Datacolor Awards $10,000 Photography Scholarship to Parsons - The New School for Design Student
On June 11, 2007, The New School for Design announced the results of the third annual Datacolor Photography Scholarship, following a student competition designed to support digital art and creativity in the field of photography.
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Parsons photography department junior Chris Nesbit was named the winner by a panel of prestigious industry professionals, and awarded a $10,000 scholarship. By juxtaposing drawings of buildings long since renovated or torn down on top of the current landscape, Nesbit's entry addresses urban memory, and the importance of the past in the contemporary urban landscape. In his award-winning collection, Nesbit combines the past and the present to demonstrate an intersection of our contemporary lives with the history of places now lost.
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Honorable mentions Silvia Laserna and Anna Skladmann each won the Datacolor PrintFIX PRO™ Suite, an invaluable tool for monitor calibration, and printer profiling in an RGB workflow. In their impressive collections, Laserna focused on humanizing and capturing the spirit of impoverished and underprivileged in Ghana, and Skladmann explored the duality between childhood and adulthood in the lives of privileged children living as part of Russia's "Nouveau-Riche."
Read more of this article and view photos here.
Expert Advice
Print Optimization and Profiling for Canvas
By Daniel Vézina, Technical Director
Les Productions Numart Inc. (QC, Canada)
Photographers typically print an image based on the memory they have of the scene they shot. They also use digital adjustments to improve the image to get improved contrast, colors, or flesh tones. The goal is to get a nice and pleasing result, but not necessary the absolute color of the original subject.
The situation is very different when reproducing a painting or other natural media artwork. Color accuracy is one of the most important things for a Fine Art printer. The customers expect more than a pretty result, they want prints that show exactly the same colors as their originals paintings. The customers will inevitably compare the print and the original side by side where the human eye can easily detect subtle differences between the images. Perfectly identical results are impossible due to the color gamut and density limitations of the ink and media we use. This is why it is so difficult to make a good Fine Art print. In addition it is often necessary to print the same image on different fine art papers and canvas and still get the closest color match possible between each of these media and the original.
Read the entire article at: http://www.colorvision.com/learn_expert.php.
Photoshop Tip of the Month
Repositioning Marquees
If you start to make a Rectangular Marquee tool (M) selection and discover that you don't have the selection positioned where you want it, don't start over. Before you finish creating the Marquee, press and hold the Spacebar, reposition the selection, and then finish making the selection. This trick also works with the Crop tool and the Shape tools.
Featured Printmaker
Daniel Vézina
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Daniel Vézina brings a unique viewpoint to the craft of digital art reproduction and printing from his background in computer sciences. Over a decade ago he began providing technical support and custom training in digital color management, and is now one of the leading color management specialist in his area. He consults with photographers, graphic designers and pre-press personnel on a wide range of color management issues.
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Daniel applies this background to the digital imaging processes from capture, through color adjustment and softproofing, to final output. Daniel's interest in color management and digital workflow extends to beta testing new media and inks, as well as color management hardware and software, all with the goal of producing attractive, long lasting prints. He is a valued tester for Datacolor's ColorVision line of products, offering an advanced perspective in production printing and fine art reproduction.
Daniel's company, Numart Inc., based near Quebec City, produces outstandingly accurate reproductions of fine art from heavily textured oils to delicate watercolours. Although Numart is still a relatively new company, their services are already being utilized by artists and photographers in Canada, the United States, and Europe.
To learn about Daniel's perspective on color managed inkjet printing on canvas, please review this month's Expert Advice column, which was guest authored by Daniel.
To see examples of Daniel's color managed art prints, click here
Mastering Digital Black and White
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"Mastering Digital Black and White", the new book by Amadou Diallo, is out - and according to our own C. David Tobie, is an excellent reference on the complex topic of black and white photography. Diallo wrote the book at the same time David was developing PrintFIX PRO™ 2.0, and the author's appreciation for its black and white profiling is obvious. In fact, the book devotes several pages to PrintFIX PRO and contains several screenshots and illustrations of the product.
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The book is available at Amazon.com at: http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Digital-Black-Black-White/dp/1598633759
ISBN-13: 978-1-59863-375-7
ISBN-10: 1-59863-375-9
Book Description
The very nature of black and white photography places a premium on creative interpretation of the image. Advances in digital technology have expanded both the precision of imaging techniques and the interpretive possibilities for black and white imagery. Never before has such a wide array of tools been available to photographers who have a passion for black and white. Mastering Digital Black and White is written for these photographers. It serves not only as a comprehensive guide for creating black and white images and prints, but also examines the role of artistic craft in the imaging process. Learn how to employ your digital tools as extensions of your photographic vision. Read in-depth interviews with, and view images from, five accomplished photographers as they discuss their process and inspirations. Prepare to indulge your passion for gallery-quality black-and-white images in the digital darkroom. Additional supporting content for this book and a discussion forum for photographers and printmakers with a passion for black and white can be accessed at: http://www.masteringdigitalbwbook.com.
About the Author
Amadou Diallo is a New York City-based photographer, writer, digital imaging consultant, and teacher. He owns and operates Diallo Photography, a studio that offers fine art printmaking and digital imaging workshops to a client base from Brooklyn to Brazil. Diallo's words and images have been featured in national magazines and have graced some of the most popular photography-related sites on the Web. His fine art photography has been exhibited in galleries nationwide and is in a growing number of private collections. For information about his photography, visit http://www.diallophotography.com.
Recent Reviews
We are constantly working to make color management more effective, affordable and easy to use. Here are some of our most recent sightings:
PrintFIX PRO™ Suite 2.0
ColorVision PrintFIX Pro Suite - Easily calibrate your monitor and printer (Digital Producer Magazine)
Spyder2
A short break (from food) to talk about color management (Chubby Hubby)
Read more reviews at: http://www.colorvision.com/reviews.php.
