Sunday, November 8, 2026 | 2:45 – 3:45 pm | 318 Van Metre Hall – FREE!
Presentation Description
In this class, geared to the photographer already making their own prints, we will discuss the ten things that can help you get from a 90% great print, towards one that you truly feel approaches your ideal print.
Printing can be highly technical, but at the same time it is an artform unto itself. It starts with an appreciation of how the photographer intends for the viewer to react to and interpret the photograph. The choices made – how the image is processed, what paper is used, what size is the print, what printer settings do you use, how is it displayed – all have an impact on how the final print is viewed. As Ansel Adams so appropriately said, “The negative is the score, and the print is the performance.”
Some of the topics we will discuss, include …
- What makes a great print?
- Media choices – archivability, differences in gamut, look and feel
- Why your print might not match your monitor, and what you can do about it
- Print size matters
- What resolution should you use for printing?
- The importance of soft proofing and rendering intents and how to use them
- Should you use printer profiles or “printer manages color”
- Should you print from Lightroom or Photoshop?
- Image processing prior to printing
- How does the new HDR Lightroom processing impact printing?
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Speaker Information
Alan Sislen
Alan Sislen has been an avid photographer for more than 50 years. Landscape and architectural photography are his passion. Alan has studied with well-known British landscape photographer Charlie Waite, former National Geographic photographer Bruce Dale, digital experts Thom Hogan and Eliot Cohen, fine art photographers Vincent Versace, John Sexton, Julia Anna Gaspodarou, Charlie Cramer, and photographic artists and Photoshop and printing masters John Paul Caponigro and Bill Atkinson.
In 2005 Alan was juried into Multiple Exposures Gallery at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, Virginia, and was juried into the Torpedo Factory Artists Association (TFAA) as a Resident Artist in 2006. In 2025, Alan became director of the digital program at Photoworks at Glen Echo Park, where he continues to teach digital classes and workshops. As a long-time member of North Bethesda Camera Club, he has served on the Board and been selected as Advanced Color Print Photographer of the Year, Black and White Photographer of the Year and Advanced Electronic Photographer of the Year. His work is in numerous private and corporate collections, and his photography has been widely exhibited for more than 20 years.
