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Photography Studios and Galleries and the New Digital Lab
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Galleries
- Three galleries with 5000°K lighting
Library
- Photography book and video library
Public Lectures
- Digital Photography Topics
Workshops and Seminars
- Field workshops
- Hands-on Lab Workshops
- Critiques
Rental Lab
- Fully equipped lab, by the hour or day
Gallery Shop
- Books
- Posters
- videos
- Notecards
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Facilities
Facilities and Tools Available for specific classes:
- New 10 Station MacG5 Lab with individual printers, calibration tools and viewing lights.
- GretagMacbeth I/O and Spectroscan Spectrophotomenters
- GretagMacbeth ProfileMaker Pro
- X-Rite DPT-70 and Monoco Color
- Imacon Precision II film scanner
- Epson Perfection 4870 print/film scanner
- Linotype Circon 11x17 scanner
- Fletcher Pro 60 inch matt cutter
- Seal 72 inch Vacuum Press
- GTI 6500°K Viewing booth
- WireMac binding machine
Location
- 1 mile from California's Highway One and Pacific Ocean at Linda Mar State Beach, 15 minutes from downtown San Francisco and San Francisco Airport.
- Parking:15 spaces with overflow into general Art Center parking
- Setting in Art Center next to San Pedro Creek, in a residential neighborhood surrounded by the hills of national, state and county parks.
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New State of the Art Hands-on Lab
In the past, I have been frustrated in teaching digital printing. I wanted to teach hands-on classes more often, but my own space was limited to seminar and demonstration. Other labs were under-powered, under-equipped and constrained on ink and paper. I gradually became determined to build my own facility that could rise beyond those constraints.
With these desires in mind, I have assembled the equipment to teach printing and digital photography the way I think it ought to be done, with solid information, great facilities and careful feedback, proper lighting, time and thought. We successfully premiered this new capability in March and are looking forward to using it in a variety of workshops. We continue these offerings with our Fine-Art Digital Printing Hands-On Workshops.
TREAT YOURSELF
Most photographers are fascinated by both the art of photography and the technology used to produce that art.
One of the internal mysteries of the art of photography is: “How good could my photographs really be if there were virtually no money barriers to using the best photographic technology available?”
Most people never find out. Now you can.
By enrolling and participating in a Stephen Johnson Digital Workshop you gain access to one of the leading digital imaging teachers of our time. Concurrently, you will put into practice what you are taught in one of the best-equipped digital labs in the United States.
With state of the art digital imaging technologies and equipment from Apple, Adobe, Epson, Hahnemuhle and other leading suppliers / sponsors you will experience what it is like to create without barriers.
You will be able to answer the eternal question of how good your photographs can really be.
Treat yourself.
Enroll now and experience the best digital imaging teaching and the best digital lab available. Only then will you know how good your photographs can really be.
-former student Stephen Brown
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The lab is a thing of beauty. All state of the art equipment and software. Stephen has leveraged his standing to equip this with all
and best and has opened it to classes and the community. I have never seen a computer lab this well equipped.
-Will Emerson, student from the March Printing Workshop
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With our brand-new Mac G5 Lab
each station has it's own:
- Power Mac G5 Dual 2.3
- 21 inch Eizo LCD display
- 13x19 Epson 2400/2200 or HP 9180 printers
- Complete Adobe Creative Suite Premuim
- EyeOne Spectrophotometer for Printer Profiling
- X-Rite Monaco-Optix XR Monitor Calibrator
- Network Connection to large-format printers
- 5000K Print Viewing light
with Network Access to additional printers:
- Epson 9600, 9500, 10000, 3800
- Hewlett Packard 130, 8750, 9180, Z3100
Every station has its own dedicated Color Management and Profiling tools (no sharing). The Adobe Creative Suite and Lightroom is fully installed on every machine as well as GretagMacbeth Eye-One Match, ColorEyes monitor calibration, and the Colorbyte ImagePrint RIP. Every machine has enough RAM to really edit and print. 5000°K viewing lights available at all stations with viewing booths and print review areas also in the lab. Classes in this new lab are proving very rewarding.
Lab Technology Partners
Apple, Adobe, Eizo, Epson, X-Rite/Gretag, Hahnemühle, Colorbyte
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These classes give you experience printing your files using the best tools and the best methodologies (and understanding them more thoroughly than you ever thought possible), but more importantly, critically evaluating your prints and figuring out what you need to do to coax them toward perfection.
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