The Photographer's Printing Masterclass

Dig­i­tal Darkroom

The key stage of the jour­ney to the per­fect print is post pro­cess­ing. This is an area that many pho­tog­ra­phers find daunt­ing or com­plex and is often the stage that can ruin your chance of get­ting a fine image ready for print­ing and web use. We have devel­oped an effec­tive and sim­ple approach that will guar­an­tee that you get the very best out of your RAW files. We will cover:

• How to assess and inter­pret an image
  
• Ini­tial post processing/​refining the dig­i­tal neg­a­tive using Adobe Cam­era Raw and Lightroom
• Key tools and post pro­cess­ing tech­niques — Essen­tial Advanced tech­niques for address­ing prob­lem image files
• Con­trol­ling deep shad­ows and harsh highlights
• Key selec­tion approaches
• Adjust­ment layers
• Nur­tur­ing colours and cre­at­ing beau­ti­ful black and white tones for monochrome
• Dig­i­tal dark­room for black & white images
• Split ton­ing of black and white images

Print Mak­ing

Hav­ing cre­at­ed a cor­rect­ly post processed file you need to begin con­sid­er­ing the print­ing process and ensur­ing that your print­er and mon­i­tor set up is cor­rect. We will cov­er the following:

• Colour man­age­ment
• Cal­i­bra­tion print and screen resizing
• Set­ting your equip­ment up for exhi­bi­tion qual­i­ty printing
• The essen­tial controls
• Sharp­en­ing for screen or print
• Paper choice
• Epson dri­ver set­tings includ­ing the advanced black & white driver
• Soft proof­ing and match­ing your monitor

Print and Post Pro­cess­ing Review

You will have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to dis­cuss and review images that you have cre­at­ed and our lead­ers will be on hand to offer advice and help. We will also post process and print some of your images dur­ing the three days.

Dur­ing your time with us you will be in the best hands pos­si­ble and we will be there at all times to answer all of your queries about your image mak­ing and print­ing and pro­vide you with answers to issues that you may have been grap­pling with for some time.

Dur­ing the work­shop you will work with either Paul Gal­lagher a pro­fes­sion­al Land­scape Pho­tog­ra­ph­er and Mas­ter Black and White Print­er and the author of three books or with Michael Pilk­ing­ton, a pro­fes­sion­al land­scape pho­tog­ra­ph­er and author with almost two decades of expe­ri­ence and an expert in post pro­cess­ing using Pho­to­shop as well as Light­room. Both Paul and Michael will share with you their exten­sive knowl­edge and expe­ri­ence in all types of image pro­cess­ing, colour man­age­ment and use of the most up-to-date print­ers and technology.

This work­shop will have lim­it­ed places to reflect the nature of the indi­vid­ual atten­tion we will be giv­ing you.