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Printing Services for Artists include

Photography of paintings and other two dimensional art so that every detail and texture is accurately recorded even when large prints are made
Photography of glossy paintings and those under glass - the studio has several methods to eliminate or control reflections so your work looks just the way you want it to.
Creation of large, color-accurate digital files and proof prints that closely match the original. Steve Gyurina has developed many different solutions for dealing with paint pigments that don't always record as expected and need to be digitally corrected.
44" wide archival Giclee prints (up to 80" long) on heavy artist papers or canvas
Archival finishing using roll-on and spray finishes

Canvas stretching

Services for Commercial Clients include:

Annual report photography
Executive portraiture
Photography of products and food
Biotechnology lab shots and other interiors

The studio has a wide assortment of commercial lighting equipment and camera equipment to handle assignments of any kind. If you need oversize prints for your office or restaurant, the studio has a wide-format printer. And we can arranged to have your diplay prints professionally mounted, laminated or framed by several excellent subcontractors we work with.

If you need a quote or more information, please don't hesitate to give a call or e-mail.

Thanks for visiting!

Please call Steve Gyurina at: 781-665-1122, 877-474-6278 (toll-free)

Artopia Art Imaging is a photography and Giclee printing studio owned by Steve Gyurina - a professional photographer with more than two decades of experience photographing fine art and commercial subjects.

The studio is located just a couple of miles north of Boston, Massachusetts in the small city of Melrose, inside Rte 128. The studio is also a ten minute walk from the Oak Grove MBTA train station. If you live in another part of the country, you can send your work and we'll e-mail digital proofs for your evaluation. This makes it possible for you to be part of the creative process no matter where you happen to live.

Artopia Art Imaging occupies 1600 sq. ft. of space on the second floor of a red brick, 19th century factory complex. The main shooting studio is large and has a twenty foot ceiling - which makes it possible for us to handle subjects of practically any size or kind. The other room is dedicated to Giclee art reproduction and photography of jewelry, and other smaller subjects. There is a freight elevator and loading dock for transporting heavy objects up to the studio; and plenty of free parking. There are also several wonderful restaurants just a few minutes from the studio.

Artopia has fully converted to high-resolution digital photography but we still shoot slides for art school, show and grant applications. We will continue to do so until digital jury systems like Zapp and e-Jury are more universally adopted, or until slide film or processing is no longer available.

A Few Technical Details The studio has a Mac Pro Intel 2.6 quad-processor computer with 3 gigs of ram, dual color calibrated monitors and a 44" Epson 9600 digital printer. We're using the new Photoshop CS3 beta program which is extremely fast. All digital work is shot with a 13.4 meg, full-frame, CMOS chip camera which creates enormous image files with stunning detail and clarity. When shooting jewelry and other small subjects, we use a special lens that tilts and shifts like a view camera so that every part of the image is sharp and clear - even when greatly enlarged.

When shooting, our cameras are always set to record the largest file size possible, and all finals files are archived to DVD and hard drives. This makes it possible for a client to order, for instance, large prints for a trade show booth; or excellent 35-mm slides from the files (with retouching if desired), at any time in the future.

Photography Services for Artists include:

Film and digital jury slides (Zapp, eJury etc.)
35 mm slides for school, show and grant applications
Digital files for web sites, postcards, books, advertising and promotion on CD
Large prints for trade show booths, shops, or studio display
Photography of jewelry, pottery, clothing with terrific Boston models, crafts, sculpture, fiber art, glass and many other subjects.
Location photography to studios, galleries or museums in the Metro Boston area to photograph painting, sculpture or installations.
Photography for groups of artists on location or in the studio with special discount rates for all who participate
Photography at craft shows (We will be at CraftsBoston from March 29th to April 1, 2007)
Book creation (Steve Gyurina has collaborated with graphic designer Dinah Olanoff on 4 different book projects to date and several web sites)
Web site design: the studio offers a one-stop solution for getting high quality images of your art online by handling every detail of the process including all photography and file processing, domain name registration, site design consultation, planning and implementation. We can also refer you to several other web site designers who do excellent work.
Coverage of shows and show openings
Slides from digital files
Slide scanning and photo CDs
Postcard and poster printing
Postcard layout and upload
Restoration and recreation of damaged slides or prints from digital files we create.

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