Photography: How to Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk

Adult Online Workshop | This program is completed

New Offering! Intermediate to Advanced skills suggested.

9/8/2020-11/10/2020

6:30 PM-8:30 PM EDT on Tue

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$285.00

$255.00

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Tighten up your camera straps and get out your thinking caps for a spirited foray into photographic critique and practice. Rick Wright’s two-pronged workshop will center on the practice of good critique: Talking-the-Talk. To be better photographers, students need to improve their discourse; avoiding easy lines like “I like this,” or “that’s a really nice photo.” In Prong 1 we’ll delve into finding out WHY some images succeed and others do not, as we build up a critical vocabulary together. In Prong 2 of the class, Walking-the-Walk, Rick will be putting you to the test with various prompts to get you shooting in theme-based ways. Once inside a specific prompt (ex: shadows, passageways, weather, popcorn), students will discover just how bendable and sculptural a camera can be. Photography is a Plastic Art, says Rick!


You will critique each other’s work every session. By workshop’s end, Rick hopes you’ll have fused an increasingly critical voice (the “Why” images work) with an expanded, precise, and expressive practice (the “Plastic” camera). The two prongs should work in unison and you WILL see gains on both sides; ultimately making you a better image-maker in full control of your medium.


WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CLASS


- New, better, more incisive language for discussing photographic imagery

- Deeper understanding of esthetics, design, and artistic intent

- How to craft better images, how to be more plastic/sculptural with a camera

- How to blend your improved critical discourse with better seeing and better camerawork

  • - Ability to shoot 6-8 photographs for biweekly prompts/themes/projects and send (or post) resized jpegs prior to classes.
  • - Skill Level: Advanced Beginner/Intermediate through Advanced
  • - A willingness to work hard at expanding your ability to critique, and shoot, better.

  • This is an online class hosted through Zoom. We recommend that you download the free Zoom application on your computer, phone, or tablet in advance of the first class.

  • Within 48 hours of registration, you will receive a confirmation email containing a link to join the course via Zoom. The same link will be used each week.
  • • EITHER: Digital camera: dSLR, mirrorless, point & shoot, or smartphone.
  • • OR: Film camera, with ability to develop & scan each week.
  • • Computer to upload and share your images with the class