Digital BW, The Print

Andy-

Sounds like you enjoyed it. What percent of the time was spent on 
scanning (real question is how valuable a workshop for pure digital?)?

What did it cost?

Tom O'Connell

TomOC@...
www.thomasoconnell.com


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "andrewmbiggs" 
<abiggs@t...> wrote:
> Here is a short review from my 1-day workshop yesterday at Color 
> Folio, here in northern California (Sonoma), held at Color Folio. 
> For those who are not familiar with Color Folio, you can visit 
their 
> web page at www.colorfolio.com. I am in no way affiliated with 
Color 
> Folio in any way, and I am writing this review for the benefit of 
> others in the group.
> 
> The workshop was held yesterday, April 20th at the studio of Bob 
> Cornelis, Color Folio's founder and main guru. His studio is 
located 
> in a separate building next to his home in the beautiful 
> surroundings of the Sonoma wine country. Prior to the workshop, we 
> were requested to send in 1 or 2 samples of our work for Bob to 
scan 
> on his Tango drum scanner. Although he has the ability to scan and 
> work in 16-bit, this workshop was not directed towards the workflow 
> of 16-bit images. So, I sent in 2 4x5 Tri-X negatives that have 
been 
> tricky to work with in the darkroom of my past.
> 
> When I arrived, Bob had coffee and munchies waiting. Good for me, 
> since I drove from Silicon Valley, a 1.5 hour drive, and no 
> breakfast before I left home. After a brief introduction of the 4 
> students (yes, only 4), and Bob and his assistant, we jumped right 
> in to the meat of the day.
> 
> We all sat down and walked through Bob's sample workflow on an 
image 
> of his own. He took control of a workstation, while we 4 students 
> watched and took notes. Bob took the image from right after the 
> scan, through the end result on paper. There were ample 
> opportunities to ask questions throughout the process. Since I am a 
> Photoshop-literate person, this process hit home with me. I wasn't 
> learning the individual tools in the process, but I was being shown 
> a workflow, and how to apply those tools to fine art b&w printing. 
I 
> think the other 3 attendees felt the same.
> 
> We also went through another image of Bob's, in which we were shown 
> his different techniques on converting color images to black and 
> white. For this area, I was familiar with most of these techniques, 
> and have been discussed many times on this and other forums.
> 
> Lunch arrived, and we all enjoyed sandwiches on Bob's back porch, 
> overlooking the beautiful Sonoma country side. We somehow got off 
> subject and started to discuss the similarities between the audio 
> world and photographic world. Kind of funny, given the rambling of 
> similar subject material on this forum (Austin, please don't start 
> back again).
> 
> After lunch, we all sat down at our own workstations, with Bob and 
> Rick at our sides to help out. They were all Macintoshes, and had 
> plenty of horsepower for the tasks at hand. After following his 
> suggested workflow, I could quickly see my images in a better 
light. 
> We were using his Piezo-equipped Epson 7000 with Cone inks. It was 
> my first time to use a 7000, and I fell in love with it. I want 
one! 
> Anyway, I went through about 3 versions of my image, until I was 
> blown away with what I had tried at home, with no knowledge of 
> advanced workflow techniques. We could also print on a Roland 
> printer, but this option was not the popular choice from our group. 
> Bob also has a Fujix 4000, in case we were interested. For LightJet 
> work, Bob uses Calypso Imaging in Santa Clara, and he has a great 
> relationship with them.
> 
> Our workshop ended around 5:00, and I know I wasn't the only person 
> pleased with what I had learned. I didn't go into detail regarding 
> what the workflow consisted of, because my post would become quite 
> long. I plan on posting an overview later this week.
> 
> If you have any questions, please email me. I hope this was helpful!