Seminar #001: Introduction to Digital Fine Art Photography

by Uwe Steinmueller

August 24, 2002 10am – 4pm
at Calypso Imaging in Santa Clara, CA

Cost: $198 (Register here)

For reservations send email to Uwe Steinmueller

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Outline

• Introduction
  o About Uwe Steinmueller Photography
  o About Calypso Imaging
  o The goal is fine art prints (not images for the web)

• Some examples (shown in the room)

• Digital Cameras
  o Most things are the same as film + scanning
  o Differences to film
  o Not only the number of pixels count
  o The current market cameras
  
• Nikon D1x, D1h, D100, Canon D60, 1D,Kodak 760, ProBack

• Digital Cameras in the field
  o The multiplier
  o Exposure (know your histogram)
  o WB

• From Camera to Computer

• Digital Darkroom basics
  o Color Profile for Beginners
  · Monitor profiling
  · Printer Profiling
  · Camera profiles (see later)
  o Photoshop basics
  · Changing brightness and contrast (Levels & Curves)
  · Correcting & Enhancing color
  · Sharpening
  · Retouching
  · Know the difference between 8 and 16 bit data

• Some Photoshop techniques and tools
  · Removing Color casts: iCorrect Editlab
  · Selective Color Corrections: Color Mechanic
  · Sharpening: Nik Sharpener
  · Resizing
  · Moire removal
  · Actions by Fred Miranda

• RAW file conversion
  o Why RAW files?
  o Sensor basics
  · Bayer Pattern
  · Artifacts
  o Color Depth
  o White Balance
  o Sharpening
  o Camera profiles
  o Noise Removal

• Some RAW conversion tools
  o Kodak Photo Desk
  o Nikon Capture 2
  o Bibble
  o Canon Tools

• Digital Workflow

• Printing
  o Longevity
  o Printing with Lightjet
  o Printer Profiles
  o Upsampling

• Q&A