| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Johnson Photography News, Events & Info September 2003 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome Featured Print Offer Southwest Workshop And The Magical Digital Bus Workshop News Magical Digital Bus added the Mono Lake Workshop Fine Art Portraits Upcoming Events Awards Posters on Art.Com Please Visit Us Newsletter Administration ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WELCOME Welcome to the September 2003 edition of the Stephen Johnson Photography Newsletter, which is also available online at: http://www.sjphoto.com/newsletter_september_2003.html This issue includes a new featured print, a tale of the wonderfully successful Southwest Workshop, and information about where to catch Steve and his work. We hope you enjoy it! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEATURED PRINT OFFER September, 2003 Red Hills, Lacy Point. Petrified forest National Park, Arizona. 1995. 11x14 Pigment Print on Rag paper The eroded hills of the southwest have long been a favorite subject of mine. Their ambiguous scale, sensual form and strange color have all drawn me in repeatedly. Although I was dealing with a very hot day and a slight wind, the photograph seemed to work. This was the second of two photographs I made of these hills. The first, with a looser composition, probably had to be made first, for me to see the simpler design of the scene with no horizon and concentrating in on these particular contours. My good friend Ed Stone was assisting on this trip. This 1995 photograph became one of the early successes of the National Parks Project. We're offering an 11x14 inch print, matted to 16x20 and ready to frame for $195, framed for an additional $75. This print at this price is offered through September 30. We'll be taking orders until then, and shipping them out by October 15th. About the Program Each month we offer a signed, original print, at a special price. This is a great opportunity to own a very affordable fine-art photograph. Orders are taken for a 30-day period, then printed and shipped within two weeks after the close. When it's over, it's over. These prints won't be available again at this price. http://www.sjphoto.com/print_special_sept_2003.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHWEST WORKSHOP AND THE MAGICAL DIGITAL BUS Our photography workshop to the American Southwest was enlightening, intense, fun, exhausting, incredibly rewarding and resulted in some fine photographs. The workshop itinerary was an overview of the Southwest's wonders and having the bus along turned the workshop into an innovative and deep photographic learning experience. Balancing time between experiencing the parks, and interacting with the photographs was a wonderful opportunity and challenge. There was a constant range of options, sometimes too many, sometimes just right. Students were torn between direct experience of the beauty of the landscape and experiencing the photographs they just made. They were also enamored with being able to do both. There were never enough hours in the day. Many stayed up late working. The ability to look at each others work produced some great interactions, allowing us to react and be inspired by others photographs. Being able to check out our images as they were being made was dynamic and very worthwhile. "Did you get that lightning?" "Was that exposure right?" "Where did those highlights fall?" "What about this composition?" The bus provided an unprecedented opportunity to complete work on site, and an air conditioned refuge from the heat. There were almost instant detailed feedback/critiques on some occasions, others were end of day looks back at the work. Lectures and demonstrations were also part of the mix. An interesting tactic developed where people were swapping their compact flash cards around trying each others cameras and or lenses. They were experimenting with the possibilities, while still writing all of their photographs to their own storage card. Many discussions centered around the technology, many around art, emotion and design. We ran into a few interesting characters along the way. Two bikers from Belgium on their way to the Harley-Davidson centennial were photographed by Andrew Stern and gift prints made on site, then bestowed while the subjects were still around. There was unlimited beauty around us, and so many great things to do and see. The tours into Monument Valley and Canyon de Chelly brought us to places we could not have otherwise seen. People did not want to miss a dawn or sunset, or an opportunity for a full moon. There seemed to always be lust for more, a desire to do everything possible, which just about everybody did. As a teaching tool, combining the bus with the making of the photographs completed a critical circle of photographic realization. The bus prints were often looked at as the final prints. Being able to help with the seeing, the execution, the image processing and the printing, was a kind of educational nirvana. Thanks again to all of the trip sponsors, particularly the Community College Foundation for supplying the eBus and covering its expenses. Major help outfitting the eBus came from Apple Computer. Additional sponsors included Adobe Systems, BetterLight, Epson, Foveon, Gretag-Macbeth and Hewlett-Packard. Thanks to Nick Kiest for bus technology management, our wonderful driver Mike, and Nikki Fox for helping with logistics. The workshop ended way too soon, but at about the right time. We were all ready for more, but we were way tired. We liked the experience very much. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORKSHOP NEWS * MONO LAKE WORKSHOP (now with the Magical Digital Bus added!) October 10-13, 2003 http://www.sjphoto.com/mono/ The workshop will be a dynamic combination of a traditional landscape photography workshop while diving deep into the digital age. Technical and aesthetic considerations will be discussed in detail, while we explore this high desert lake and its strange environs. The stark and beautiful scenery of this legendary lake is unlike any other landscape in the world. Its alkaline water, desert vistas, volcanos and unusual tufa towers make it a remarkable place. The presence of this huge lake in the eastern sierra desert is improbable at best, its out of place character is pervasive, at times seeming more lunar than terrestrial. The workshop will include archiving and printing capabilities along the way with our awesome Magical Digital Bus, as well as daily critiques with digital projection of the images made on the trip. Digital exposure and dynamic range, composition, color management, printers, papers and pigments, black & white, and color will be part of our 4-day excursion into the evolving world of digital photography. The cost of the workshop is $1325, and includes full access to the eBus Digital Lab which will accompany the workshop. Enrollment is limited to ten participants. * FALL WORKSHOP SCHEDULE Digital Photography Workshop September 20-21, 2003 (weekend) http://www.sjphoto.com/beg_wksp_frameset.html Fine-Art Digital Printing October 20-21, 2003 (weekdays) http://www.sjphoto.com/print_wksp_frameset.html Intermediate Digital Photography November 8-9, 2003 (weekend) http://www.sjphoto.com/int_wksp_frameset.html Check out our workshop web page for information on all of our workshops, including both our field and studio workshops. http://www.sjphoto.com/workshops.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FINE ART PORTRAITS Many of you may not know that we offer Fine Art Digital portraits as part of our studio services. This unique service lets the client participate in the creation of their image, and walk away with a finished portrait, all in a one-hour session. With the holiday season coming on, we thought we would offer an encouragement for early bookings. Book a session before the end of September and take 15% off the price ($75 off). http://www.sjphoto.com/digital_portraits.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPCOMING EVENTS Steve is lecturing at the following events: * Riding the Bleeding Edge of Digital Photography An Evening with Stephen Johnson as part of the ASMP Lecture Series Blue Sky Studios, San Francisco. September 9, 2003, 7-9pm http://www.asmpnorcal.org/events/event_09_09_03.html * Key 3 Media's Seybold Conference Moscone Center in San Francisco September 9-10, 2003. Excellent Prints: From 1 to 100 Tuesday, 9/9 2:00pm–3:00pm Location: Moscone Center West, 3008 http://education.key3media.com:8080/seyboldseminars/sf2003/education/FMPro?- DB=k3sessions.fp5&-lay=webform&-format=session_detail.html&Session_ID=3490&- Find Image Makers: Photoshop and the Digital Photographer Wednesday, 9/10 8:30am–10:00am Location: Moscone Center West, 3007 http://education.key3media.com:8080/seyboldseminars/sf2003/education/FMPro?- DB=k3sessions.fp5&-lay=webform&-format=session_detail.html&Session_ID=3479&- Find ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AWARDS * Photoshop Hall of Fame inductees announced Stephen Johnson has been named as a 2003 inductee into the Photoshop Hall of Fame, recognized for his achievements in Photoshop Art. The induction ceremony, which takes place as part of the Photoshop World Conference and Expo, will be held September 30, 2003 at the Miami Beach Convention Center. http://www.photoshophalloffame.com/2003winners.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POSTERS ON ART.COM Many of our posters are also available online at ART.COM http://www.art.com/asp/display_artist.asp?CrID=6713 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE VISIT US Please come visit us at our gallery and see our original prints in person. The subtle detail of the prints and the beautiful texture of the fine art paper have to be seen to be understood. And while you're here, browse through our books, cards, posters, and specially priced prints. We're happy to mail you a copy of our product catalog, just send a note |
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