Sunday, April 4, 2010
8:30-11:30 am

Renowned British architectural photographer Eric de Mare’ (1910-2002) described photography as “building with light.”  Implicit in Mare’s description of photography is the intimate connection that exists between light and the building blocks of compositional design, which together form the architecture of the photograph.  In this hands-on workshop, Old Sacramento will serve as an outdoor studio for learning about lighting and the making – not taking – of photographs.  Using the nineteenth century architecture of Old Sacramento as our subject, we will develop skills for using natural and artificial light.  We will discuss the quality, direction, intensity and color of light and how to work with the interplay of highlights, shadows  and reflections. We will learn how to combine different lighting situations with the building blocks of compositional design – rhythm, balance, tone, color, line, texture, etc. – to produce compelling and meaningful photographs.  As we photograph throughout the morning, we will focus on producing images that together form a cohesive body of work. 

Viewpoint Center for the Photographic Arts, Sacramento. For more info. about cost, contact the Viewpoint at: 916-441-2341

Davis Mountains State Park, which is located about 26-miles from Alpine Texas, is home to desert wildflowers and rugged mountain cliffs and canyons. Learn to capture the park's grandeur in this outdoor photography workshop.   In this workshop we will cover lighting and exposure, working a subject, framing, and the basic principles of photographic composition, including using texture, line, form, perspective and color to most effectively capture your subject.

July 26, 2009
9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Davis Mountains State Park, which is located about 26-miles from Alpine Texas, is home to desert wildflowers and rugged mountain cliffs and canyons. Learn to capture the park's grandeur in this outdoor photography workshop.   In this workshop we will cover lighting and exposure, working a subject, framing, and the basic principles of photographic composition, including using texture, line, form, perspective and color to most effectively capture your subject.