Revitalize your photography while exploring your relationship to your subject, your camera and yourself. Through photo exercises, assignments and daily field trips participants will learn to deepen their visual awareness while clarifying their approach, making their image making both more personal and more meaningful.

This workshop provides a unique opportunity to rethink our expectations of what it means to 'see'. We will work on cultivating simplicity and making more powerful photographs, supporting the notion that a photograph is not 'taken' but made. We become better photographers by becoming more in touch with our inner selves and then use that awareness to deepen our connection with our subject, whether it’s a person, place, or thing. We will also pay attention to lighting, composition, depth-of-field and exposure issues.

“Zen and the Art of Photography” is a challenging invitation to redefine not only what is personally suitable subject matter but our whole approach to photography. Inspiration will be sparked by a balance of conversation, meditation, photo demos, critiques, shared readings, poetry or whatever means necessary. Photographic exercises, assignments and critiques will be a big part of this experience. They will be site specific and are concerned with both internal and external experience and growth. Most afternoons will be spent in the field with Doug on daily photo adventures.

The beautiful colonial town of San Miguel de Allende and the surrounding countryside will play a big part in this workshop and our many field trips. Our workshop will be held at the Winter headquarters of Santa Fe Photo Workshops, the countries' premier workshop center, with a staff that is second to none. This is a week of total immersion in your own artistic development.

See some student photography from this workshop.

Who should attend:

While participants must have a working knowledge of their camera, the creative process of image making will be emphasized over the mechanics of camera use. Both digital and film, in all formats, welcome. For film shooters, lab processing will be available each day. Open to all levels of experience but better suited to those looking to expand their creativity and vision.

Dates:

Sunday, November 2, 4:00 p.m. – Saturday, November 8, Noon, 2008

Cost:

$2450, and includes lodging and most meals.

Registration information:

For additional information visit http://www.santafeworkshops.com/workshops/calendar-detail.php?workshop=228. For registration, please contact Santa Fe Workshops, 505.983.1400, or eMail info@santafeworkshops.com.

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