PHOTOTexas Workshop Weekend

You may register for the workshops using TPS secure website, or if you desire lunch, you can download the Workshops Registration and Lunch Form in pdf format and mail the form to:

D. Clarke Evans
Texas Photographic Society
6338 N New Braunfels # 174
San Antonio TX 78209

Workshops:

01. Harvey Stein – (New York, New York)
Publishing a Photography Book
Saturday, October 23 – 8:30am-12:00pm Lecture – Publishing a Photography Book
Saturday, October 23 – 1:00pm-4:30pm Portfolio and book reviews

CLASS CANCELLED!!!!

02. Lupita Murillo Tinnen – (Plano, Texas)
The Environmental Portrait
Saturday, October 23 – 8:30am-4:30pm

This one-day workshop will focus on the classic Environmental Portrait. Students will receive both instructional and hands-on training including an effective use of natural light, comprehending flash, and creative problem solving for capturing visually strong and compelling images.

Lupita Murillo Tinnen is currently a Professor of Photography and Chair of the Photography and Applied Graphic Design Technology Department at Collin College in Plano, TX. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Humanities with a major in Aesthetic Studies from the University of Texas at Dallas. She holds an MFA in photography from the University of North Texas and a BA in photography from Texas A&M Commerce. Her work focuses on Mexican American cultural issues, specifically the undocumented community, and has been exhibited widely throughout the US. Her work was selected for a solo exhibition at Women and Their Work in Austin, TX scheduled for November 2010. She is a new TPS board member.

Workshop Fee: $ 110
Workshop Limit: 12

03. Burton Pritzker – (Austin, Texas)
Form, Composition, & Awareness Through Photography
Saturday, October 23 – 8:30am-4:30pm
Sunday, October 24 – 8:30am-4:30pm

Photography is a medium of light, just as dance is a medium of movement. All things are made of light in varying degrees, even shadow. Shadow is defined by light, that is, by its absence. Everything that we look at, the sunset, your children, birds in flight, waves about to break, clouds moving in a storm is reflected light. Light is transitory, a moment in time like a note of music, or as Miles Davis said, “it is in the air never to be captured again”. How fitting that a camera is equipped to capture a moment in time. So, if we stop and become aware of light, we open ourselves to the possibility of deepening our perception of a moment.

Photography is about seeing, as well. And seeing does not occur just with our eyes but with something inside. Inner Vision, so to speak. Tukaram Maharaj, a great saint, said “Fill your eyes with wisdom, and then perceive this world.” The sages say that if you just pause, if you feel the truth of your own heart, everything transforms itself for you. So, we must transform our eyes and then we can really see. The camera can become a willing ally in this quest. A tool to grow. Our time together will be spent delving into the two main components of art: Form and Content. We can define Form as the shape, texture, tones and composition of an image. Content is its emotional, spiritual and intellectual component – its meaning. Both go hand in hand.

The first day of this two day workshop will involve a slide presentation of many different art forms throughout history to illustrate the use of Form and Content in their creation. This will involve lecture and discussion as a group. Students will be asked to bring in prints in whatever process they prefer. We will then discuss the images and consider how to imbue Form with Content. This is a workshop in learning to See. The class will dismiss early to allow students to implement the days learning by taking photographs.

The second day students will bring new work created as a response to the previous days class. What is it you feel deeply and want to express. How do you get in touch with yourself and bring it to the surface visually in a photograph. Are there ideas or feelings you have about the structure of time, relationships, transcendence, anger, fear, love or union with divine energy. We will critique each person’s work, individually and as a group, and talk about what you have learned and how photography can help you express what you feel and think.

Burton Pritzker received a degree in architecture from the University of California at Berkeley in 1965. He found architecture limiting as an outlet for creativity and became interested in drawing, sculpture and photography. Pritzker eventually switched full-time to photography and in 1970 began exhibiting his work steadily.

In 2002 the University of Texas Press released his book, Texas Rangeland. Selections from the book have been published in Lenswork Magazine and B & W Magazine. The Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas, published his second book, Forgotten Planes, in 2009 in connection with a solo exhibit and acquisition of 85 prints. Selections of his work have been placed in prominent private and museum collections. He teaches at Texas State University and lives in Austin,Texas.

Workshop Fee: $ 175
Workshop Limit: 12

04. Robin Renee Hix – (Wimberley, Texas)
Hand Coloring Black & White Photographs
Sunday, October 24 – 8:30am-4:30pm

Have fun with the hands on feeling of involvement with this fascinating art form. Oil paints and oil pencils are a very user friendly medium. They can be used to enhance, personalize and alter your black & white silver gelatin images in a unique way. Robin Renee Hix has 25 years of experience in hand coloring photographs. There will be lots of insider's information and tips on achieving great effects. A demonstration with the tools of hand coloring will begin the class. After the introduction, advising you with your own images and your imagination will result in a one of a kind art piece to take home. You may bring several images to "play" with during this day long discovery class.

Capturing unexpected street images and unique culture, Robin Renee Hix's black and white photographs are diverse. She photographs beach, town and landscapes, as well as people who live in these off the path places. Her work is united by her eye for beauty in the unexpected and detail often missed. Hix shows buildings cobbled together with scraps and presents them as venerable folk art temples. Boys throw simple airplanes toward the sky and we are invited to glimpse a second of their stark world. She often transforms her photographs into brilliantly colored and finely detailed oil colored paintings allowing venue for creativity, unique color sense and fine craftsmanship.

Workshop Fee: $ 115 (includes supplies)
Workshop Limit: 12

05 Amy Homes George – (McKinney, Texas)
An Introduction to Precision Digital Negatives
Saturday, October 23 – 8:30am-12:00pm

This workshop will introduce you to the Precision Digital Negatives (PDN) system, a patented printing method designed to create large format, customized inkjet digital negatives for all contact printing processes, including alternative processes, gravure and silver. By applying the techniques of PDN, you will avoid guesswork, test strips, dodging/burning and other post-processing, streamlining your workflow and revolutionizing the way you print. Additionally, PDN takes into account every printing variable to ensure consistent, predictable results and optimal user control. You will learn about PDN’s proprietary software Curve Calculator and its most recently released version as well as PDN’s innovative calibration palettes. I will also share examples of calibration tests and final prints produced with this ingenious system. To learn more, please visit www.precisiondigitalnegatives.com.

Amy Holmes George is a fine art photographer who currently teaches alternative processes at the University of North Texas. Amy, a proofreader and beta tester for PDN, has been employing this system in her personal work since 2005 and received a 2008 Fulbright grant for a project based on the method. Exhibited throughout the U.S., Italy, and China, her work has been featured in over eighty exhibitions and is housed in collections at The Getty, The Kinsey Institute and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Amy is a TPS board member and has served as Chair and Treasurer on the South Central regional board of SPE. www.amyholmesgeorge.com.

Workshop Fee: $ 70
Workshop Limit: 12

06 Steve Goff – (Odessa, Texas)
Digital I/R – Note: This workshop will take place at the A Smith Gallery in Johnson City, TX
Saturday, October 23 – 1:00pm-4:30pm

As an introductory course, participants will learn the basic fundamentals of digital infrared photography. You will be introduced to filters, software and camera sensor conversions to create dynamic infrared images. Workshop participants will have a chance to view and evaluate the options for creating digital infrared photographs. This half day course is a fabulous way to jump into the beautiful surreal world of infrared photography!

Steve Goff, Professor and Chair of Photography, Art and Mass Communication at Odessa College, received his B.F.A. and M.F.A. from Ohio University and taught at the Maine Photographic Workshops, Lakeland and Cuyahoga Community Colleges and Cleveland State University before moving to Texas in 1984. He has been awarded the Aid to Individual Artist Fellowship from the Ohio Arts Council and the Fellowship Award in Photography, from the Mid-America Arts Alliance/National Endowment for the Arts and represented the Fellowship winners at Mois de la Photo a Paris, in Paris, France. He has an extensive exhibition record and teaches workshops around the state and region. Steve is on the board of directors of the Texas Photographic Society and originated the TPS Annual Workshop Series.

Workshop Fee: $ 80
Workshop Limit: 12

07. Scott Campbell – (Longview, Texas)
Camera Calibration in Adobe Camera Raw
Sunday, October 24 – 8:30am-12:00pm

This workshop will cover all the steps involved in creating custom digital camera calibrations to be used with Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom. The Adobe Camera Raw Plug-in allows photographers thousand of options to be creative in producing "pleasing color." This workshop will delve into the often unused camera calibration tab of the Camera Raw interface, and show how to get "more accurate" color out of your camera when shooting in RAW mode. We will go over the development of the original calibration process from infancy to more modern practices and options. We will spend time analyzing when and when its not practical to use custom calibrations. This workshop will provide live demonstrations using the new X-rite ColorChecker Passport and software.

Scott C. Campbell is a Commercial and Fine Art Photographer living in East Texas. His award winning work has been published in many national publications including Communication Arts, Photo District News and Lenswork. Scott holds the position of Director of Digital Imaging at Dynamic Resource Group LLC, developing digital workflow procedures for Photographers, Graphic Artists, Prepress, and Pressmen.

Workshop Fee: $ 80
Workshop Limit: 15

Check out the other workshops we have available in San Antonio, Texas on October 16, 2010.
For questions, please contact D. Clarke Evans at clarke@texasphoto.org or call 210-824-4123.