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Intro to Wet Plate with Em White

Penumbra Foundation

In this weekend workshop, students will learn one of the earliest photographic processes, wet-plate collodion. This process enables one to make images start to finish completely by hand— students will learn to prep plates, mix chemistry, properly expose and process images. While many instructors emphasize the technical potential of this process, White's approach values experimentation and physical interventions in the creation of an image. This...

(8) Beginner 18 and older
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On Camera Flash

PhotoUno Photography School

How many of you haven't been blinded by your camera flash? And when you see your photos your subject is too bright, even pale? Even though it might not always seem so On Camera Flash is a very useful tool to have, but only if you know how to use it. In this workshop you will learn how to use your flash properly so that it helps you and not work against you. You will learn how to use flash indoors and outdoors, how to strengthen and weaken your...

(322) Beginner 19 and older
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Cyanotype Filmmaking on 16mm Motion Picture Film

Penumbra Foundation

Learn how to adopt the traditional cyanotype process to adhere to motion picture film base to set your photograms and contact prints in motion! In this 2 day workshop, participants will mix their own cyanotype solution, prep a BW print stock and coat 16mm film with the solution in order to create short 16mm cyanotype films. The first session we’ll mix, prep and coat the material. Then, while the material is drying, each participant will have...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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The Death of Analog: Life Cycles of Photography

Penumbra Foundation

The much-heralded death of analog has not actually taken place; instead, a remarkable process of reinvention has occurred, in which the threat of extinction itself has led to new avenues of exploration. Rather than engaging in the old “analog vs. digital” debate, in which one is found to be superior to the other; we will take a more holistic approach and consider the ever-present forces of fluidity and transformation that have characterized...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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Your Portfolio & More

Penumbra Foundation

This in-depth, and energetic workshop, is designed to establish your photographic portfolio and explore the next steps in evolving your practice. Weekly meetings are structured around critique, the study of established and emerging artist portfolios, reviewing contemporary photography books, and refining artist statements.  This workshop is ideal for photographers of any ability, or discipline, who are interested in pushing the boundaries...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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8"x10" Wet Plate

Penumbra Foundation

Elevate your wet plate skills with our immersive 8x10” workshop at Penumbra Foundation. Explore the art of creating tintypes and ambrotypes on a larger scale, refining your collodion technique under expert guidance. Utilize our top-notch facilities and equipment for an unforgettable hands-on experience in the historic process of wet plate photography.

(8) Intermediate 18 and older
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$650

2 sessions

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Crash Course: Easy Stills and Tabletops

BKC @ 736 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn, NY

ATTENTION:  This class will be offered as scheduled, but we will start the class using an online, live-streaming platform.  This will allow us to do full LIVE teaching, with realtime interaction and a thru-the-lens camera view for demonstrations. We are excited to offer this class at a discount in response to challenges faced by the health emergency. In this workshop, we'll show you some important techniques for shooting smaller objects...

(325) All levels 13 and older
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Intensive Holography

Holographic Studios

Our workshops are designed for those who are here for only a limited time and want to cover as much as possible of the basics to take home. We discuss how to make the major types of holograms with lectures and diagrams. Each day we get to cover several types of holograms based on your interests. A minimum number or no holograms are made depending upon available time constraints as well as the areas you decide you want to cover, although we do spend...

(2) Advanced 18 and older
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The Photographic Process as Self-Care

Penumbra Foundation @ Online Class, New York, NY

This course challenges you to take a more in-depth look into why you create the work that you do - and how to nourish your source of inspiration. Participants slow down and reflect on how they make work, and integrate self-care into their practice. This course will focus on how we can craft our practice to meet and/or address our personal needs through class discussion, work presentations, and writing assignments.  Because our emphasis will...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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$385

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Virtual Art Walks

Penumbra Foundation

This class explores New York’s exciting art scene through a series of virtual gallery and studio visits, including live interviews with producers, curators, and gallery reps, to illuminate the works on view and help to spark critical discussions about art and photography. Excursions extend from Manhattan, to Brooklyn and Queens, and focus on contemporary photo-based work as well as installation and video.Each live interview will include a Q&A...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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Sensitive Cameras

Penumbra Foundation

In this workshop, participants will explore and actively chart relationships between the camera body and the bodies it photographs. Motivated by the early work of artist Aïm Deüelle Lüski, this workshop leads attendees through the process of building cameras out of the objects that they are designed to photograph. Thus, to photograph buildings, we will construct building-like cameras; to photograph fruit, we will core out fruits and take...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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Book Structures (Online)

Penumbra Foundation

Artists’ books have been used as sites for exploring ideas for many centuries. From the sketchbook to a completed work in the book format, book structures help artists present their concerns in a condensed intimate environment that utilizes two and three-dimensional space in combination with time. This unique aspect of books provides the opportunity to organize content and practice technique in ways that may differ from other forms of art. This...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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Easter Bonnet Parade Photo Safari

New York City Photo Safari

Get your cameras ready to capture some color and get out of the house after the long winter. The annual Easter Bonnet Parade helps kick off the beginning of spring and all the color it has to offer. Learn to photograph people in an entertaining setting. You will learn how to use long and short lenses to capture the colorful hats and wild outfits and achieve different photographic outcomes.  Q&A Q: Can I make up a class if I miss...

(146) All levels 18 and older
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Graduation Portrait Photography

New York City Photo Safari

It's Graduation Time - Are you ready for all the friends and family who will be arriving to celebrate the accomplishments of your son or daughter? Are you ready to photograph them too?  On this special Photo Safari, bring your grad with you and we'll show you how to take the perfect graduation photos you'll remember for a lifetime. It's a once in a lifetime event, so make sure you capture the moment like a pro. You will learn how to compose...

(146) All levels 18 and older
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City Hall Photo Safari

New York City Photo Safari

Photograph some of the most magnificent architecture of New York City, including the imposing Municipal Building with the most beautiful subway stop in the city, and the classic Tweed Courthouse. Built during the Tammany Hall era, these buildings represent New York City's best examples of Italian Renaissance, Neo-Classicism and Beaux Arts architecture in the entire city. Then head over to the tallest building in the United States: the Freedom Tower...

(146) All levels 18 and older
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Deep Focus: Photographing Time

BKC

ONLINE CLASS: Please note this class is scheduled for online attendance.  Students will receive their link to join the class 24 hours before the start time. We think of photography as capturing an instant, but is it? Philosophers and theorists cannot agree on a single definition of time, or indeed if such a thing exists. Wrought with its intangible nature, differences in observation and experience and mathematical impossibilities, the phenomenon...

(325) Intermediate 13 and older
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Macro Photography

New York City Photo Safari

Find beauty in the small things. Learn how to take great photographs on the small scale on this photo safari. With Central Park in Bloom, you'll learn how getting close can render amazing results. Learn how to create that nice shallow depth of field to bring emphasis on your main subject while getting sharp images of flowers. Also learn how to make your own beautiful light while shooting in the great outdoors. In the end you'll not only have a better...

(146) All levels 18 and older
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Photographing the Garden in Winter: Inside and Out

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Winter in the Garden is a great time to explore the architectural beauty of the trees both inside and outside. Bring your winter gear as we venture outside to see trees in a new light.  If we’re lucky, we will have the challenge of taking photos of the trees with a coating of snow. Inside, we will explore the Desert Pavilion, Bonsai Museum, and Aquatic House for a very different view of winter. Please note that this class meets in person...

(165) All levels 18 and older
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Splash and Pour Photography

Princeton Photo Workshop @ Herrontown Road, Princeton, NJ

Dive into the endlessly surprising, creative world of Splash and Pour photography. In this full-day class, we will investigate techniques to capture images of liquids in motion, shooting into a glass and more.  We'll begin with discussion and demonstrations of the equipment, theory, and process of Splash and Pour Photography, including how to freeze the motion of liquid at a moment in time with simple inexpensive flashes. We'll work in teams,...

(23) All levels 13 and older
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$329
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Digital Camera Basics & Beyond

Princeton Photo Workshop @ Online, New York, NY

If you have access to an internet device with a microphone, this class is perfect for you. You'll be attending your class with your instructor live and fully interactive.  The Basics: What you need to know about how your camera works and how to get started taking better pictures, including exposure, aperture basics & priority mode, shutter priority mode, ISO, meter and depth of field. Making a Good Image: Learn about composition...

(23) Beginner 13 and older
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