Hands-On Digital Printing & Adobe Photoshop Workshop

A new workshop is now scheduled for september 25.-28. 2008.

Photoshop is the most powerful darkroom ever. In this four-day workshop at Norways premier studio and lab in Oslo, Studio Technika/ Farvelabben, Jean Miele and Pål Otnes will teach you:

- how to control contrast, tone, sharpness, and grain with incredible precision
- the best ways to convert from color to B&W
- effective workflow procedures, including actions & batch-processing
- RAW capture and workflow
- how to use ICC profiles for printing- the latest options for black-and-white and color printing

Through plenty of hands-on computer time in the lab, you’ll learn by actually working on your own image files. There will be step-by-step Photoshop, RAW capture and printing demonstrations, and discussions of how to optimize your shooting for digital darkroom work. Included in the workshop are portfolio reviews, thought-provoking in-class discussions and lots of laughter and fun.

We will spend extra time on RAW capture and printing, and teach you how to do great digital “darkroom” work. Our technique - relying on layers and masks - gives you the power to change your mind at any point with no loss in image quality, even after an image has been closed and reopened. The staff at Studio Technika/ Farvelabben will also show us what’s possible with todays digital printers, from lightjet to Epson large format printers.This workshop empowers you to apply the full potential of Adobe Photoshop, and explore the infinite possibilities of working digitally. The emphasis of this class is real-world workflow and printing techniques for photographers, designers, and artists, whether you work in black-and-white or color.

The facility will only allow 15 participants, so enrol today to reach the next level in Photoshop.
Please send an e-mail to mail@palotnes.com, or call Pål on (+47) 41 14 66 06 for more information and enrolment. The workshop-fee is 4.900 NOK.
Participants must bring their own computer with Adobe Photoshop CS, CS2 or CS3 installed. A trial-version can be downloded at www.adobe.com.The workshop will be held in english.

Jean Miele (46) is an American artist who uses photography to create moments of “perfection.” Based in New York City, his photographs have been widely exhibited, including a 2007 show at Fotografiens Hus in Oslo, and his original prints are in numerous collections. Miele is also internationally recognized as an educator whose workshops and seminars demystify digital. He has taught for: Adobe Systems; the International Center for Photography (ICP) in New York; Apple Computer; Fuji USA; Advertising Photographers of America (APA); American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP); the Maine Media Workshops; the Santa Fe Workshops; the Norwegian Fotografiakademiet; and many others. 

Pål Otnes (33) is working as a writer, graphic designer and photographer in Oslo. He contributes articles and writes a monthly Photoshop “how-to” column for to the national Fotografi magazine. In addition to his commercial work, Otnes’ fine-art photographs have been exhibited in Hamningberg Church in Finnmark, Skogmuseet in Elverum, Volumfestivalen in Elverum, Varangerfestivalen in Vadsø, Fotofestivalen in Vågå, Rådhusgalleriet in Oslo, and have been featured in B&W Magazine.Together.

Pål Otnes and Jean Miele have presented eight highly successful digital workshops in Norway since 2003.

For more information please visit: www.jeanmiele.com and www.palotnes.com

Download actions

Click the link to download actions as referred to in Fotografi. There are two actions, one for sharpening and one for sharpening, converting to black and white and adding noise. Download the file and import it into the actions-window in Photoshop. I hope you enjoy it!

Download actions.

New mailinglist

From now on we would like to update our readers about new workshops by e-mail as well. The workshop in may is now fully booked, but by joining our mailinglist you will be the first to know when new dates are set. Just drop us a line at mail #at# palotnes #dot# com and we’ll add you to the list.

Photoshop column in the magazine Fotografi

Starting in Fotografi number 2/ 2006, I will write a column about Photoshop. This is Norway’s leading publication on photography, and the focus will be on useful tips on setup and practical use of Photoshop for photographers and devoted amateurs. So if you want an introduction on Photoshop for photographers, you can read my column in every issue of Fotografi from now. It will only be published in Norwegian.

Workshop featured in the magazine Fotografi

In the magazine Fotografi number 1/ 2006 you’ll find an article where photographer and journalist Morten Løberg attended our photoshop-workshop for five days. This workshop is for professionals and advanced amateurs, and covers everything from sharpening and printing to color-correction and RAW-workflow. Everything is based in the layers and masks-workflow.
The workshop is taught by Jean Miele and myself and are arranged by Kjell Solli.
If you want to learn more about this workshop, have a look in Fotografi number 1/ 2006 or check out the homepage of Fotografiakademiet here.
Also be sure to have a look at Jean´s work here and Kjell´s work here.