Fine art printing can often be considered a dark art and this workshop covers an easy-to-follow colour management workflow to turn your photographs into professional-grade prints. Our workshop has been designed to simplify the printing process and this workshop will provide the knowledge you need to print your own prints at home or set up to be sent to a photo lab.
This weekend workshop covers a comprehensive approach to learning how to transform your photographs into fine art prints. The weekend will begin on Friday afternoon joining Richard Young for a review and critique session, followed by a waterfront shoot and group dinner (optional/not included).
On Saturday, you’ll learn a comprehensive printing workflow to prepare your images for printing. And on Sunday, we’ll cover Advanced Printing Techniques where you will learn advanced colour management workflows, editing techniques and everything you need to know to create exhibition-quality prints.
The workshop is run by Richard Young, a full-time nature and landscape photographer, who has 19 years of printing experience and has worked with Epson as a printer ambassador for the last 5 years. He will teach you the refined printing workflow that he uses for his own exhibition prints.
Advanced guide to soft proofing, and getting your images to match your screen.
Learn advanced file setup and printing settings for the optimum quality print and perfect prints.
During the weekend you will learn a comprehensive printing workflow from editing, sharpening and soft-proofing your own images. You will then learn how to print on both A2 Epson Surecolor P906 & 24” Epson SureColor P7560 printers and how to select the perfect type of Epson Signature Worthy Fine Art Paper for your photographs. We will finish the workshop by making one of your images into a huge 24 x 36” Fine Art Print; the perfect size to be a feature piece in your home. You will leave with advanced printing knowledge and experience and be ready to create exhibition-quality prints and printing at home with pro-consumer printers or at a lab. The workshop includes free access to our online course Fine-Art Printing with a detailed eBook and videos covering what you have learnt so you can refer to these after the workshop.
Richard Young is a full-time landscape and wildlife photographer based in Wanaka. He has been guiding groups of photographers in New Zealand since 2010, and in 2013, he founded New Zealand Photography Workshops.
Part 1: Matching Prints to Screen
In the first part of this workshop, we dive deeper into colour management workflow to get your screen to match your prints, we will cover:
Part 2: The Perfect Print File
The perfect Print requires the perfect file to start with. We will look at some more advanced development techniques to use before sending your file to print, including:
Part 3: Optimum Quality Prints
We dive deeper into creating the optimum quality prints, covering a workflow from print file setup through to printing settings. This will include:
Friday – review session followed by waterfront shoot & optional dinner
In this introductory session, Richard will review and critique 4 photographs from each of the group. The goal will be to get helpful feedback on your work and identify any basic editing techniques that we will need to run through before we cover any printing workflows.
Following the conference room session, we’ll head to the waterfront to refine our shooting techniques. This hands-on practice will ensure everyone is set up to capture files in the right format and quality, ready for printing.
Saturday – Printing Workflow
The workshop will cover a full printing workflow using Lightroom, from editing, sharpening and softproofing through to how to output your images to a large format printer. We will also cover paper choice looking at different styles of Epson Signature Worthy Fine Art Papers. Each paper type offers an entirely different impact, adding to the creative style of your photography.
Sunday – Advanced Printing Techniques
We’ll focus on fine-tuning your individual printing workflows. You’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of the advanced fine art printing process, including editing techniques for print, sharpening, and soft proofing in Lightroom and Photoshop.
We’ll also cover how to prepare and output your images using large-format Epson printers such as the A2 SureColor P906 and 24” SureColor P7560. Additionally, you’ll learn how to select the perfect Epson Signature Worthy Fine Art Paper to enhance the creative impact of your photographs. By the end of the session, you’ll have the skills and confidence to produce stunning, exhibition-quality prints.
Epson Surecolour P906
We will be printing on the latest consumer-based Epson printer, the Surecolour P906. This professional quality printer offers the ability to print in formats up to A2+ (16 x 22″) along with 17” roll paper.
Epson SureColor P9560
We will also be using the Epson 44” printer, the SureColor P9560 the next generation of wide-format printing and most advanced printer to date. This printer offers the ability to print up to 44” wide and is used by many professional photo labs.
Epson Signature Paper
We will be printing on Epson’s great range of Signature Papers. Each paper offers a different, unique look. You will have the chance to explore these to find one that suits your photography.
Our workshops run with a maximum group size of 8 and 2 tutors, offering a 1:4 ratio of tutors to guests. Limiting class sizes ensures we provide the best learning environment possible, including expert guidance, instruction, and personal attention according to your learning style. Smaller groups of up to 4 may only be led by one tutor.
Epson NZ Showroom – L2, 25 College Hill, Freemans Bay, Auckland 1011, New Zealand
The showroom provides tea and coffee-making opportunities, toilets and a large boardroom with space for printing and editing.
It is really recommended that you bring your own laptop to work on for the course, if you want to follow along with the exercises during the workshop. However, if this is not possible, you will still be able to cover the course content and make some prints, provided you bring it saved on a USB memory stick.
Software
We will cover printing workflows using the following software: Adobe Lightroom Classic CC, Adobe Photoshop, Epson Print Layout and Mirage Print.
It is recommended you have Lightroom CC Classic or Photoshop on your computer if you use this. If you do not have Lightroom or Photoshop, Or do not use Applications, we can still print on your computer during the workshop, using Epson Print Layout which we can install for you.
What is the difference between Lightroom CC Classic and Lightroom CC?
Adobe has recently released a new version of Lightroom, which is a purely cloud-based service. In this workshop, we will be learning to use Lightroom CC Classic. The Classic version of Lightroom is a professional editing tool which is much more powerful and useful than Lightroom CC. We recommend purchasing the Adobe CC Photography Plan monthly if you do not currently use Lightroom (not the Lightroom CC plan). Purchasing this plan will provide you with Lightroom CC Classic, Lightroom CC, and Photoshop. You can also update your software for free by joining this plan. You can purchase it here from the Adobe website.
A 15% deposit is required to reserve your space (deposit is non-refundable). The remaining balance is due 45 days prior to the start of the workshop.
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