February 8-10th, 2010, 10am – 4pm in San Antonio, Texas
with Scott Martin

This 3 day workshop takes an intense look at optimizing photography workflows from capture-to-print using Adobe Lightroom. As a special treat, this workshop will be held at San Antonio’s upscale Restaurant Insignia. Fine dining and valet parking is included as part of this workshop.

Day 1 – Capture and organize
Optimizing exposure for RAW development
An overview of all RAW software available today
The story behind Lightroom and the direction it heads from here
The DNG format and how to incorporate it into your workflow
FIle Management (several scenarios including transitioning between desktop and laptop)

Day 2 – Develop
Optimizing RAW development with Lightroom’s Develop Module
Hands-on development of participant images

Day 3 – Printmaking
Advanced display calibration
Slideshow presentation
Web authoring procedure and 3rd party solutions
A look at every digital fine art printing process available today
Review sample prints
Printing from Lightroom
Print specification for exhibition
Participants leave with one fine art print of their own work!

Participants are encouraged to bring challenging RAW files of their own images to work on. Computers will not be provided but participants with laptops should bring them. This workshop will be fast paced without alot of time for students to work on their own laptops. Participants without laptops will certainly get plenty out of this workshop and should also attend. Although we won’t have designated shooting time, participants may want to bring cameras and test various exposure concepts after class. Participants will leave each day with “homework” – the good kind!

About the instructor

Scott MartinScott Martin is a fine art photographer and digital photography consultant. As the founder of Onsight, he has been working with digital photography since the 1980s and has been training photographers one-on-one and leading photography workshops since the early 90s though organizations like the Texas Photography Society and the Santa Fe Photography Workshops. With full-time devotion to on-location consulting for over a decade, his experience with a wide variety of imaging equipment, printers, papers, inks and applications allows him to consult with some of the most demanding photographers, pro labs, artists, designers and prepress professionals in the business. His classes are packed with enthusiasm and practical suggestions. Scott used to sit on the edge of his seat waiting for each Photoshop upgrade but now does so for Lightroom.

Target audience

Professional photographers and serious amateurs. As we will be covering this workflow in exhausting detail, even participants with several years experience with Lightroom benefit from this class.

Location

Restaurant Insignia
401 South Alamo, San Antonio Texas 78205
we will be in the private, special events room

Registration

Registration for this workshop is now closed.  This workshop was limited to 12 participants. I’ll look forward to seeing you there! – Scott Martin