»Scholarships Deadline

We offer six $1,000 scholarships— two awarded by Nikon and four by The Workshops—for workshops running between June and the end of December 2012. The deadline for applications is April 20, 2012. Get all the details on our web site, and get your scholarship applications in!

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»Portrait of a Deadline:  Early Entry Savings End March 19

Image © Lucius Outlaw

The portrait. Environmental, studio, candid, or posed. Self or pet, color, black-and-white, alternative process or iPhone. No matter what the genre, the portrait is the theme of our current photo contest.

The early registration deadline is Monday, March 19. And here’s an insider tip: you don’t have to upload your images by Monday, just register for the contest.

Join our international community of photographers and share your portraits with our distinguished judges—PDN’s Amber Terranova, gallery owner Andrew Smith, photographer Aline Smithson, and Workshops director Reid Callanan. The winning images will be featured on Aline Smithson’s Lenscratch blogzine (see below), and the prizes are great. The Grand Prize alone is worth over $5,000!

We look forward to seeing how your PORTRAITS tell the stories of those around you.
Register by March 19 and save $10—3 images for $30.
After March 19: 3 images for $40.
Final deadline: Monday, April 30

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»Summer & Fall 2012 Workshop Descriptions on the Web Site!

© Andrew Southam

Get your calendar out, and get ready to get inspired and start planning. Our Summer and Fall 2012 workshop descriptions are now online!

We have 98 workshops running between June and December. They range from the basics to advanced studio lighting and multimedia storytelling. Our instructors—veterans and new—are the best in the world. And our seasoned staff, 505-983-1400 ext 11, is ready to help you find the workshop (or workshops!) that is just right for you.

Happy browsing!

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»Andrew Southam Presents at SHOOT LA

Planning to be in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 28? Join us for BronImaging’s SHOOT LA, a professional photography forum at Smashbox Studios. The Workshops is sponsoring Andrew Southam's "The Fashion Portrait" lecture (a sneak preview of his upcoming The Fashion Portrait workshop), 11:45am - 1:15pm, Lecture Area 2.

This exciting and informative event is focused on building a photographic community. Top industry professionals (like The Workshops!) host free workshops and hands-on seminars in an array of subjects including fashion, portraiture, commercial, stock or repro. SHOOT LA happens at Smashbox Studios, 1011 N Fuller Ave Los Angeles, CA 90046, April 28, 2012, 10:00am - 8:00pm.

Full SHOOT LA Details and Schedule: www.shoot-la.com »

HDR and Beyond
with Dan Burkholder
April 23 - April 27

Route 66: Capture to Print
with Julien McRoberts
April 24 - April 28

Start at the Beginning
You have to start somewhere so why not start with the best? Our instructors have outstanding skills and they were beginners once, too.

Rick Allred creates a fun atmosphere for learning the technical processes of digital photography, and playful expression is encouraged, in his Basics of Digital Photography with Rick Allred, April 30 - May 4.

Jennifer Spelman’s workshop is an exciting five days of mastering the basics of digital photography and cultivating our creativity in her Basics of Digital Photography, May 21 - May 25.

Triggered Photography: High Speed Photography and Time-Lapse Sequences
with Terry Hauschulz
May 7 - May 10

Give Terry four days and he’ll open your eyes to the rarely seen world of triggered photography. You learn to use off-the-shelf technology to trigger your camera and flash to capture events that occur at speeds up to 1/20,000 of a second!

Two-and-a-Half Day Intensives
Don’t have a week to spend with us in Santa Fe? Come spend a long weekend! George DeWolfe helps you delve deeper into the joy and skill of purely seeing in Intensive: Authenticity—The Process of Photographic Creativity, May 11 - May 13.

We look to the old and learn the new to give our black-and-white prints a beauty all their own in Gordon Osmundson’s Intensive: Adobe Photoshop for Black and White, May 26 - May 28.

And Francesca Yorke’s Intensive: Flowers Close Up, June 1 - June 3, is bound to inspire any and all interested in flowers, nature and the art of photography.

Portraits That Make a Difference
with Scott Pasfield
June 4 - June 8

Scott’s first book, Gay in America, was released in September 2011 to great reviews and is making a difference nationwide. In his workshop he encourages you to find purpose with your portraiture and to turn your dreams into reality.

Nik Retouching Techniques: The Image Whisperer
with Janice Wendt
June 11 - June 15

Come learn to listen to your images, see what is possible in the final steps of image enhancement, and be energized and inspired by Janice, one of the industry’s most respected retouching and image enhancement artists.

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Aline Smithson, photographer and founder of Lenscratch, taught “The Big Picture” with us last week. This was Aline’s first time teaching with The Workshops, and she shared her experience in her Sunday, March 11 post to her blog. The sentiments she expresses, and the comments from her participants, capture so well why we do what do, and love it so much.

Thank you’s to Aline, and to all our instructors, participants, and friends.