LEARN :

• to integrate technique with Looking and Intention.

     

    • • Optimise your capacity to seize Chance. Challenge even the very notion of Luck.

     

    • • To develop and express your own Point of View - visually.
    These Workshops are about establishing and following your trail of desire, and...
    • Working on visual communication skills, toward being an author photographer.

     • Learn to find 'subjects' and 'approach' which will continue to merit your curiosity and respect.
      Any Author must answer the question of 'Subject'.

      OR

      ...make endless accomplished decoration, or stop. We know even a bus load of technique will not answer this question.

      These Workshops tackle 'subject areas' covering a wide spectrum of human Curiosity, Desire, and Imagination.

      The 'Subject'

      ...in Photography is much more than a result of a simple 'truth machine', for those who wish to go further. Photography is a medium of exploration. Sharing & creativity. A marvellous human adventure.
      What to Photograph ?

      How well you express Yourself ?

      What it is You have to say about the 'things of the world', requires in addition to photography, some knowledge of : visual psychology & communication skills.

      Every day we are surrounded by millions of images, made by some of the best minds of our generation. You also need a knowledge of how to help your images 'stand out' from the multitude.

      The Projects of the Workshop

      ...put knowledge & practice together. A practical approach to improving your photography. Your are also allowed to have fun.

      Technique :

      • • Learn new strategies to approach the subject;

      • Make the 'subject' stand out from the background;

      • Make the background add value to the 'subject'.

      • Learn to edit.

      • Acquire the necessary technique to support your point of view, and complete your Projects.

      • Reduce technical business to a minimum.

      • Prepare yourself to take the most from chance encounters. Only photographers can seize chance.

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      Learn strategies for making :

      • Pictures tell stories
      • Portraits which speak.
      • Realize the practical modern power of photography as a rich tool of exploration, expression, a medium of communication, and to apply it.
      Learn to simplify method in the darkroom or on the computer.
      Editing Classic B&W
      Each day is designed to develop and encourage your individual response, your visual knowledge & judgment, and the technical skills to support your intention.
      Editing on a Mac or PC
      Discover & share more with Photography
      • • Discover what it is you have to say.
      • • What you want to say.
      • • Learn to speak visually - clearly and effectively.
      Results :
      • By the end of the week you can expect to feel rejuvenated. To have :
      • started work on three or four series / uncovered ideas in images - which you can continue to develop at home / Be putting together a new portfolio, be thinking of an exhibition / and Know your way to completion.

       

       

      • 'Know' - the value of a subject / technical ways to successfully communicate - visually to various audiences / certainly be more knowledgeable about the International world of photography / be facing several trails of your own desire.

       
      Questions !

      Sometimes the questions can be as important as the answers, where appropriate we shall endeavour to elaborate both.

      For example:

      Is my work any good at all ?
       
      When is the best time to take a photo ?
       
      Can I take a photo with a single meaning ?
       
      Why take a photo anyway ?
       
      Why you photograph is just as important as what you photograph ?
       
      Where can I go next ?
       
      The event, is an event necessary ?
       
      Spontaneity ?
      Just some of the practical Questions which demand Practical and Imaginative answers.
      'Everything is achievable except Desire'. (Parisian graffiti) Miss Tic

      And See

      • The work of photographers who have made history, and the history of Photography - not only visually exciting,- but as pertinent to our life as the work of any writer, thinker or visual artist from the mists of antiquity.

       

      • The History of photography is for the most part obscure, yet less than 150 years old.
      • See & know - for example...
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