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Photographic Center Northwest offers workshops in Seattle and abroad, classes, and accredited courses as well as the Certificate Program. Students interested in pursuing a bachelor of fine art degree may take advantage of our partnership with Seattle University. Workshop Schedule | Summer 2008Summer Quarter 2008 runs from Monday, June 23 to Friday, August 29. There will be no classes on Friday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day.
INTRODUCTION TO C-PRINTS
Despite the advances of digital printing, much of the fine art photography world still revolves around color prints made in the wet darkroom. PCNW offers Seattle’s only public color darkroom. This full-day workshop offers the rare opportunity to be introduced to the wet color process and make your own C-prints in a single session. Please bring exposed color film and a box of color paper. A great follow-up to the Introduction to Film Photography Workshop; a great way to be empowered to do even more on your own.
Fundamentals of Black & White Photography & Printing
This is a workshop about the basics of working with black and white film, shooting, processing, and printing. Bring your manually adjustable 35mm film camera and manual. Learn how to use your camera, and how ISO, shutter speed, depth of field, and aperture all affect your results. Participants will also be introduced to different types of films, using a tripod, and basic lighting and composition. Be guided through the steps in processing your film and making B&W prints. A great way to start working in Seattle's only public black and white darkroom; and a great way to be empowered to do even more on your own.
FUNDAMENTALS OF C-PRINTING
Despite the advances of digital printing, much of the fine art photography world still revolves around color prints made in the wet darkroom. PCNW offers Seattle's only public color darkroom. This full-day workshop offers the rare opportunity for a novice to experience the wet color process and make C-prints in a single session and for the more experienced printer to brush up on rusty skills. Please bring exposed color film and a box of color paper.
CONSTRUCTING LIGHT IN THE COLOR DARKROOM
Learn alternative methods of light exposure for creating one-of-a-kind prints in a wet color darkroom. Construct your own light sources and accompanying tools for manipulating the reaction of your print exposures, light sources and tools you will take with you for future use. Have an opportunity to work in Seattle's only public color darkroom. If you have an interest in light and color, or just want to apply new techniques to apply with an older process, this is the workshop for you.
Digital Photography DIGITAL PRINTING 101
Digital printing has made making your own prints accessible to everyone. But are you baffled by how to make prints from your digital photographs that really capture those photographs? Learn how with this introductory, one-day workshop. Discuss sizing your prints, proper orientation, color settings, and working with digital printers in general to get the most out of them. This the perfect workshop to get you into the world of digital printing and prepare you for the array of other digital printing workshops PCNW offers. FUNDAMENTALS OF DIGITAL SLR PHOTOGRAPHY
Learn to use your digital camera's advanced features, including: white balance; focusing, metering, and shooting modes; adjusting sharpness, color and contrast in camera; and reading histograms. Explore different lenses, file sizes and types, formatting, buffering systems, and how to prevent digital noise. Discover how to shoot in black and white and with different flash techniques plus how to do night and infrared photography digitally. Photoshop demonstrations address how to optimize your images for print from contrast to color to sharpening adjustments, sizing your images for the web, profiles for printing, and various fine art digital papers. One meeting will be held offsite to practice advanced shooting and retouching techniques. Basic knowledge of your digital camera required.
PHOTOSHOP BASICS
Photoshop for the absolute beginner! Learn the essential skills to edit photographs. Topics include a tour of the program's overall layout, what tools are and can do, fixing dust and scratches, file organization, saving, cropping, resolution, sharpening, and file navigation.
Shooting & Processing in the RAW
Shooting in the digital RAW file format offers many advantages and is the choice of most professionals and advanced amateurs. Explore the advantages (and the few disadvantages) of RAW. Delve into each feature of Adobe's Camera Raw converter (version 4, which is a part of Photoshop CS3). Learn about workflow for processing individual RAW images, as well as how to dramatically improve the efficiency of your workflow by processing many images at once, using synchronization, presets, saved settings, and Bridge. We will not continue into Photoshop, but we will discuss the role of Photoshop in the RAW workflow. You must have access to a digital camera with RAW functionality and a laptop computer - your own or rented, and be comfortable using Adobe Bridge.
GRAPHIC DESIGN APPLICATIONS
Learn the Photoshop skills that will enable you to create your own promotional cards, business cards, posters and web page mock-ups. Explore the use of the text and shape tools, techniques to align text and images, transforming text and shapes, applying layer styles to create drop shadows and other effects, putting multiple images into a document, using smart objects to provide more flexibility in design, using rulers, guides and smart guides, and more. Bring a laptop - your own or a rental - loaded with Photoshop CS3 - either your own or a free trial download. Experience with Photoshop and familiarity with using layers required.
DIGITAL NEGATIVES FOR CONTACT PRINTING
Digital negatives open a range of creative options, where an image can be captured by any means, analog or digital; edited in Photoshop; and then contact printed with a quality rivaling that possible with in-camera negatives. Learn how to make digital negatives using inkjet printers and printer drivers. Go on to make digital negatives from your own photographs tailored for contact printing for palladium emulsion. The method you learn can be applied to making negatives for contact printing in nearly any photo technique from albumen to gum-over-platinum. Basic Photoshop skills are required. PCNW will provide all materials that you need.
GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR COMPACT DIGITAL CAMERA
The new small digital cameras are getting better all the time. Many are now so good that they are perfectly suited to your photographic project. And they do offer definite advantages over SLRs, starting with cost. It has gotten to the point that "real" photographers no longer have to carry big expensive SLRs. Learn why; see work and tests shot with a small, less expensive point and shoot cameras. Explore workflow from capture to computer to print and the internet. Discuss your own camera and project. You will have an opportunity to shoot an assignment between classes. At the second class, you will present your work and discuss the advantages and power of your point and shoot.
SCANNING
The success of your digital output depends directly on the often-overlooked subtleties of skilled scanning. This intensive workshop will introduce you to the properties of different scanners and the variances encountered in scanning prints vs. film. It will help you define settings for the best scanning results. Learn about histograms, density ranges, and the interrelationship of channels and how they all contribute to selecting the correct scanner settings and resolution conversions for creating outstanding prints.
Fine Art Digital Printing: Black & White
Digital printing is not just for color. Current digital printers produce outstanding black and white prints. Learn the skills needed to create dramatic monochromatic prints from your photographs, including the best way to convert your digital color files and how to control contrast and tone to produce striking prints. This workshop is a logical next step for anyone who has taken the Digital Printing class offered in June and July.
Ideas & Practice BURLESQUE: THE PORTRAIT IN PERFORMANCE
Explore the creation of a portrait through performance using the art of Transitioning into the Fine Art Market with Barbara Shaiman
In this informal workshop, Barbara Shaiman, director and curator of the Seattle Art Museum’s SAM Gallery, Art Sales and Rental, will discuss how to approach getting your fine art photography seen and sold in galleries and alternative venues. Learn how to produce an application packet that shows your strengths and how to take it and approach a gallery. Students will submit a complete application for the SAM Gallery before the workshop, as if they were actually applying, and Barbara will review it and present a critique of each application as part of the workshop. Other topics will include the importance of defining your goals and developing a plan; how to recognize venues appropriate for your work and how to best approach them; pricing; and presentation. Fundamentals of On-Camera & Studio Flash
The range of options for bringing artificial light into your photographs is enormous. Understanding those options will open new doors to taking better, more innovative photographs. For your on-camera flash, learn light ratios, guide numbers, and metering through in-class shooting exercises and flash demonstrations in a variety of lighting situations. Learn some simple tricks the pros use that will make your on-camera flash a more versatile tool than you ever imagined. For studio lighting, discover what power packs, mono-lights, scrims, gobos, softboxes, and a multitude of different umbrellas are and what they all do. Leave with a broad overview of on-camera and studio flash possibilities, enabling you to make informed choices of when and how to apply them. Bring your manually-adjustable camera and your flash unit along with the manuals for both.
Writing & Editing for Your Website
This workshop is meant for anyone who has (or wants) an effective arts-related website. We'll focus on the artist's statement and bio, and use them to discuss how to identify and understand your audience, how to write a tight, creative brief and why you need one, how to plan for easy navigation, the basics of how to write and edit web content, and how to use quality control and proofreading. This workshop is excellent preparation for the Creating Your Own Website workshop in August (see below).
FROM PRINTS TO ONLINE: CREATING YOUR OWN WEBSITE
Build and launch your own photo-based website using Microsoft's new Expression Web software. Starting with only prints, you will have a fully-functioning website online, with your own domain name and email, by the end of second weekend. Designed specifically for someone who has never created a web page before, this workshop will introduce you to basic scanning skills, HTML, getting a website online, and editing content once your website is online and the workshop is over. All those attending the workshop will receive a free copy of the Expression Web software. This workshop is a logical next step in honing your internet presence to the Writing & Editing for Your Website Workshop in July (see above).
DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY: THE EVENTS OF SUMMER
Summer is the season of outdoor events, particularly in Seattle. By registering for this class you are accepting an assignment to document a number of Seattle events during the course of the summer, including one as an on-location group shoot. You will share your images in several in-class critique and brainstorming sessions. *In addition to the classroom meetings, there will be a group shoot at a Seattle event. The date of the group shoot will be decided by students and the instructor.
THE BUSINESS OF FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY
Exhibiting framed prints can be one of the most gratifying acts for a photographer; the steps to get there can be one of the biggest mysteries - and challenges. Take the mystery out of those steps, whether you are showing with a gallery or an alternative venue. Learn about copyright, model releases, gallery agreements and the State law with regards to any 3rd party offering your prints for sale, sales tax, editioning, and perhaps the biggest mystery of all: pricing your framed work. Discuss the nuts and bolts of hanging your show, and how to promote it once it is hung.
THE FINE ART OF ANIMAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Images of animals capture our attention, whether they are of a wolf in the wild or a Dachshund in the studio. Most photographers will turn their lens toward an animal at some point. Explore why we choose domestic and wild animals as subjects, and what stories can be told through portrait, documentary and nature photography. Discuss the practical challenges of photographing a subject of which we are often not in control, as well as the emotional and often political issues associated with using animals as subjects. The workshop will include guest lecturers, a slide presentation, and group discussion.
IMAGERY & TEXT
If a picture is worth 1,000 words, would adding word to a photograph make it worth more? Explore your work and that of other participants to generate words as prose, poetry or use them in visual compositions on or around a single photograph or series. Come prepared with old prints to write on, and possibly to collage with printed or hand-written text.
Travel Workshops MEXICO
Mary Ellen Mark in Oaxaca, Mexico
An extraordinary and unique opportunity to work with internationally-acclaimed photographer and renowned workshop leader, Mary Ellen Mark, for 10 days in one of Mexico’s most vibrant cultural centers. Gather for dinner the first evening, followed by a meeting with Mary Ellen on July 7th to review your portfolio and discuss your project for the workshop. Each subsequent day, you will meet individually with Mary Ellen in the morning, go out to photograph during the day, and return in the evening to have your film processed and meet with the group. Workshop sessions will take place at the Alvarez Bravo Photographic Center. Mexican photographer Marcela Taboada will assist Mary Ellen in Oaxaca, helping participants research projects and make contacts in the area. Participants may work with film (black and white or color film, 35mm and medium format, with C41 processing) and/or digital cameras. Full tuition includes instruction and hotel accommodations (single occupancy) at Hotel Marquez del Valle on the city square in Oaxaca. Meals, airfare, and the cost of developing film and making contact prints are not included. A $300 deposit is due at the time of registration. The balance is due June 6, 2008. No refunds will be given after that date, except hotel costs. Mary Ellen Mark has achieved worldwide visibility through her editorial magazine work, exhibitions, and many books. She is a contributing photographer to the New Yorker and has published photo essays and portraits in such publications as Life, New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair. For almost 3 decades, she has traveled extensively to make photographs that reflect a high degree of humanism. In 2006, The Photographic Center Northwest awarded Mary Ellen its first-ever PhotoVision Award. Mary Ellen has published fifteen books, including Exposure (Phaidon 2005), a retrospective of her forty-year career. For more information about Mary Ellen and her work, visit www.maryellenmark.com. PERU REFINING YOUR VISION AMONG THE STREETS OF CUSCO INSTRUCTORS: ALEX WEBB & REBECCA NORRIS WEBB Use your camera to explore the remarkable city of Cusco, Peru, while developing a unique and personal way of seeing, finding your inspiration, and refining your vision. By the first afternoon, you will be out working on your first assignment, one you choose yourself. You may select to photograph a specific street or market, a subculture or a profession, one person or a family – something that you are passionate enough to return to photograph every day. After the first day, you will meet every morning for a group critique of each student’s ongoing work. Each day will end with a brief meeting to discuss problems as they arise. The objective is to build a coherent set of images that represent your own view of Cusco. One area of focus will be on the sequencing and interaction of images. Alex and Rebecca will also explore a series of topics, including the challenges of working in a different culture, the emotional and psychological implications of working in color versus black and white, and how long-term projects evolve into books and exhibitions. The $1,900 tuition includes all instruction, lodging, daytime meals, entrance fees, and transfers within Peru. A deposit of $350 is required with a final balance due March 1st. Neither the deposit nor the balance is refundable after this date. There is an additional $350 charge for single room occupancy and a $1,000 charge for a companion who is not a photographer as well. The $200 materials fee will cover the cost of processing and prints. The number of participants is limited to 13. Alex Webb, a member of Magnum since 1976, has published 7 books, including Hot Light/Half Made Worlds, Under a Grudging Sun and his most recent book, Istanbul: City of a Hundred Names (Aperture 2006). Alex has photographed for many of the world’s major magazines, including National Geographic, Life, New York Times Magazine and GEO. He has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, a Hasselblad Foundation Grant, and the Leica Medal of Excellence. Alex is represented by NYC’s HastedHunt Gallery and his work is exhibited widely in the U.S. and Europe at such locations as the International Center for Photography, the High Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and San Diego’s Museum of Contemporary Art. For more information about Alex and his work, visit www.magnumphotos.com. Rebecca Norris Webb, originally a poet and journalist, had her first solo exhibition at the Ricco Maresca Gallery in 2006, the same year her first book, The Glass Between Us was published. That series, which explores the relationship of people and animals in cities, was also shown at the George Eastman House Museum of Photography and was awarded sponsorship by Seattle’s Blue Earth Alliance. Rebecca edited Alex’s 2 most recent books and teaches photography workshops with him worldwide. For more information about Rebecca and her work, visit http://www.theglassbetweenus.com. Max Milligan is an internationally-exhibited photographer, with work in private and corporate collections. All his photographs are positives that are naturally lit without the use of flash or filters, and with no subsequent manipulation. Renowned for his painterly eye, he has had three books published with two more in production. His 2001 book, Realm of the Incas, was named by The New York Times as one of the Top Ten Travel books of that year. Max’s most recent book, Ghana: A Portrait, has a foreword by Kofi Annan and sold out in its first 3 months. He has books on Scottish landscapes, fine art nudes, and Lebanon currently in production. After 20 years working in the Cusco region, Max’s immense knowledge of and respect for the area create opportunities for all those who work with him: www.maxmilligan.com.
Instructor: Jerry Spagnoli The reaction to the digital revolution in photography might be to find our roots. Learn all about one of these that dates back to 1839, the daguerreotype process, from a modern master, while interpreting one of the wonders of the world, Machu Picchu. Begin in Cusco by working with 4x5 field cameras, exploring the history and the technique, sensitizing and buffing plates, and practicing captures. An overnight at Machu Picchu will allow you to practice photographing there and then to return to process and share the results. Jerry will also teach how to construct plate holders and about presentation techniques. This workshop was offered in 2006 and the results were exhibited in Cusco in 2007 and published in the newsletter of The Daguerreian Society. The $2,200 tuition includes all instruction, lodging, daytime meals, entrance fees, and transfers within Peru. A deposit of $350 is required with a final balance due June 15th. We can accept no further registration after June 15th due to Machu Picchu travel restrictions. Neither the deposit nor the balance is refundable after this date. There is an additional $350 charge for single room occupancy and a $1,400 charge for a companion who is not a photographer as well. The $200 materials fee will cover the cost of 4 plates plus chemistry. The number of participants is limited to 10.
WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE: AN INTRODUCTION TO NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON Explore the challenges and opportunities of photographing in the rainforest, from low light to moisture, from elusive subjects to the overwhelming palette of greens, with naturalist and photographer Florian Schulz. Learn how to capture the sense of place by shooting a series of assignments to isolate details and also compose broader views. An emphasis will be on wildlife photography of birds and mammals and macro photography of insects and amphibians. You will travel 3 hours by canoe deep into the rainforest to maximize the opportunities. Bring the camera of your choice, whether 35mm, medium format or toy camera, photographing digitally or using film. The $2,800 tuition includes all instruction, lodging, daytime meals, entrance fees, and transfers within Peru. A deposit of $350 is required with a final balance due June 15th. We can accept no further registration after June 15th due to Machu Picchu travel restrictions. Neither the deposit nor the balance is refundable after this date. There is an additional $350 charge for single room occupancy and a $2,400 charge for a companion who is not a photographer as well. The number of participants is limited to 12. Florian Schulz’s book, Yellowstone to Yukon – Freedom to Roam (Mountaineers Books 2005) received the Independent Book Publishers award as one of the top ten outstanding books of the year. Florian’s work and articles about it have appeared in Outdoor Photographer, New York Times, BBC Wildlife, and Natur & Kosmos in Germany. His photography has been recognized in competitions including Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Nature’s Best Photography Awards, The Banff Mountain Photo Competition, and the GDT European Photographer of the Year. He is the youngest Fellow and a Founder of the International League of Conservation Photographers. Florian will be the first recipient in 2008 of the North American Nature Photography Association’s Vision Award. For more information about Florian and his work, visit www.visionsofthewild.com.
Adam L. Weintraub will also be an instructor and guide for each of the 3 workshops in Peru. Adam is a widely-published, widely-collected Seattle-based photographer. He is coordinating the creation of a permanent archive of the work of famed Peruvian photographer, Martin Chambi. Adam has also been the president of the Blue Earth Alliance since 2004. His PhotoExperience.net coordinates the series of workshops in Peru. For more information about Adam and his work, visit www.adamw.com. For more detailed information about the Peru workshops, visit www.PhotoExperience.net.
Instructor: Claire Garoutte September 1-12, 2008 An instructor at PCNW since 1988, Claire Garoutte is an accomplished documentary photographer and celebrated educator. Her work has been exhibited internationally, also appearing in Art in America and anthologies published by Cassell Press and Midmarch Press. Her first book, Matter of Trust, was published in Germany in 1996. Since 1994, she has worked extensively in Cuba, researching and photographing Afro-Cuban religious practices in Cuba. Her second book, Crossing the Water: A Path to the Afro-Cuban Spirit World, produced in partnership with Anneke Wambaugh, was published by Duke University Press earlier this year. Claire has extensive experience leading groups of students and an intimate knowledge of the Paris area. We are excited to bring back this workshop offering, which has been very popular in the past with PCNW students.
Instructor: Patricia Ridenour January 18 - February 3, 2009 Patricia Ridenour's photographs have been in Vogue, Mirabella, and Ornament magazines. She has worked with a variety of different fashion designers to produce innovative advertisements, including Seattle's Darbury Stenderu. Through her early twenties, Ridenour was a fashion designer featured in the Seattle Designers Fashion Shows, and in many local publications, including the Seattle Times special fashion segments. She also was a professional fashion stylist for three years before choosing photography as a career. Ridenour is an internationally published fine art and commercial photographer. Her client list includes Kodak, Thai Airways and Random House. Also an experienced educator, she currently teaches a number of courses at the Photographic Center Northwest and we are happy to expand her offerings with this amazing workshop in Thailand. Youth Workshops For Middle School Only EXPLORING DARKROOM PHOTOGRAPHY
Have a chance to turn your photographs into prints in one of Seattle's only public black and white darkrooms and experience the real foundations of the art of photography. Learn the basics of black and white film photography, from camera handling to taking photographs, from processing your film to making your own prints. Photograph assignments to learn the rules of better composition and share the results for in-class critiques. Your photography will never be the same! You provide the 35mm film camera; we provide the film and all other supplies. This workshop is for 12-14 year olds only! Registration will be limited to the first 10 students.
For High School Only BLACK AND WHITE DARKROOM ALCHEMY
Have you wondered how a darkroom works? Have you ever wanted to try your hand at making prints of your own photographs the historical way? Or do you have a darkroom in your high school and want to improve your skills by practicing over the summer? Take advantage of this opportunity to work in one of Seattle's only public black and white darkrooms. Learn the art and craft of photography, from shooting better photographs to making your own prints. You provide the camera; we provide the film and darkroom supplies. This workshop is for high school students only!
GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA
Almost everyone has a digital camera today, but not everyone knows how to really use their camera. Do you? Here's a chance to learn all about your camera and the rules of good composition plus a chance to go out and practice, photographing around Capitol Hill. You will also have a chance to learn about lighting by photographing in one of our studios, and to work in our digital lab to sharpen your Photoshop skills and do some digital printing. There will be lots of chances to practice photographing throughout the workshop. You provide the camera; we provide the studio, lights, digital printers and paper - all you need to make some prints to keep. This workshop is for high school students only!
FINDING YOUR VISION PHOTOGRAPHING THE STREETS OF SEATTLE
One of the hardest kinds of photography is street photography. Very little is in your control, luck plays a big part, but the photo opps are everywhere! What a great place to explore your style, to work on your signature, to develop your own unique photographic vision. In this workshop you can shoot film or digital, but you must bring the camera (and the memory card if you are shooting digital). We will provide everything else for the photographs you will share in class for feedback from your fellow photographers, including your instructor. This workshop is not for everyone. You should know your camera before you take part, because this is about exploring the art of photography, not teaching the basics. Your skills will be challenged. This workshop is perfect if you have a photography program in your high school or love photography so much that you often spend time photographing on your own. This workshop is for high school students with a passion for photography only!
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