Digital Black and White Printing

Stephen Johnson Studios & Gallery Pacifica, California. December 4-5, 2010 9am-5pm $450 Limited to 10 people Explore black and white printing in the digital age with a classical landscape photographer who comes from the world of large-format black and white photography and years in the darkroom and has worked hard and early on for the development of high quality digital photography technology. Steve has been deeply involved in the development of the digital photography world we now live and work in. His fundamental premise all through this development was that the new digital tools and materials had to equal or surpass traditional methods. Black and White photography arrived in high quality early on the capture side, but only in the last few years has black and white digital printing risen to the same heights. Explore the black and white possibilities of modern printers and their controls, linerarization, nuance of tonal and image tint, the glow of traditional looks and the subtlety of completely new ways of seeing black and white. Steve has maintained his deep love of black and white photography while leading the transition into digital photography. His digital black and white work dates back through 1992 with the Kodak DCS 200, the Leaf DCB and later through the BetterLight, Kodak dedicated BW cameras and the Foveon BW mode. Steve's use of custom Iris inks, gray inks for Epson printers and development work on the new HP Z3100s black and white modes shows a long-term interest in bringing BW into the mainstream digital world. Discussions, demonstrations and hands-on projects will include conversion from color files, using filtered color for traditional tonal effects and duotone controls for tonal tuning.	Many black and white printing options and papers will be explored in detail, including the new gelatin-silver look papers which Steve lobbied for for many years.. This will be a first-class hands-on experience for lovers of Black and White photography. It should be fun.
Topics Include Black and White Printing modes Special Printing Drivers RIPs for Black and White Special Ink sets	Traditional Looks and New Looks Fine Art and Traditional papers Selective conversion Tone and Beauty

Stephen's deep understanding of the technical, combined with his incredible artistic sensitivity is such a benefit to his students. The knowledge and understanding I gained in his digital printing class left me feeling much better equipped to make the choices necessary to elevate my own printing. -David Gardner, Lightight Photography	Stephen Johnson is a photographic educator with exceptional talent and dedication. His talents as a teacher are no less than his skills as a master printer. -Michael Reichmann The Luminous Landscape

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All studio workshops run from 9am to 5pm.

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About Stephen Johnson

A photographer, teacher and designer, Stephen has been teaching and working in photography since 1977. His books include At Mono Lake, the critically acclaimed The Great Central Valley: California's Heartland and Making a Digital Book. His Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography was published in 2006 by O'Reilly Media.

Current work includes With a New Eye, his ground-breaking and historic all digital national parks project, new work on Antarctica, and ongoing photographic technology development projects.

Stephen's pioneering work in digital photography has included software and product development for clients such as Apple, Adobe, Eastman Kodak, Epson, Foveon, Hewlett Packard, Leaf, Ricoh and X-rite. His work with Adobe includes ongoing consultation on the development of Photoshop since 1991 including the creation of it's duotone curves.

Photographic clients have included the Ansel Adams Publishing Trust, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Friends of Photography and the National Park Service. Johnson's photographs have been widely published and collected internationally.

He has recieved numerous awards and grants for his photographic work, including an NEA for At Mono Lake, awards from the Bay Area Book Reviewers Association, the Commonwealth Club of California and the Golden Light Award for the Great Central Valley. The New York Times named the Valley book as one of the eight best photography books of 1993. He was named to the Photoshop Hall of Fame in 2003 and as a Canon Explorer of Light in 2006.

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For more information on these seminars email info@sjphoto.com or call 650 355-7507.

To Register
Registration fee must be paid in full to secure a spot in the class. Additional information will be sent upon registration.

Register by phone 650 355-7507

This workshop is financially dependent on adequate class registration. Where minimum enrollment requirements are not met, the class will be canceled, and a full refund given. You will be notified at least one week in advance if a workshop is not going to take place. Student initiated cancellations received prior to one month before the workshop will receive a full refund, a 50% refund will be given for notice received 2 weeks immediately prior to the workshop (a full refund less a $50 overhead fee will be given if another student is able to fill the spot from a waiting list).

You should purchase refundable airline tickets as we cannot guarantee adequate enrollment to conduct the workshop.