DIGITAL FINE PRINT WORKSHOP

THE DIGITAL FINE PRINT WORKSHOP is by far the most popular workshop I teach. It evolved from 1996 when I started writing and teaching this new technology for Camera Arts Magazine and enlisted a small group of experts (The Camera Arts Research Group) to verify all the techniques we use in digital photography and printing. We started with the Epson 3000 printer and experimented with different inks (both B&W and Color), papers, printer drivers, software, and hardware. The Digital Fine Print Workshop has changed its face many times in the past 12 years in response to the fast-paced digital imaging industry and photographer’s high standards. It will continue to change as new developments emerge.

THE DIGITAL FINE PRINT WORKSHOP now incorporates both B&W and Color printing from the same printer (either the Epson R2400, 3800, 4880, 7880, or 9880) with the Epson Ultrachrome K3 inkset and Epson driver, the Epson Ultrachrome K3 inkset and the ColorByte ImagePrint RIP (www.colorbytesoftware.com), or the Cone or Media Street Quadtone inksets and the Quadtone RIP. I also teach with the or HP 9180 or Z3100 printers in some workshops. Photographers can use the Ultrachrome inks with Epson printer driver or the ImagePrint RIP for Color. Either the ImagePrint RIP or Quadtone RIP is necessary for high quality B&W reproduction.
The workshop, available now only as a weeklong workshop, is basically a 16-bit workflow from digital camera to the final print. It is an established, simple, straightforward, and effective method for printing consistent high-quality, fine-art, B&W and Color images. The goal of this workshop is simple: To show you how to make outstanding black-and-white and color prints consistently using a computer and desktop ink-jet printer.

Both Photoshop and Lightroom are used in the workflow for the workshop and to enroll you should have a basic understanding only of each of these applications in their latest versions. The workflow itself is very simple and may be downloaded from this website for free. The book, George DeWolfe’s Digital Photography Fine Print Workshop, explains in detail all of the techniques and procedures used in the workshop. It can be purchased at amazon.com by clicking here.