This
Issue Includes:
News Shorts
Upcoming Digital Lab
Workshops
An Amazing Santa
Fe Workshops Story
Featured Photography Workshops in Santa Fe
Apple Computer Sales
On-the-Road Workshops
Educational Partner: HP
Renovance.TV Workshop Featuring Fashion Photographer Claudio
Basso
Latest News and Offer from Graphik Dimensions
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Links:
Santa Fe Workshops Blog
Summer
Photography Workshops
Digital
Lab Workshops
Workshops in Mexico
On-the-Road
Workshops & Tours
The Workshops Store
Quote
of the Month
"Photography is not a sport. It has no rules. Everything must be dared and tried!"
-Bill Brandt
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Participant Image
of the Month
© Dinah McNew, participant
in Doug Beasley's "Zen and the Art of Photography" workshop, San
Miguel de Allende, fall 2006
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News
Shorts
» By popular demand, The
Workshops has added a session of "Digital Photography: The First
Step" with Marcia Reifman, July 29-August 4. Click here to read more about this workshop.
» The Santa Fe Workshops
is pleased to welcome Kendrick Disch to our staff as the year-round
Media Coordinator. Kendrick joins us from the University
of Arkansas where he worked as a Multimedia Support Specialist.We
are happy to have him on our team!
» Also arriving this coming week
is our seasonal staff. Nickolas Rapaz, Jennifer Spelman,
Carmen Brandenburg and Chelsea Freeman are returning for
another season. Joining them for the first time are David
Hyams, Travis Farrell, Michael Donnor, Nathaniel Mumford,
Mike Sakas, Tricia Cronin, Daniel Levine, Karen Lenz, Katherine
Comly, and Jordan Haiduk. We look forward to a great summer
season and welcome you all!
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Upcoming
Digital Lab Workshops
© Rob Sheppard |
Mastering Digital Printing
with Rob Sheppard
July 1-7
The craft of digital printing is the focus of this workshop, which guides participants
through the process of taking a good print and turning it into a great, truly
expressive print that best represents the image. We discover the optimum Photoshop
techniques for transforming a good work print to an evocative and effective final
print. No matter what kind of printer you use in your home studio, Rob can offer
techniques to get the most from it.
To read the complete course description and instructor biography, click HERE.
Photoshop: The Next Step
with Joshua Withers
July 15-21
If you have attended any of our beginning level
Photoshop workshops, or have a basic level of
proficiency in Photoshop, you are ready for the
next level of our Photoshop program. In "Photoshop:
The Next Step," you learn proven techniques,
tricks, creative ideas, and time-saving tips
that can double your productivity. The focus
of the week is on developing a greater understanding
of current advances in this powerful imaging
application program. We examine advanced retouching,
layering, masking, color adjustment, and multiple
image design, while exploring the productive
application of the Actions Palette and the "life-saving" History
Palette. Anyone wishing to develop a greater
understanding of current imaging possibilities,
enhance creative potential, and improve productivity
is encouraged to take this workshop.
To read the complete course description and instructor biography,
click HERE.
Other available digital lab workshops this summer include Photoshop
for Black and White: From Capture to Print, Teaching
Photography in the Digital Age, and The
Creative Digital Darkroom.
To register for any of the above workshops, call the Santa Fe
Workshops (505) 983-1400, ext. 11. |
An Amazing Santa
Fe Workshops Story
© Richard Avedon, 1980 |
© Roy Carter, 2006 |
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The following story was submitted to us by Roy Carter
of Alberta, Canada. Roy recently attended a workshop
in Santa Fe with Greg Gorman:
On June 28th, 2006,
at the Andrew Eccles course at the Santa Fe Workshops, our
assignment for the day was to drive to nearby Las
Vegas, NM and photograph interesting looking people
off the street. I met with Andrew Eccles at
the town square in the afternoon, and he was good
enough to offer me his assistant, Jenn, and his medium
format gear to use for the remainder of the day.
As we headed down the street in our car, we noticed
what appeared to be an older looking security guard
walking towards us on the sidewalk. We
quickly turned around and I approached him about
perhaps taking some photographs. Although
he spoke no English, we managed to communicate and
he was very obliging. He got in the back seat
of the car and we drove a few blocks to the edge
of a field to set up. I took 13 frames in total. He
seemed to enjoy the entire episode and I dropped
him off on the sidewalk where we had first met.
After arriving home, I wrote to Romero’s Tire
shop in Las Vegas, NM (having shot there earlier
that same day) inquiring about the fellow in the
police uniform. They replied that they didn’t
know his name, but that he had been a long term resident
of the local Mental Institute. They said he was allowed
out for walks from time to time and would always
dress in the same uniform, wearing two watches, a
whistle and a police hat several sizes too big. They
said he was always cheerful and would sometimes stop
by the tire shop and just stand and smile. They
confirmed he only spoke Spanish. Having no
more information I merely referred to my image as “My
Old Guy”.
Fast forward to the Greg Gorman workshop in Santa
Fe in March of 2007. At the Friday night
slide show, my shooting partner for the week, Luis
Alvarez, gave me a book—“In the American
West” by Richard Avedon. Luis’s
card inside referred to it as being his “favorite
book.” The book contains some 100 portraits
taken by Avedon over a period of 6 years in Western
USA some 25 years ago.
Back home in Canada, on Sunday morning while visiting
with my wife and daughter in the kitchen as breakfast
was being started, I flipped through the portraits
in my new book. There is a small notation
at the bottom of each page as to the name of the
individuals and their backgrounds, but for the most
part I was merely looking at the images—flipping
from page to page.
Two thirds of the way through the book, I flipped
the page to see a portrait of a male in his 40’s,
dressed in a white t-shirt with a very strange smile. A
chill immediately went down my spine. The
name Greg Gorman had picked for our workshop was “Soul
of a Portrait” and I knew I had seen this soul/smile
before. In shock, I quickly glanced down to
bottom of the page to read the notation. Avedon
writes “Gilbert Saavedra, patient, State Hospital,
Las Vegas, NM.” Still in shock,
I yelled to my wife and daughter that the book contained
a portrait of “My Old Guy” taken some
26 years earlier. My wife, Allana, pointed
out the same crooked little finger on the right hand, the
same bump on the bridge of the nose, the same
smile, the same defined neck. I
now had a name for “My Old Guy”.
The write up at the back of the book indicates that
Avedon went into the mental institution back in 1980
to get the shot. Avedon took over 70,000
images in a 6 year period for the project. Twenty-six
years apart with over 300 million people in our 2
countries — and we had found the same soul. |
Featured Photography Workshops in Santa Fe
Apple Computer Sales
Jerry Courvoisier, the Digital Lab Director, has
put together four recommended confirgurations for those
of you looking to purchase new computer equipment this
summer—two for the MacBook Pro and two for the
Mac Pro. From the Santa Fe Workshops home page (www.santafeworkshops.com)
choose Apple Value Added Reseller from the home
page. Use SFW0607 if
asked for the password.
Call Dottie Lopez or Jerry Courvoisier at the Workshops
(505-983-1400) for further information on all
available Apple products. You can also go to Apple's
Web site for complete product descriptions
and available options. |
On-the-Road
Workshops
© Jacque Steedle |
Peru - A Photographic and Cultural Exploration
Led by John Weiss
September
1-10, 2007
Journey through Peru and Machu Picchu with John
Weiss. The proud heritage of the Quechua people and
their rulers, the Incas, can be experiences in one
of the greatest civilizations the world has ever
known. As we travel overland through the Sacred Valley
you will discover many sites often missed by the
casual tourist. We’ll visit the local
Quechua markets, affording us a view of the myriad
colors of bright clothing and local produce. Perhaps
the most spectacular part of the tour, we will walk
the ancient pathways of Machu Picchu, where remarkable
photography opportunities await.
Group size is limited to 12. Land cost in
Peru is $3495. For complete information, please contact
Strabo International Tour Company at 607-756-8676,
or call John Weiss at (410) 392-2929. Please
mention that you learned about this opportunity in
the Santa Fe Workshops catalog.
© Eddie Soloway |
A Natural Eye: The Coast of Maine
with Eddie Soloway
October 10-14, 2007
Eddie Soloway brings his “Natural Eye” workshop
to Maine’s dramatic Phippsburg Peninsula and the secluded
harbors of Casco Bay during the glorious autumn season. For centuries
this juncture of land and water has attracted artists of all
kinds, from painters and poets to photographers and sculptors.
With the tourist season over, the pace slows, the forests glow,
and there seems to be a sigh before the arrival of winter. This
is the time to be in Maine!
Our home for the workshop is the gracious Sebasco Harbor Resort
(www.sebasco.com), set in 575 acres of authentic Maine beauty
and featuring breathtaking views of coastal shoreline. With Eddie’s
guidance we explore two paths: developing a natural eye and fine-tuning
technical ideas, both with the goal of capturing what we see
and feel.
For complete details, visit
the Web site; to register, call The Workshops at
(505) 983-1400, ext. 11. |
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