Fall Workshop Schedule

Fall is coming! You know what that means… Workshops! This fall we have an entire lineup of workshops in the making for you to attend.

September 11, 2010 Metal Printing Workshop (1 day) This is a one-day workshop for printing on Booksmart Fine Art metals. The workshop will discuss printing & finishing techniques many of our customers have utilized.

September 16th- October 14th (Thursday nights)- Digital Imaging 101 (5 days) Topics that will be included are Photoshop preferences, tools, layers, tonal & color correction techniques, image workflow, and file basics.

September 25, 2010- Digital Darkroom Workshop (1 day) The workshop will teach you how to apply the techniques digitally that one used in either a B&W or color darkroom.

October 20, 2010- Intro to Fine Art Inkjet Papers (1 day) FREE! This workshop will help your decide what the best inkjet paper is for your work.

October 23rd-24th- Fine Art of Digital Printing (2 days) This workshop will cover the many controls we have for creating fine art digital prints

October 23rd- 24th 2010- Print to the Bookshelf: Bookbinding (2 days) This workshop will teach artist several methods for binding books with an emphasis on traditional binding techniques. A few hours will be designated towards discussing alternative binding structures.

November 6, 2010- Metal Printing Workshop (1 day) This is a one-day workshop for printing on Booksmart Fine Art metals. The workshop will discuss printing & finishing techniques many of our customers have utilized.

November 20, 2010- Nik Software Workshop (1 day) Learn about Nik Software’s latest photo enhancement plug-ins and filters for Photoshop, Aperture and Lightroom with former Nik Software Product Specialist, Sean Dyroff.

November 21, 2010- Black and White Digital Printing Workshop (1 day) This workshops will teach you the different controls and options for creating B&W prints that rival the quality of silver gelatin prints.

Just go to www.booksmartstudio.com/store/workshops-classes and sign up for any or all of these workshops today!

About the Author: Eric Kunsman

Eric T. Kunsman is a photographer and book artist based out of Rochester, New York where he has returned to pursue his personal work. Eric is a Lecturer for the Arts & Imaging Studies Department in the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and also teaches for the School of Photographic Arts & Sciences both of which are housed at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He was formerly an Assistant Professor at Mercer County Community College where he was also the coordinator of the photography program. He has nationally taught workshops, lectured on digital printing. Eric holds his MFA in Book Arts/Printmaking from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and holds an MS in Electronic Publishing/Graphic Arts Media, BS in Biomedical Photography, BFA in Fine Art photography all from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. His photographs and books have been exhibited internationally and are in several prominent collections throughout the United States. He currently owns Booksmart Studio, which is a fine art digital printing studio specializing in numerous techniques and services for photographers and book artists.