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Our advanced courses refine the technical and aesthetic skills offered in our foundation courses. Through lectures, critiques and assignments, participants will master new visual tools, allowing them to create more dynamic photographs and add their personal artistic stamp to those images.
You will have full access to NESOP's black and white darkrooms, color printing rooms, and digital imaging lab (access to the digital imaging facility is restricted to students taking or who have taken other coureses in our digital imaging classrooms or lab). Facilities are available to workshop students after 5 p.m., Monday–Friday and all day Saturday and Sunday. Access to these facilities is based on your workshop status and your compliance with the policies and procedures regarding use of our facilities.
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Advanced Photography Course Descriptions
The following is a list of workshops that we currently offer at NESOP and have offered in the past. If there's a workshop in which you are particularly interested, please let us know!
• Color Projects
• Alternative Processes
• Urban Landscape
• Light Painting
• Night Photography
• Architectural Photography
• High Dynamic Range Photography
• Advanced Darkroom
• People Photography: Real People, Real Places, Real Stories
• Using the Zone System
• Black and White Large Format
• Documentary and Photojournalism
• Visual Journalism
• Business and Marketing for Wedding Photography
• The Leap: How To Move From Amateur To Professional Photographer
[ Color Projects ]
This is an advanced color printing course designed to assist the student in honing their color printing skills while at the same time giving them one-to-one critique on individual photographs or guidance in developing a cohesive body of color photographic images. The instructor will meet with each student weekly, on an individual basis. In these individual critiques, the discussion will address and solve aesthetic concerns, both visual and technical, specific to their own images. Two of the twelve classes will give the students the opportunity to present their work to the rest of the class enabling them to get a wider base of feedback. Assignments will be on an individual basis, each geared to the student's specific visual and technical needs. The final class will be devoted to presentations of work done by each student in the class.
Prerequisite: General Color
[ Alternative Process ]
This class studies and practices 19th century photo processes. We will explore salt printing, cyanotype, platinum printing, pinhole photography and more. These processes require a deeper level of connection with materials and are a jumping-off point to a world of greater creativity. Class time will be divided into demonstration, lecture, class critique and guest speakers. In short, this class hopes to create a safe space where you can take a chance, play and fall back in love with photography. Students are expected to bring negatives and purchase their own materials for each process they wish to explore beyond the demonstration.
[ Urban Landscape ]
It’s all around us, and it invites us to look at it deeply with a camera—how do you visually define landscape? Intended for intermediate students with a working knowledge of the basic techniques of photography and comfort with darkroom and digital practices, this workshop moves you toward developing your own landscape vision. We will combine critiques of weekly assignments with an overview of the techniques and hardware involved in landscape photography in an urban environment. Topics covered will include camera choices, a short photo history of the urban landscape, format choice, the finished print, the creative use of lenses, exploring color and developing a workflow to support personal work. Students will be expected to select and complete a short project.
[ Light Painting ]
The word photography means "writing with light," but in this class, students will learn how to paint with light! This hands-on workshop extends the possibilities of night and low light photography by introducing the concept of light painting with hand held portable flash, flashlights and almost any other light source you can think of. The class will begin with an introduction to equipment, techniques and a presentation of light painted images on the first night, followed by a studio session where students can try their hands with still lifes, portraits or even nudes using the light painting technique. The third session will be held on the night of the full moon, and the class will venture out to a remote location to apply what they've learned on a larger scale. The fourth and final class will be devoted to a review and critique of images produced during the workshop. Students are expected to have a film or digital SLR camera, tripod, cable release, an understanding of their camera and the basic principles of photography.
[ Night Photography ]
New technologies in photography have made Night Photography more accessible and popular than ever. Digital cameras allow for instant feedback that can serve as a guide for determining exposures, but there is more to successful night photography than simply exposure. This class will cover lighting, contrast, atmosphere, equipment choices and subject matter— all important factors in shooting at night. Over the course of the workshop, we will explore the world of night photography with both film and digital cameras, working with the light of the moon as well as with artificial light sources. During the course, participants will create a body of nocturnal images in a variety of locations. From relatively short exposures by streetlight to full moon exposures of an hour or more, we will explore the range of possibilities within this genre. See www.thenightskye.com for more information.
[ Architectural Photography ]
In this workshop, learn to photograph a variety of architectural subjects—interiors and exteriors will be explored. Working with large 4x5 format and the latest digital technology, you will learn observation and analysis skills, composition, dramatic use of light, balancing portable lighting with existing light and handling technical exposure issues. You will be exposed to working with mixed lighting, filtration and distortion issues. Digital workflow as it relates to architecture will be covered.
Prerequisite: Art of Studio or Creative Lighting
[ High Dynamic Range Photography ]
The human eye can see further into highlights and shadows than a camera could normally capture. Even high-end digital cameras can only record a fraction of the details that we can see. However, through the process of high dynamic range (HDR) photography, a photographer can digitally capture multiple exposures of the same scene and merge them digitally, producing images that contain full detail in the highlights, mid-tones and shadows. This course will explain the HDR process in detail and highlight its useful application in a wide range of photographic areas - including architectural, portraiture, product, wedding and fine art. HDR will change the way you think about photography and dramatically improve the quality of your digital images.
Prerequisite: Beginning Digital Camera or a basic proficiency using a digital-SLR camera. Basic computer skills are also recommended.
[ Advanced Darkroom ]
Advanced Darkroom is the first in a series of two black & white workshops aimed at expanding artistic control of the fine art print. During this first twelve-week period we will explore several advanced negative and print making techniques we can use to bring our creative vision to print. A review of artistic controls in the negative making, the highlight-based printing system, multiple filter printing, color filters in black & white photography, low light photography and selenium processing are some of the topics we will study.
Prerequisite: Students should know how to develop film and make a print in the darkroom. Basic Darkroom at NESOP or two years of black & white negative and printmaking are strongly suggested for this workshop.
[ People Photography: Real People, Real Places, Real Stories ]
This course is designed to help photographers enhance their skills of photographing people–-at home, at work, and on the road. You will learn how to make compelling portraits in any situation and at any time of day. You will learn lighting techniques that are creative, simple, and best of all, portable–-allowing you to create dramatic images from even the most common situation or setting. Emphasis will also be placed on recognizing the environments that surround us, and how we can use those surroundings to help shed light on a subject. Often times, an environment alone can provide a unique visual perspective–-one that allows the photographer to tell a more complete.
Weekly class critique will provide you with plenty of constructive feedback on your work, and class discussions will touch on everything from contemporary fine art photography to vintage amateur snapshots. Whether you enjoy photographing family at home or “the locals” when you travel, you will discover many new ways to look at, work with, and relate to your subject–-all allowing you to make pictures that matter, and portraits that tell real stories about real people.
Digital, B&W or Color Negative film, Chromes, or any other photographic medium are welcome.
[ Using the Zone System ]
In this class, the goal is to close the gap between the photographer’s experience of taking the photograph and what ultimately radiates from the final print. The first step is to realize than an increased understanding of film exposure and development is not simply technical, but is, in the end, a wonderful creative tool, which will alow the photographer’s artistic vision to be more fully realized. As students begin to produce negatives with which they are happy, we will explore some advanced printing techniques using fiber-based paper and selenium toning.
Prerequisite: Basic Darkroom
[ Black and White Large Format ]
Take this rare opportunity to work with Zone System photographer Nick Johnson, exploring the magic of the 4x5 camera and the beauty of prints made from large format black & white negatives. This is a workshop that should thrill both the beginner and the experienced 4x5 photographer. 4x5 cameras will be provided for those that would like to experience the world of large format negatives, but have not yet invested in their equipment.
The workshop will include: controls and usage of the view camera, film processing, print making, zone system expansion and contraction, field trips and classroom discussion.
Class is limited to 12 persons
*An additional security deposit of $300.00 will be required of all students in need of a view camera outfit.
[ Documentary Photography and Photojournalism ]
Through critiques, guest speakers and viewing the masters, along with field trips, students will develop basic photojournalism skills with an eye towards documentary work. Students will photograph, edit and present picture stories in either black and white or color. Choosing subject matter, gaining access, ethical issues and editing will be discussed. Students may work on their own personal projects or photograph weekly picture stories. A working knowledge of basic photography and access to small or medium format is necessary.
[ Visual Journalism ]
This class is designed to provide students with a concentrated introduction to the elements essential to the photojournalism portfolio through real world assignments in all the major areas: News (Spot and General), Sports, Features and the Picture Story/Photo Essay (multimedia will be discussed). This course will challenge you to explore the concept of visual journalism and teach you to use your camera as a tool for communication. Our approach is multi-layered, fluid and uncomplicated. We’ll briefly touch on the works of some professionals in the field like James Nachtwey and Paul Fusco, we will embrace the latest technology and we will shoot lots and lots of pictures. These three areas will merge constantly throughout the summer.
[ Business and Marketing for Wedding Photography ]
This intense course will provide students with the advanced business and marketing skills specific to the wedding photography industry. Through weekly lectures, in-class guests and studio visits, students will be exposed to many different approaches to running a successful wedding photography business. The essential tools of the wedding photographer will be identified and the concepts of always being professional and prepared will be stressed throughout the course. From consultations, contracts and pricing to self-promotion, marketing and working with vendors, all aspects of the business of wedding photography will be addressed.
[ The Leap: How to Move From Amateur to Professional Photographer ]
You have the camera and you have honed your skills; now, develop the tools you need to make the leap to become a professional photographer. This class will examine the current business models that dominate the professional photography industry. We will study the business tools necessary to start and operate a profitable business and we will examine new opportunities that technology offers today’s photographer. Whether your goal is a part-time business or a full-time career, weekly assignments will culminate in you crafting your own business plan, enabling you to launch your business and realize your dream. This is a business class for photographers who want to be in business for themselves.
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