© Douglas Menuez

If you make a living from your photography, or have contemplated doing so, you’ve probably wrestled with the age-old conflict between art and commerce. Whether our income is from fine-art, commercial, or editorial photography, or from another career, we face the possibility of shortchanging our true passion and sacrificing our personal work on the altar of financial security. Yet this path can lead to frustration and burnout, satisfying us neither creatively nor financially.

How does one reconcile these competing needs and create an ideal life in photography for the long term? Douglas Menuez found his answer by figuring out how to get paid for shooting exactly what he loves to shoot. The practical, logical steps to finding your own answers, based on real-life experience, are at the heart of this workshop.

Digging deep to rediscover what we truly love in photography and who we are as photographers, we build new portfolios expressing that true vision, and then create long-term plans to help achieve our goals. We learn to embrace risk and counterintuitive thinking, along with the fundamental business and marketing practices photographers must master to reach their full potential creatively and financially.

Participants leave with a newly defined vision of themselves and their work, and with the tools to create the life in photography they have always wanted to lead.

Instructor(s)

Douglas Menuez is an award-winning photographer who began his career as an intern at The Washington Post and has freelanced for TIME, Newsweek, Life, Fortune, and People, covering assignments ranging from famine in Ethiopia, to sports and celebrities, to the AIDS crisis. He has made portraits of notables from Mother Teresa to Robert Redford and Bill Clinton, and co-produced the book 15 Seconds: The Great California Earthquake of 1989. Doug’s commercial clients include Chevrolet, Coca-Cola, Emirates Airlines, Bank of America, Hewlett Packard, Siemens, and Nokia, among many others.

His most recent book is Transcendent Spirit: The Orphans of Uganda, and he is currently completing a book on his 20-year project about the rise of Silicon Valley. Previous publications include Heaven, Earth, Tequila: Un Viaje al Corazón de México, and Defying Gravity: The Making of Newton. This is Doug’s second year teaching at the Workshops. His Web site address is www.menuez.com.

Who Should Attend:
This workshop is for experienced photographers, both amateur and professional, who are ready to dramatically change their creative and professional lives. Participants must use digital capture in this workshop. A working knowledge of your digital SLR camera and digital workflow is essential. A sample of recent photographs is required for admission.

Accommodations Available:
On-campus housing available. Click here for pricing information and suggestions for off-campus housing.

Meals:
Meal plan required
Breakfast available

Tuition & Fees:
Tuition: $895.00