See the light

See the light

intensive 2 day workshop

Sept 10, 11
Toronto
In my experience there are two important factors in creating a great image.

Seeing the light, and seeing the image.

Seeing the light is the technical aspect of photography, the exposure, white balance, light placement etc.  A lot of this can be described with light meters and diagrams, but to see the light you have to experience it, to know how it will behave.  

The true artistic look of an image comes when the photographer starts Seeing the Image,  the artistic aspect of the image… seeing the lines, forms, texture, different planes of the image and how they add to the emotional content.

Seeing the light, is fairly constant between all good photographers.

Seeing the image is unique to each individual.  The Style of a photographer is a combination of how the deal with seeing the light and seeing the Image

This weekend is designed to challenge your photographic skills, and maybe your ideas of what photography is.
Be prepared to have your vision questioned and challenged. 
We will take time to critic images that you shoot on the weekend to allow you to try new things, to grow as a photographer

The goal is to learn how to see,
how to see the image before you press the shutter
how to create a vision
how to see the light

Saturday will be the theoretical day, where we discuss, and dissect light and how it effects everything to do with photography.

Seeing the light

Saturday morning—- What every photographer needs to know about light!
Saturday afternoon—- Learning to See. Working with all the light sources we have on hand, we will practice learning how to see.
you are encouraged to bring and use your own lights, so you can learn how to use what you have.
Saturday evening/night —- available darkness shooting.  unstructured and instructed Shoot

Seeing the image

Sunday will be the day where we put it all together

These sessions are like no other shoot you have been on before.
You will have to envision the image before you start,
describe what you want to achieve,
Set up the shot
shoot the image,
we will then view your images to see your results.

Sunday morning—–available light. Extremely Structured and instructed shoot with critique. 
Sunday afternoon-—Playing with  the light.  Extremely Structured and instructed shoot with critique.
you are encouraged to bring and use your own lights, so you can learn how to use what you have.

The weekend is broken up into modules for those who can not attend the entire weekend

Pricing:

Full weekend – $490… pay before Sept 1 $439 (save $50)… sign up with a friend before Sept 1 $395 ( save $95 each)
Single Day–$295… pay before Sept 1 -$265 (save $30)… sign up with a friend before Sept 1 $240 ( save $50 each)
Single session ( only available after Sept 1 if there is space)  $175

To sign up send me an email.  I will then send a PayPal invoice.