Katrin Eismann
Photoshop Diva
katrin@photoshopdiva.com

http://www.photoshopdiva.com

 

 
 

Katrin Eismann is an internationally recognized artist, author, and educator who has been working with digital imaging tools since 1989. Katrin's extensive teaching and speaking engagements address the latest tools and techniques of digital imaging and the impact they are having upon professional photographers, artists, and educators. She speaks German and English and has taught and presented in Europe, Asia, and throughout North America.

Katrin studied photography and electronic still imaging at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Upon graduating at the top of her class in 1991, she had the good fortune to become the first intern at the Kodak Center of Creative Imaging in Camden, Maine. Three years later she was the Director of Education and had implemented a rigorous curriculum that focused on imaging, design, and multimedia.

In 1998, Katrin co-authored; Web Design Studio Secrets and Adobe Photoshop Studio Secrets, 2nd edition for IDG Books; chaired two Thunder Lizard Productions Focus on Photoshop conferences; completed a four country tour of Scandinavia for the Eastman Kodak Company, and was a guest artist at the La Pietra Hawaii School for Girls.

In 1999, Silicon Graphics Computer Corporation selected Katrin to participate in the Vanguards of Visual Computing Program. She completed Real World Digital Photography for Peachpit Press and prepared a photographic installation to accompany her being the 1999 Guerin Visiting Scholar at the Marlborough School in Los Angeles.

Presently, Katrin lives in Weehawken, NJ with her husband John McIntosh who is the Chair of the Bachelor of Fine Arts, Computer Arts Program at the School of VISUAL ARTS in New York City. She is finishing a new book Photoshop Restoration and Retouching and is completing an MFA Degree in Design at SVA.

The Future, Katrin is recognized as a positive role-model for young women who are seeking insights and opportunities in the field of digital technology and fine art. She excels at working with young woman - supporting their investigation of technology and fine art through creative self-expression. Please pay a virtual visit to the La Pietra Girls School Campus to see the QucikTime VR™ work that Katrin completed with an enthusiastic group of ninth graders in just one week.

Education

Rochester Institute of Technology
1991 Bachelor of Fine Arts Summe Cum Laude
Photography and Electronic Still Imaging
Adolf Lazi Academy for Photography
Stuttgart, Germany

Experience

Founder & Principle, PRAXIS. Digital Solutions
Conference Chair, Thunder Lizard Productions Photoshop Conference
Contributing Editor, Photo Electronic Imaging Magazine
Director of Education, Center for Creative Imaging
Faculty, Center for Creative Imaging

Clienst

Adobe Systems
American Society of Media Photographers
Apple Computer
Digital Imaging Marketing Association
Eastman Kodak Company
Infinite Photo & Imaging
Macworld Conferences
Photo Marketing Association
Professional Photography Association
Time-Life, Inc.
Thunder Lizard Productions
Walt Disney Company
World Press Photo
ZZYXZ Visual Systems

Teaching Experience

American Film Institute Los Angeles, CA
Apple Marketing Center New York, NY
Bard College Rhinebeck, NY
Biannual FotoFest Houston, TX
Center for Creative Imaging Camden, ME
Hochschule Rapperswil, Switzerland
La Pietra Hawaii School for Girls Honolulu, Hawaii
Fachhochschule Dortmund, Germany
Marlborough School Los Angeles, CA
National Press Photographers Association
Norddeutsche Fotografen Tage Travemuende, Germany
Photo Marketing Association Philadelphia, PA; Chicago, IL; London, England Professional Photography Association Raleigh, NC & Atlanta, GE
School of VISUAL ARTS NY, NY
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Cincinnati

Classes taught

Professional Photoshop Production Skills
Advanced Photoshop for Photographers
Digital Photography and Digital Cameras

Digital Retouching and Color Correction
Creative Imaging and Compositing
Introduction to The World Wide Web for Artists
Introduction to Immersive Imaging/QTVR

See Classes, Presentations, and Schedule for additional information.

Digital Photography - Issues, Images, & Ideas Eastman Kodak Scandinavia
Image Quality: Input to Output
PhotoEast NY NY
Digital Photography - Past, Present, Future ADF Duesseldorf, Germany
The State of the Art Today - Silver and Silicon Merge Prague, Czechoslovakia
Kodak Professional at Photokina '96
Cologne, Germany
Digital Photography: Technology and Career Strategies Los Angeles, CA
Artists in the Digital Age, ViscommWest San Francisco, CA
Imaging by All Means: Digital Tools & Techniques Kodak Asian-Pacific Region
How to Conduct Electronic Imaging Seminars PMA Chicago, IL
Imaging for You: Film and Digital Solutions Cologne, Germany
Resolution Solutions for Photographers ASMP NY NY
Impact of Digital Imaging for Young Photographers Travemuende, Germany
Digital Imaging and the Creative Process Cooper Union NY NY
The Digital Imaging Chain IFRA Conference Zurich, Switzerland
Overcoming the Fear of Computers & Digital Imaging NPPA Washington DC
The Creative Image, Photoshop WOW!,
Digital Cameras Macworld Boston, MA

Books & Publications

Co-author:
Real World Digital Photography,Peachpit Press 1999
Photoshop 5.0 Studio Secrets,2nd edition
IDG Publishing 1998
Web Design Studio Secrets, IDG Publishing 1998

Featured in:
Photoshop 5.0 Bible, Gold edition by Deke McClelland 1999
Photoshop Masters , edited by Agosto 1998
Adobe Photoshop 4.0 Studio Secrets, by Deke McClelland
1997
The Photoshop WOW! Book ver.2.5, 3.0. 4.0, & 5.0/5.5 Linnea Dayton & Jack Davis
Make Your Scanner a Great Production Tool by Michael Sullivan 1997
Essentials of Digital Photography, by Russell Sparkman 1997

Above linked book covers go directly to the book purchasing page at Amazon.com

Select Articles:
Design Graphics, edition # 50 Featured Artist
PEI Magazine Cover and Feature Article December 1998
PEI Magazine Don't be Square: Advanced Masking: Advanced Color Correction

IdN Magazine Digital Photography: Four part series
Imaging News Discover the Power of Digital Imaging
The Future Image Report Report from Photokina Ô94: New Digital Technologies Eastman Kodak Company Publications Imaging for You
Computer Artist Live Picture: A Technology Tour
Superdesigning Electronic Art & Design Interview with PRAXIS. Digital Solutions