Full Moon Night Photography in Mono Lake
August 22-25, Mono Lake, Californialed by Lance Keimig and Scott Martin
Lance Keimig and Scott Martin team up to present a four day and night photography workshop at Mono Lake, California. August is a great time to visit this remote location that is a favorite among photographers for its unique geological formations. Mono Lake's signature monolithic rock structures that extend upward from the lake are ideal for night photography. Other…
private workshops on demand
for intermediate and advanced printmakers and photographersby appointment on location or in San Antonio, Texas As an exhibiting artist I know the challenges involved with making creative images while simultaneously mastering the technical aspects of workflow, exquisite printmaking and the polish of final packaging. I strive for an even balance of these qualities in my own work, and I enjoy helping others achieve better equilibrium between inspiration and presentation. Sharing my passion for photographic excellence has been driving my training business for over 16 years now. For 20 years,…
Photographic Muse:Austin
November 6-11th, 2011, Austin TX
presented by Penny De Los Santos, Lynn Johnson and Scott Martin
Penny De La Santos, Lynn Johnson and Scott Martin are combining their talents to present a seven day intensive photography workshop in Austin, Texas. Austin is located at the edge of the Texas hill country and is known for it's live music scene, progressive atmosphere, swimming holes, green spaces and inviting South Congress…
Photolab Silver Halide Color Management
I've been managing color on Lightjet, Durst, ZBE Chromira, Agfa, Kodak and Noritsu machines since the mid-nineties. As a color management consultant with a background in photo lab work, this is close to my heart and an area of specialty for me. I've traveled across several continents consulting with some of the most demanding photo labs in the industry. I've…
12 Pro Suggestions for developing your images in Lightroom / ACR
1 ) Make adjustments in the proper order working from the top down. Set white balance first, then Exposure, etc. Don't skip around. 2 ) Ignore the midtones when adjusting Exposure and consider only the white clipping point. One must ignore the midtones as they will be adjusted via Brightness later in the workflow. If some whites are clipped at 0, option/alt drag the Exposure slider to the left until all colored pixels are removed. 3 ) Skip or be modest with Clarity. While lots of clarity creates a look that's trendy right now, you might be surprised at how poor it can look when printed and…
In-camera AutoHDR
This review provides a little insight into what will surely become a standard feature in all DSLRs in the future: Auto HDR. Sony currently combines only two exposures (+/- 3 EV) which Pentax combines three.
Holiday Print Sale
2009 has been a year of photographic opportunities and creative invigoration. I've had the privilege of teaching a weeklong workshop every month in a variety of exciting locations. Most of all, I've made a series of exciting new night images, and just in time for the gift-giving season. I'd like to celebrate by offering a special Holiday Print Sale of 18 images taken this year. These pigment prints are on fiber-based paper and priced at $200 each (plus shipping). They are unframed, unmated and have a 12x18 image area printed on a 17x22 sheet of Hahnemuhle Fine Art Pearl paper. Below is a…
Extract Monaco LAB app now available
Eric Chan has generously responded to a need in the color community by bringing his "Convert to MonacoLAB" application to the Mac OS. Convert to MonacoLAB allows color geeks to measure Bill Atkinson 1728 or 4096 RGB printer profiling targets in either MeasureTool or ColorPort and convert the measurements into the LAB format that MonacoPROFILER requires. Unlike the previously popular "Extract Monaco LAB" applescript, "Convert to MonacoLAB" is Snow Leopard (Mac OS 10.6.x) compatible. The Windows version is compatible with XP and Vista; it should also be compatible with Windows 7, though it has…
Cleanest 12 megapixels around
Many of Nikon's latest cameras may only be 12 megapixels but they are an insanely clean 12 megapixels. Nikon's latest, the 12.1 megapixel D3s is the current clean pixel champion that's startlingly "professional" at high ISOs like 12, 800. Check out these full res image samples.
Dan Burkholder Pioneering iPhone Fine Art Photography
January 2, 2010industry tidbits,commentary
My good friend and mentor Dan Burkholder is boldly blazing a new path in a way that only he can. Dan is shooting exclusively with an iPhone and is making and exhibiting some serious fine art prints from it. Don't laugh - Dan's not just snapping low resolution images and applying filters to them, he's capturing sometimes dozens of frames, stitching them together and using half a dozen applications to develop the images to his liking. His final results are fairly high resolution files that make for nice prints. His images are made and developed completely on the iPhone.![]()