs?
How to obtain color accurate images.
Can I make an inkjet/giclée print look the same as my artwork?
Can I digitize my own art with a digital camera?
My archive is so big, how do I get started?

Please stay subscribed for future webinars on topics such as digitization, presentation of prints, inkjet printing, papers and more.
CLICK on website link below to register for this FREE Webinar.

Free Webinar: Alternatives to Traditional Framing of Your Photographs
2025-03-11 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Denver) | Online
Join Digital Silver Imaging (DSI) for this Month of Photography Denver webinar exploring innovative alternatives to traditional photo framing. Discover modern presentation solutions including DSI’s versatile print hangers, sleek Aluma Mounts, and various mounting substrates that can transform your photographs into stunning wall art. Learn how these contemporary options can enhance your images while offering practical, cost-effective alternatives to conventional framing methods.
Register by clicking the “Website” link below…Its Free!

Photoville
2025-06-07 12:00 - 2025-06-08 18:00 (America/New_York) | Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza, 1 Water St, Brooklyn, NY, 11201, United States
Step into our vintage black & white darkroom – a space where photographic magic comes to life. Since the inception of photography, darkrooms have been essential to the creative and commercial aspects of the medium, from film development to print creation. Today there is a resurgence in film photography, drawing both seasoned photographers and a new generation of enthusiasts to the charms of analog photography and printing. Experience firsthand how a darkroom works and discover the fascinating hybrid workflows that blend analog craftsmanship with digital technologies – making the darkroom not just a historical curiosity, but a vital, relevant space for contemporary image-makers.

Open House & Photo Walk
2025-09-20 10:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Digital Silver Imaging, 9 Brighton Street, Belmont, 02478, United States
When: Saturday, September 20 – 10:00-4:00
Where: 9 Brighton Street, Belmont MA 02478
Join us at Digital Silver Imaging on Saturday, September 20th for a day filled with fun activities, informative live demonstration sessions, presentation ideas, and see how a fine art photo print lab works. We will also be joined by our friends from Leica Store Boston, Lumentation Film Lab, and J Sybylla Smith.
Register via this link
Schedule of Events:
PHOTO WALK 10am-12pm: Leica Photo Walk with – approximately 15 cameras available, 30 participants max. Test out a new Leica camera while exploring Cambridge’s Fresh Pond Resevoir with the experts from Leica! Only 30 spots available you must register for a FREE ticket by clicking the registration below. In the free ticket registration there will be a Photo Walk option.
Owning a Leica is not a requirement to join. We will have a limited number of Leica cameras available for loan on a first-come first-serve basis. To borrow a Leica you need: valid photo ID, a credit card, and a SD card for your images.
FREE Hi Resolution Film Digitization – 11:00 – 3:00 first 25 negatives – Participants will receive a complimentary scan of their 35mm negative, the digital file will be emailed to them shortly after the event. 35mm film only please! First come first serve.
Lumentation Film Lab – Film Processing Drop Off Specials and Mystery Film Gumball Machine $10 a roll!
Photo Curator, Creative Consultant & Photo Book Podcaster J Sybylla Smith will be on hand with the Photo Books for her upcoming podcast season. – 12:00 – 3:00
Frame “Yard Sale” – Over 50 frames to choose from, purchase a frame at a discounted price!
Matting and Framing Demonstration – 11:30
Framing with Spacers Demonstration – 1:30
Art Reproduction & Giclée Printing Examples
Paper Samples, Mounting Substrates & Alternative Presentation Examples

CLICK! 2025 Photo Festival
2025-10-03 - 2025-10-04 | Durham Convention Center, 301 W Morgan St,, Durham, NC, NC, 27701
Join us at CLICK! at the Durham Convention center for presentations, portfolio reviews and exhibitions. CLICK! is returning with expanded programming that is not to be missed.
Reviewers Scheduled to Appear:
Alyssa Ortega Coppelman – Photo Editor/Photo Book Consultant
Christa Dix – Executive Director of the Griffin Museum of Photography
Deborah Klochko – Director Emeritus Museum of Photographic Arts
Daniel George – Curator, Lenscratch
Dennis Keeley – Photographer, Photo Editor
Michael Kirchoff – Photographer, Editor-in-Chief Analog Forever
Magazine
Stella Kramer – Pulitzer prize-winning photo editor.
Titus Brooks Heagins – Photographer, Executive Director Light Factory Charlotte
Mary Anne Redding – Senior Curator, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
Bob Ware – Photographer, Photo Educator
And more to come!
Registration is open now!
