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LIVE Q&A Tutorials via ZOOM
This intermediate workshop is attended via STREAMING On-Demand delivery so the course material can be studied in your own time and at your own pace, while your practice and questions are subsequently addressed, clarified and supported in our follow up LIVE Q&A Tutorials which can also be joined by anyone who has previously attended this workshop, as well as anyone contemplating attending this workshop but needs more information or insights into its content or suitability is more than welcome to ‘sit-in’ on one of the workshop’s tutorials.
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It is dedicated to thoughtful and insightful photographic practice. Being a creative photographer is much more than saying ‘yes or no’ to presets, filters, recipes and clichés. Creative photography is about knowing what is possible and then playing with that knowledge. In this workshop we borrow from four genres of photography: The Natural World (Landscape/Natural History), Inhabited Places (Events/Travel), the Built-Environment (Architecture), and Ourselves (Portraiture). Each genre is categorised in terms of Historical Perspectives, Theoretical Foundations, Production Skills, and Presentation Strategies. The aim is to incorporate and refine aspects of these different approaches into your own photographic practice, and thereby significantly enhance your creative outcomes.
The only prerequisite for this workshop is that you are interested in refining your photographic understanding and practice within a Contemporary Art context, and in an encouraging and supportive learning environment. Our survey of how photographic genres are historicised, theorised, and practiced will help you understand and locate your own work within them, while our LIVE Q&A Tutorials will answer all your questions and help you become a better informed, more assured and articulate photographic artist.
The workshop is presented in six one hour sessions accessed by clicking on each Session button below:
Session 1 – Methodology:
• What sort of a photographer are you?
• Your aims & objectives (desires & outcomes)
• Historical Perspective vs Theoretical Foundations
• Cultural Attributes vs Production Skills
• Observational studies and interpretative frameworks
Session 2 – Photographing the Natural World:
• Contemporary Landscape and Natural History Photography
• Historical: Photographing Spaces versus Things
• Cultural: The Photograph as a Document
• Production: Stacking & Combining Images
• Theoretical: Land Matters
Session 3 – Photographing Ourselves:
• Portraiture, Lighting, Composition, and Staging Strategies
• Historical: Photographing What Can’t Be Seen
• Cultural: The Photograph as a Diary
• Production: Understanding Lighting/Working with Light
• Theoretical: Intimate Lives
Session 4 – Photographing Inhabited Places:
• Travel and Lifestyle Photography, Event Photography, and Reportage
• Historical: Representation versus Presentation
• Cultural: The Photograph as Witness
• Production: Low Light/High Contrast Scenes
• Theoretical: Moments Found/Moments Created
Session 5 – Photographing the Built-Environment:
• Architectural Photography, including its Objects and Spaces
• Historical: The 2D Representation of Space & Time
• Cultural: The Photograph as a Spatial Narrative
• Production: Rendering Responsibility
• Theoretical: The Deadpan Aesthetic
Session 6 – Case Studies:
• What ‘sort’ of a photographer do you need to be?
• Artist statements of intent and context
• Exhibition/publishing strategies and collaborative adventures
• Extending our critical engagement beyond photography
• What to do next?
The ‘Flipped Classroom’ facilitates a uniquely comprehensive yet individual learning experience where your creativity, knowledge and needs focus the inquiry, while your engagement and participation defines your outcomes. Our LIVE Q&A Tutorials are designed to maximise our time in answering your questions and supporting your practice.
The workshop is comprehensively supported by a resource rich website.
Venue: STREAMED On-Demand delivery
Duration: 8+ hours (workshop + tutorials)
Resources: Extensive course notes, videos, test images, actions, macros, luts
Cost: AUS $330
More Information: See FAQ (Education)
Updated 05 September 2024
What are the differences between the Understanding Pictures, Exhibition Preparation and Thinking Photography workshops? Our Understanding Pictures workshop concentrates on Pictorial Design and the construction of pictures for enhanced aesthetic affect. Exhibition Preparation focuses on the refinement of images for public presentation in galleries, publications and online. Thinking Photography refines the scholarship and rationale underlying both the construction and presentation of images. Therefore these workshops effectively address the What, How and Why of research based contemporary artistic practice’s creative and cultural contributions.