Digital BW, The Print

The class was $250, and the class was not a scanning class at all. It
was assumed that you had an image already scanned, or captured with a
digital camera.

The purpose of the class was to show photoshop techniques when working
with b&w images. Even though we printed on an Epson 7000, it was
intended to work with any printer of your choice. We did advanced
masking techniques, dodging and burning (without the dodging and burning
tools), sharpening based on output size, etc. Very worth my time.

-----Original Message-----
From: tomoc [mailto:TomOC@...] 
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 12:53 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: ColorFolio b&w printing workshop review


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!



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