http://www.mainemedia.edu/workshops/photography/deliberate-photograph
A brief description: Photographers are fiercely motivated to communicate what is visually important to them! We live in a wonderful time where we have the technology to create images easily. But to create images that are consistently significant is not automatic, or easy. If you were to select your 5 most favorite photos that you have ever captured, and then ALSO the 5 or so most favorite photos that OTHER photographers have taken (your all-star faves), how would they be alike? What would they have in common? How close to communicating something significant would yours be to those all time favorites? What made those favorite photos your favorite? And…how can we as photographers progress to consistently creating images that have this kind of impact?
My class, "The Deliberate Photograph", is an exploration and a discovery of that essence which to you is personally and visually important; how to see it in the world, how to form it on the two dimensional canvas, then to consistently communicate this through the vocabulary of photography. You will bring those images to the small community of the class for this discovery process, and then create new images with impact that you'll capture in the best time to be in Maine! It will be inclusive of all forms of photography; Black and White, Color, Digital, Film....we will even cover the significance of Black and White as part of the visual vocabulary.
I've had the privilege of lecturing and teaching all across the US (been to all 50 states!), at such diverse places as a studio in Rapid City, SD, to numerous trade shows, a couple of Nuclear Aircraft Carriers underway at sea, a myriad of NASA installations, Air Force Bases, Naval Air Stations, the Pentagon, as well as guiding the Explorers of Light at Canon USA for nearly 11 years. It's still uplifting to share knowledge and inspiration!
As to what Maine Media Workshops are all about; imagine a summer camp for photographers! Complete immersion in the world of developing a deeper understanding of the craft of photography, on the coast of Maine.
Best wishes, Steve The Deliberate Photograph
www.mainemedia.edu/workshops/photography/deliberate-photograph
