Robert Turner Fine Art Landscape Photographs

Dates: Friday, April 24 through Monday, April 27, 2009
ENROLLMENT OPEN: Click here to sign up.

This workshop is for all photographers who want to create more evocative images in the natural world-from serious beginners to advanced amateurs working in all film and digital formats. It is offered through Calypso Imaging, Inc. in Santa Cruz, California. http://www.calypsoinc.com/

During four intensive days, the workshop will alternate between shooting sessions in the field and image editing, optimizing, and printing sessions in Calypso’s photo/digital teaching facility. By the end of the workshop each participant will select an image, crop and retouch it, make aesthetic adjustments in Photoshop, and prepare the file for printing. He or she will then print a proof, make further adjustments, and finally make a 16×20 or 20×24 Lightjet print.

In the orientation session Bob will offer insights into the art of capturing ephemeral scenes of beauty and drama in nature. Presenting prints of his own work, he will talk about the circumstances that produced the images and discuss the process he has evolved for being in the right place at the right time, finding structure in a chaotic visual environment, and getting nuances of light and color onto film. He will also discuss the obstacles that commonly keep beautiful sights from translating into satisfying photographs, and how to overcome them.

For the shooting sessions, participants will rise early and return late to capture first and last light along the Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay shorelines as well as in nearby Redwood Parks. In the field, Bob will circulate among the participants to offer guidance on isolating subjects and filling the frame with interest. He will help with the mechanics of depth-of-field and metering for complex exposures. He will also coach on the use of long exposures in low light to control contrast and achieve rich color.

A portion of one midday session will be dedicated to supportive reviews of participants’ slides, files, and prints from previous work.

A tripod is a must for this workshop. A beginning knowledge of Photoshop is required.

Orientation: Friday morning, April 24, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in the Calypso digital classroom.

Shooting Sessions in the Field: Friday - late afternoon through sunset; Saturday - sunrise and sunset; Sunday - sunrise and sunset; Monday - sunrise (optional).

Classroom Sessions: Saturday midday 10:00 to 4:00; Sunday from 10:00 to 4:00; Monday 9:00 to 5:00

Cost: $950
Lab Fee: $50
Class Size: 12 participants

ENROLLMENT OPEN:. Click here to sign up or by calling Robert Turner at 760-518-7225.

A Special Note on Film: If you intend to shoot film (as opposed to digital capture) please bring a digital file from a scan of one of your transparencies or negatives to edit and print in the classroom sessions. If you do not have an existing scan, send an original transparency or negative to Calypso to be scanned at least ten days prior to the workshop start date.