1 - Why Master Files are important
As a professional fine art photographer I work very hard at optimizing my photographs so that the resulting prints are as close to my original vision as possible.

This optimization can take hours, or days and even sometimes weeks. Because of the work involved it is important to preserve all the changes I make to the original file, be it the raw conversion or the film scan.

I save these changes in adjustment layers in Photoshop. Each layer represent a single change to the image. Each image, after the adjustments are completed, contains 10 layers or more, depending on the exact changes made to that image.

No matter how carefully the photograph was composed and captured, and regardless of what equipment was used, including the finest cameras, lenses, filters, films, etc., all photographs require adjustments. This was true in the darkroom (neither the transparency nor the negative was the final image. The prints made from these were always adjusted) and it is still true today in the digital darkroom. In fact, we can do much more today to improve the final appearance of a photograph, making adjustments that much more important.

However, seeing which adjustments a specific photographer made is not easy. Photographers do not share their Master files any more than they listed each modification they made in the Darkroom. To help you learn and visualize which adjustments I made to my images, I am making my Master files available on this CD. What you see on the various layers included with each Master File is the exact process I followed to go from the Raw file, or the film scan, to the final print file. Nothing is hidden. You see exactly what I did to each image, and you learn how you can do the same with your images.

Complete list of contents of the Master Files CD-3:

A - Twelve Master Files, as follows:

Each master file contains, on average, 10 adjustment layers or more. If you are not familiar with the concept of Adjustment Layers and Master Files click on this link to read my essay titled The Master File.

1 - Sabrina Lake Sunrise		7 - Death Valley Flowers
2 - Escalante Canyons		8 - Escalante Sunrise
3 - Mono Lake		9 - Devil's Garden
4 - Bristlecone Pine Detail		10 - Horseshoe Bend panorama
5 - Zion Fall		11 - Blurred Trees
6 - Sierra Fall		12 - Sand Dune Panorama

B - The Lightroom presets for all 12 master Files
Lightroom presets are files containing all the adjustments made to an image in Photoshop. I saved each of the 12 presets used to convert the files and I am including them on the Master Files CD-3.

You can import these presets in Lightroom and see exactly how I adjusted each setting when I converted these 12 photographs.

C - Two tutorial Movies showing, first, my image processing workflow in Lightroom and, second, my optimization workflow in Photoshop:

Click on the image above to watch a sample from the Lightroom and Photoshop tutorial movies.
This sample is a only a few minutes long. The actual movies are over 2 hours long.

D- A unique offer
Until now my Master Files were only available with some of the Prints of the Months and with the Printing or Adjustment Layers Mastery Workshops on DVD. This is the first time that I make the master files available by themselves, on a dedicated CD.

Each Master File is valued at $50 (see my Print of the Month with Master File pricing) for a total of $600 (12 x $50). Plus you receive two video presentations: the Lightroom and Photoshop tutorial movies. These two tutorials alone would be priced at $200 if sold separately.

Shipping costs are free. You do not pay extra for shipping no matter where you live in the world. Each order is carefully packed. Shipping is via US air mail and is insured and trackable. If you live overseas please know that we declare a low value so you do not pay import tax.

12 Master Files CD-3 12 Master files from my most popular images. Plus 2 hrs of video tutorials. $600