PHOTOGRAPHY CLASSES 2008
Note: Tuition includes studio fees and material fees unless otherwise indicated. Some instructors may provide additional materials that you may purchase in class.
May 16 - 18
Digital Photography and Photoshop
Robert Esquivel All Levels $195
So you got a new digital camera for Christmas and you know how to turn it on, point and shoot. But you are lost when it comes to histograms, JPEG, RAW and TIFF formats, white balance, and color corrections. This class will cover all this and more! In addition to lessons on better picture making, we’ll discuss and implement rules of composition, and how best to approach subjects and assignments. You’ll have a great weekend getting to know all that your camera can help you achieve.
Robert Esquivel is native to southern California. He attended Imperial Valley College and San Diego State University where he majored in broadcast communication. He is an accomplished photographer in the discipline of portrait and sports photography as well as an award winning photojournalist. Esquivel is on staff with the Herald Standard newspaper in Fayette County, PA, and a freelance photographer with AP News. He is constantly exploring new methods to visually communicate the human experience in this digital era.
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June 15 - 21
Black and White Photography: Beyond the Basics
Richard Stoner All Levels $430
Materials Fee Payable to Instructor: $140
This black-and-white, film-based class will use the techniques employed by Ansel Adams and Edward Weston, combined with field trips to nearby landscape attractions. We will explore the film, developer, paper, and toner interface to produce a finished line print. A 35mm SLR camera is required; tripod and cable release would be helpful. Light meter or 35mm SLR with working light meter – helpful but not required.
Richard Stoner received his BFA at Penn State University in 1977 and began a professional career that has included more than 125 exhibitions to date. International venues for his work include Rome, Spoleto, Serrano, and Biella, Italy, and Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. He has exhibited at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, and the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Richard is represented in public and private collections, and he teaches photography at Seton Hill University and St. Vincent College.
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June 22 - 28
Documentary Photography: Portrait of a Small Town
W. Keith McManus All Levels $430
The workshop will explore documentary photography by doing a visual portrait of a small, rural mountain town near Touchstone. Students, with the help of the instructor, will devise a concept for their project. With daily visits during the week, the photographers will concentrate on their assigned subject. The students will be encouraged to photograph aspects of the town that most interest them. Students using film should be prepared to use 1-hour photo-lab processing. Students using digital should bring a lap top with image editing software installed. I will plan to provide a projector for digital images. Each day will begin with review plans and the evening will close with a group criticism.
Keith McManus has been a documentary and magazine photojournalist for over 40 years. He was an editor at U.S. News & World Report and has been covering national politics since the 1970’s. He has also been full-time faculty at the Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of Photographic Arts & Sciences, adjunct at the Visual Studies Workshop and summer workshop facilitator there. He began doing documentary films in 1987, co-producing one of the earliest PBS documentaries about AIDS. Keith’s first love is small town-rural America.
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July 27 – August 2
At Dawn & Dusk Photography
Susan Wilson Beginner $430
Capture the most spectacular light of the day in the picturesque landscape of the Laurel Highlands. Get your 35mm camera off the automatic setting and learn basic camera techniques including proper exposure, depth of field, and shutter speed. Whether your camera is digital or film, gain awareness and understanding of the technical and aesthetic aspects of photography through this class. Students’ individual needs will be addressed as the workshop progresses.
Susan Wilson holds her MA degree in textiles and photography from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Art Education. She is best known for her cyanotypes, a non-silver photographic process applied to fabric and incorporated into framed, stuffed, and quilted artwork. Wilson has exhibited nationally both her cyanotypes and photographs. Working as a photojournalist for 15 years, she has been published in numerous magazines and newspapers.
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August 17 - 23
Lensbaby: See in a New Way
Peggy Dyer All Levels $430
Materials Fee Payable to Instructor: ~$96 (to purchase Lensbaby attachment)
Lensbabies are perhaps the simplest way to add a completely new dimension to your photography. Try a Lensbaby when you need a creative edge or just want to have fun with your camera. Lensbabies™ are selective Focus SLR lenses that bring one area of your photo into sharp focus, with that “sweet spot” surrounded by gradually increasing blur. You can move the sweet spot to any part of your photo by bending the lens. Learn how to captures images with glowing highlights, subtle prismatic color shifts and the trademark Lensbaby graduated blur. Experiment with raw and imperfect or soft and ethereal images, shines for portrait, black and white, and artistic photography.
Peggy Dyer is a professional photographer in Boulder, CO. Her images are visually stunning and capture both the raw emotion of the moment and the fleeting energy of her subjects. She is published nationally in Life Magazine, The Wall Street Journal,and many trade publications. Her art is housed in private collections throughout the world. Peggy loves to teach and to inspire people to be creative and step outside of their comfort zone. She enjoys finding ways to bring her subject’s style and personality to her work creating highly stylized documentary images that are a blend of high fashion and editorial journalism. Examples of her work can be seen at peggydyer.com.