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Shanberg & Slota:  
Getting Known / Being Shown
 

Sat-Sun, July 4-5

Please note this class has been moved to a new date - Saturday September 11 & Sunday September 12. To learn more, click here.

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Ann Lovett: Photographic Artist Books

Mon-Thurs, July 5-8

If you are a photographer who works sequentially or have always wanted to make a book, this workshop is for you. Emphasis will be on artist books, those that treat the book form as creative medium itself, rather than portfolio books.

Ann will lead participants to explore creative ways of using the page space and developing content sequentially through the pages of a book. We will spend two days at the Center for Photography in Woodstock designing your book pages with Adobe Indesign and Photoshop, and digitally printing on Museo double-sided rag inkjet paper. Then we will move to Women’s Studio Workshop to finish and bind your book. Coptic and sewn or post album bindings will be covered. Participants should plan to do a fair amount of content development and prepare digital images prior to the workshop. Some experience with Photoshop is required. No prior experience with Adobe Indesign or binding techniques is necessary.

ANN LOVETT is a photographer, book artist, and a Professor of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz. She has been the recipient of numerous grants, including a New York Foundation for the Arts Artist Fellowship in Photography and a New York State Council on the Arts Individual Artists grant in Artists’ Books. Her work has been widely exhibited, in venues including the Museum of Arts and Design, New York; the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the New York Public Library, Friends of Photography, Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York, and Dorsky Gallery, New York. Learn more about Ann at www2.newpaltz.edu/~lovetta/


Please bring: Image files on CD or hard drive, in JPEG or Photoshop format, at least 300ppi (please check that they are readable on a MAC), Cork-backed metal ruler, Bone folder (available from art supply store or TALAS), Special threads or papers to use for book covers, Single edge razor blades and a holder (available from a hardware store), Inexpensive double-sided inkjet paper (Epson double-sided matte or Inkpress matte) for proofing

C
lass limit: 7  
Tuition: $600 / CPW members: $550 
Lab Fee: $35  

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Dan Burkholder: The Art of the High Dynamic Range (HDR) Image

Sat-Sun, July 10-11

High Dynamic Range imaging (HDR) is the most exciting development in photography since the zoom lens. Dark interiors with bright, sunlit windows are no longer a challenge. By employing special shooting methods combined with powerful software tools we can produce final prints with lush shadow detail and gloriously detailed highlights.

But making a beautiful print from an HDR image is more than bracketing and using software. In this workshop you’ll learn not only how to shoot and process your HDR images, but how to precisely control the full range colors and contrast in your images. Best of all, you’ll learn how to make prints that sing with detail and tonal vibrancy.  

You’ll be amazed at how easy it is to tackle scenes that you used to walk away from because you feared the curse of empty black shadows and blown highlights. Get a Kung Fu grip on HDR shooting and printing!

  What we’ll cover in the workshop:

  • Learn camera techniques and accessories that make exposing for HDR fast, foolproof and easy.

  • Discover easy, recipe-like procedures for capturing high contrast scenes.

  • Delve into the brave new world of 32-bit images.

  • Learn the right and wrong ways to process your HDR images.

  • Learn how to use the parts of Color Management you need to make prints that look just like your monitor. Banish printing surprises once and for all!

  • Develop new selection and masking skills that let you create seductive color and detail in your HDR images.

DAN BURKHOLDER has been teaching digital imaging workshops for 14 years at venues including The School of the Art Institute, Chicago; The Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego; The Royal Photographic Society, Madrid, Spain; The International Center of Photography, New York; Santa Fe Workshops; Anderson Ranch and many others. His award-winning book, Making Digital Negatives for Contact Printing, has become a standard resource in the fine-art photography community. His new book, The Color of Loss; An Intimate Portrait of New Orleans after Katrina (2008, University of Texas Press), documents the flooded interiors of post-Katrina New Orleans and is the first published monograph of HDR images. Dan’s workshops are famous for their energy, information, and humor. You can learn more about Dan at www.danburkholder.com

Please bring: Your digital SLR camera that is capable of shooting Raw format (CPW has cameras available for loan). A solid tripod and remote release are also necessary. Don’t forget memory cards and spare batteries. A wide-angle lens is strongly recommended. Bring a notebook and lots of enthusiasm. And come well rested too!

C
lass limit: 7  
Tuition: $325 / CPW members $295
Lab Fee
: $30

Public Lecture: Friday July 9, 8pm

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Teen Photography Camp (for ages 13-17)

Mon-Thurs, July 12- 15
10am - 3pm

Are you excited about making photographs?  Do you want to explore your talents while engaging with other young artists? CPW’s Teen Photography Camp provides a unique, creative and supportive learning environment for young adults ages 13 through 17. Over the course of four inspiring and motivating days, participants will learn about the aesthetics and technical capabilities of digital photography through the direction of photographer and educator Phil Mansfield. 

Based in CPW’s brand new state-of-the art digital lab, the Teen Photography Camp is made up of two components- the exploration of the art of photography and the development of technical skills used within a digital darkroom. By getting behind the lens and photographing in Woodstock, the students will develop a thorough understanding of photographic techniques including the qualities of light and shadow, a sense of motion and an examination of the relationship of subject to the camera.  In the digital lab they will gain an understanding of the digital workflow, file organization, inkjet printing and Adobe Photoshop as a tool for image editing, enhancement, manipulation and most importantly expressing yourself. As participants strive for their creative vision in the digital workflow, they will work closely with Phil and the CPW staff who will offer insights into photography as both an artistic expression and a possible career.
The Teen Photo Camp will culminate with an exhibition/critique of the students work in CPW’s Gallery on the final evening.

Phil Mansfield joined the CPW staff as the Digital Lab Manager in the Spring 2008.  His photography has appeared in such publications as The New York Times, Psychology Today and Scholastic Magazine. He is currently photographing for a children’s cookbook to be published by Bloomsbury. Phil lives with his wife and two children in West Shokan, NY.  To learn more about Phil visit www.philmansfield.com

Please bring: your digital camera and memory card. Note: Digital SLR cameras are available for loan at CPW.

Class limit: 7  
Tuition: $445 / CPW members: $395

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Karen Davis & Mark Orton: Creating Your Own Portfolio Website

Mondays 6-9pm, 
J
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ly 12, 19,  26, 
August 2 & 9

This exciting class is for photographers, artists and craftspeople who want to get a portfolio on the web with ease - and have time to spare to make more artwork!  These days, having a presence on the web has become a powerful means for sharing and marketing your work. In this hands-on workshop you will learn to use free web-based software to create, maintain, and update your own website using WordPress.

This application is increasingly being used for websites because of its ease of use, flexibility of design, independence, cost-savings, and power. Through in-class exercises and assignments, the instructors will guide you as you determine your website’s structure, appearance, and build your own site. You can be on the web by the end of the workshop!

Prerequisites: Experience using web browsers such as Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Safari, and word processing programs such as MS Word. Since images are a key part of your site, experience with basic photo editing and image sizing is advised using programs such as Photoshop Elements, iPhoto, or editors supplied by digital camera manufacturers. No knowledge of html is required.

KAREN DAVIS is a photographer, book artist, and teacher. Her work is featured at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, the Houghton Rare Books Library, Harvard University, the Boston Drawing Project at Carroll and Sons Gallery, and in corporate and private collections. She is the recipient of the 2009 Photographers’ Fellowship Award from the Center of Photography at Woodstock and was an invited exhibitor at the 2009 International Photography Festival in Lishui, China. Recent solo exhibitions include The Bromfield Gallery, Boston (2009) and The Griffin Museum of Photography (2008).  Karen earned a BS in History at Simmons College and a MA in Education at University of Chicago, as well as a degree in Manufacturing Processes from Wentworth Institute, MA. Visit www.yesthatkarendavis.com.

MARK ORTON, a business coach and consultant, has been involved with web-centric information technologies for over ten years.  Recently, he has been focusing on web technologies that enable non-technical people to build and maintain their own web presence. Mark holds degrees from Lawrence University and the Wentworth Institute of Technology. He maintains three websites using WordPress:  his business site: www.businesscoach.us.com; gallery site: www.davisortongallery.com, and his personal site:  www.markorton.com

Please bring: list will be sent upon registration.

Class limit:

Tuition: $325/ CPW members: $295
 

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Special Event: Slideluck Potshow

Sat, July 17

Deadline for submissions: June 15

What is a Slideluck Potshow?

Slideluck Potshow is a non-profit organization devoted to building and strengthening community around food and art.   Slideluck Potshow sponsors exhibitions of artistic works, each produced in an entertaining slideshow format, designed to showcase works created by novice, undiscovered, and established artists.   Past participants include:  Elliott Erwitt, Shepard Fairey, Chris Buck, Alec Soth, Martin Schoeller, Elinor Carucci, Alistair Thain, Edward Burtynsky, Platon, Phil Toledano and Doug Menuez.

Participants in the slideshow exhibitions are encouraged to take creative risks, in terms of content and presentation, and to not just show their portfolios.  Each slideshow exhibition has a section with a theme, as well as non-themed section.  Event submissions are collected and curated by Slideluck Potshow directors and the event hosts in advance of the slideshow event, undergoing a formal review process to assess quality and artistic merit of the submissions and to ensure diversity and consistency of the presentations with the theme of the exhibition.  Cutting-edge multimedia presentations are welcomed and all shows are accompanied by music, commentary, or other surprises that enhance the viewing experience.  Regardless of a presenter's status in the arts community, none is allotted more than five minutes for their slideshow presentation at an event.

At each Slideluck Potshow event, the slideshow exhibition is preceded by a potluck-style dinner.  Attendees bring food and drink, as the evening begins with two hours of dining on the home-cooked delights of the participants, while drinking and mingling.   All guests are asked to contribute as the event is entirely dependent on your participation.  Following the potluck, the lights are dimmed, the crowd is hushed, and a spectacular slideshow commences.

To learn more click here.

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Craig Barber: Palladium Printing

Sat-Sun, July 17-18

Have you ever been frustrated because your silver or digital prints weren’t able to deliver all the information your negatives offered? Palladium printing, a time-honored process and the print method choice of Paul Strand, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, and Frederick Evans, is known for its rich tonal scale, sensuality, and permanence. Master printer Craig J. Barber offers you a great opportunity to spend a weekend being introduced to this extraordinary hand-coated printing technique.

In this hands-on, two day workshop  you will learn how to make palladium prints working from your own pre-existing black-and-white negatives from traditional film or digitally made (4x5 to 8x10”)! Barber will carefully lead you through a combination of demonstrations, discussions, and applications. You will learn about paper selection, contrast and controls, dodging and burning, developer variations, and chemical safety. This workshop is for photographers who have a sound foundation in black-and-white printing and want two days of hands-on instruction to learn a new process with ample printing time and support from Craig. Come prepared to work and have fun!

CRAIG J. BARBER is a photographer who travels and works exclusively with the pinhole format and focuses of the cultural landscape. During the past 10 years he has focused his camera on Viet Nam, Havana, Cuba and the Catskill region of New York State. In each, documenting a culture in rapid transition and fading from memory. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States, Europe and Latin America and is represented in several prominent museum and private collections including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the Brooklyn Art Museum; the George Eastman House, Rochester, NY; and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, among others. He has received several grants including the Seattle Arts Commission, the Polaroid Corporation and the New York Foundation for the Arts. In 2006 Umbrage Editions published his book, Ghosts in the Landscape: Vietnam Revisited. To learn more about Craig visit www.craigbarber.com

Please bring:  gloves, apron, watercolor paper (list of types provided upon registration), enlarged negatives, foam paint brush, small shot glass for mixing emulsions.

Class limit: 10
Tuition:
$325 / CPW members: $295
Lab fee:$45

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Joan Barker: Intro to Digital Photography

Sat-Sun July 17-18

Just getting started? Ready to go beyond snapshots? In this two-day, hands-on individualized workshop – limited to just seven participants –you will learn the basic foundations of digital photography and how to make a successful picture and digital print within a supportive environment.

An energetic and encouraging educator and photographer, Joan Barker will begin by helping you understand and feel comfortable with your digital camera. You will see inspiring examples of successful photographs and learn about the elements that help make a good picture including subject matter, light, texture, pattern and mood.  Joan will also conduct lessons on aperture, shutter speed, film types, exposure, depth of field, lighting, white balance and composition. Lenses and their characteristics, uploading files, image size and resolution, image adjustments and printing will also be included.  We will explore the technical and aesthetic possibilities of picture taking while on a photographic fieldtrip. Working with camera in hand, your view and understanding of the people, places and objects around you will be enhanced.

What begins this weekend may lead to a new career and/or almost certainly a life passion!  No previous experience necessary. For those with film background this class will allow you to better understand the photographic principals relative to both film & digital.

Students will have Canon digital SLR cameras available for use. You may also bring your own camera and camera manual.

JOAN BARKER is an independent photographer, artist and educator living in New Paltz, NY.  In her personal photography, Barker pushes limits and employs both traditional and experimental methods. Her wide breadth of knowledge spans a variety of camera formats, as well as traditional and alternative techniques. She completed her MFA in photography at SUNY New Paltz where she has been teaching for over ten years. Joan is the recipient of a NYFA Fellowship, The Village Voice Photography Grant and two CPW Fellowships. Her photographs have been featured nationally in one-person shows including OK Harris in NYC and Friends of Photography in San Francisco. Her work has been included in exhibits at the Photographers’ Gallery in London; Photohozos in Athens; Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY; Cooper Union, NYC; and the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY to name a few. Joan’s photographs are part of numerous collections including The Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, AZ, the New York Public Library in NYC and the Bibliotheque Nationale de France. Selected publications include the Chronicle for Higher Education, Independent on Sunday, London, UK, the New York Times, Photonews, Hamburg, Germany and Die Tageszeitung, Berlin, Germany. Her website is www.jbarkerimages.com.

Please bring:  A Digital SLR camera is required for this workshop- please no point & shoots! (If you don't have one, CPW has Canon digital SLRs available for loan), photos you have taken that you would like to share with class or that you have questions about are welcome, as are images by other photographers that you admire – from books or magazines.

Class limit: 7
Tuition: $255 / CPW members: $225

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Phil Mansfield: Intro to Photoshop for Photographers

Mondays & Wednesdays 11am-2pm,  
July 1
9, 21, 26 & 28

This workshop is the essential and exciting first step for anyone interested in jumping the digital divide and learning the basic digital darkroom techniques. Through demonstrations and hands-on exercises over the course of these four sessions held over a period of two weeks, you will be led step-by-step through the basics of Adobe Photoshop CS4.

Lessons will cover a range of topics including selections, layers, image modes, tonal and color correction, paths, filters/special effects and file formats (i.e. JPEG, TIFF). In addition, you will receive an overview on scanning film negatives & prints, ink jet printing, workflow, and the importance of color calibration technology.  All students will leave with a sound foundation, ready to move forward in the digital realm.

PHIL MANSFIELD joined the CPW staff as the Digital Lab Manager in the Spring 2008.  His photography has appeared in such publications as The New York Times, Psychology Today and Scholastic Magazine.  His photographs were recently featured in Eat Fresh Foods: Awesome Recipes for Teen Chefs, a children’s cookbook that was published by Bloomsbury.  To learn more about Phil visit www.philmansfield.com or check out his informative blog www.cpwdigitalkitchen.blogspot.com

Please bring:  a digital storage media device like CD’s, DVD’s, Thumb drives or an external hard drive
Class limit:
Tuition
: $255 / CPW members: $225
(lab fee included)

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Ed Kashi: Visual Storytelling in the Digital Age

Fri-Sun, July 23-25

The digital age is giving documentary photographers and photojournalists extraordinary new ways to tell stories. With these new tools for creating and disseminating our work, we can also exercise a greater level of narrative than ever before. Still, our heart, mind, and gut remain the most important tools we have and without an understanding of passionate storytelling, commitment to our subjects and a concern for making a difference, these new tools are rendered meaningless.

This workshop is for the serious amateur or professional who wants to gain a better understanding of storytelling, creating visual narrative, learning what new multi-media tools are available, how most effectively to utilize them, and how to finish a project and get it out into the world for others to see.

During these intensive three days, Ed Kashi will show how you can develop an idea, get funding, create access, determine your goals, and most importantly disseminate your work to create an impact on the subject, issue and hopefully society. Given the direction that editorial photography is moving, there has never been a greater need for the documentary photographer and photojournalist to be able to put a stamp on their work. This means establishing a mission and motivation to maintain a clear vision of what you will do with your work to create an impact. We will look at photographs, multimedia and short films to consider the range of opportunities out there at the moment. Students will have a day of shooting and then review, plus a group critique of each student's portfolio/essays during the workshop. The students will also spend a day with Julie Winokur, award winning multimedia producer and documentary filmmaker reviewing different multi-media editing techniques and tools.

Participants are expected to bring examples of photo essays, multimedia projects and/or proposals for projects they want to produce. The purpose of this workshop is to push you to complete projects or help you place their work on websites and in publications. You will leave this workshop with a better understanding of how to put a visual narrative together for both print and online formats, plus be inspired to be concerned visual storytellers.

ED KASHI is a photojournalist, filmmaker and educator dedicated to documenting the social and political issues that define our times. A sensitive eye and an intimate relationship to his subjects are the signatures of his work. Kashi’s complex imagery has been recognized for its compelling rendering of the human condition. Kashi’s images have been published and exhibited worldwide. His innovative approach to photography and film­making produced the Iraqi Kurdistan Flipbook. Using stills in a moving image format, this creative and thought-provoking form of visual storytelling has been shown in many film festivals and as part of a series of exhibitions on the Iraq War at The George Eastman House. Also, an eight-year personal project completed in 2003, Aging in America: The Years Ahead, created a traveling exhibition, an award-winning documentary film, a website and a book which was named one of the best photo books of 2003 by American Photo. Along with numerous awards, including honors from Pictures of the Year International, World Press Foundation, Communication Arts and American Photography, Kashi’s editorial assignments and personal projects have gen­erated six books. In 2008, Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta was published, and June 2009, saw the publication of Kashi’s latest book THREE, based on a series of triptychs culled from more than 20 years of image making.

In 2002, Kashi and his wife, writer / filmmaker Julie Winokur, founded Talking Eyes Media. The non-profit company has produced numerous short films and multimedia pieces that explore significant social issues. The first project resulted in a book and traveling exhibition on uninsured Americans called, Denied: The Crisis of America’s Uninsured. A one-hour documentary film pertaining to this crucial health care challenge is currently in production. To learn more visit www.edkashi.com.

Please bring: a digital camera, a portfolio of no more than 25 images but preferably also a photo essay or multimedia piece, either in progress or completed

Class limit: 15
Tuition: $425 / CPW members: $395

Public Lecture: Saturday July 24, 8pm

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Henry Horenstein: The Unseen Landscape

Sat-Sun, July 31 - August 1

CPW is honored to welcome renowned photographer and educator Henry Horenstein to lead this exciting 2-day workshop!  Are you looking to push your creative boundaries?  This workshop will guide students to explore their artistic potential while documenting the unseen and unusual landscape. Students will learn to transcend the stereotypical and explore the nature of a place on a new level. Traveling in small groups, participants will embark on field trips throughout Woodstock and its surrounding communities. Henry will accompany participants on daily excursions, working with you to reveal the essence of a place through frame, light, metaphors and lyricism. Participants will learn to use metaphors and symbolism within the frame to reveal their personal responses to the environments. Exploring the beautiful as well as the seemingly mundane to the untrained eye, participants will reveal the well-hidden cultural and historical landscape of upstate New York and its inhabitants.

On the first day of the workshop, we will investigate the natural and unnatural landscape of upstate New York State, looking to make photographs from the unexpected—highways, architecture, natural landscape, and the people who populate it. Expect a full day of shooting that goes into the evening.  Sunday will be spent looking at pictures. There will be a portfolio review of past work, as well as a critique of the work created on Saturday.

In the process, the class will examine natural interests and personal style, with an emphasis on lighting, framing, and whatever techniques are necessary to make pictures. In the unseen landscape, we might find historical or documentary meaning, or we might work more abstractly—towards metaphor, lyricism, or symbolism. The final results may be beautiful, mundane, or even unidentifiable.

HENRY HORENSTEIN was born in New Bedford, MA and studied history at the University of Chicago, before turning to photography. Horenstein earned his BFA and MFA from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 1971 and 1973 respectively, studying with Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind. His over 30 books include monographs (Animalia, Honky Tonk, Close Relations, Humans, Creatures, Aquatics, Canine, and Racing Days) and some of the most widely used instructional texts in the field (Black & White Photography, Beyond Basic Photography, Photography, and Color Photography). His most recent photographs, Show, about the worlds of burlesque, fetish, drag, and sideshow, was published this past year by Pond Press. A professor at Rhode Island School of Design, Horenstein lives and works in Boston, MA. To learn more about Henry visit www.horenstein.com.

Please bring: favorite camera, film or digital memory card, and a portfolio of 10-20 images. 

Class limit: 15 
Tuition: $325 / CPW members: $295

Public Lecture: Saturday July 31, 8pm

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Portia Munson: Scanner as Camera

Sat-Sun, July 31 - Aug. 1

Have you always wanted to use digital scanners to create artwork? In this workshop, you will learn how to use the flat-bed scanner as a tool for expressing your imagination. Portia will share her own techniques and extensive knowledge of color and composition. Instruction in basic digital scanning and Adobe Photoshop CS4 (as it pertains to scanning) will be included. Participants will be encouraged to experiment with the technology and to explore new ways of working with light, depth and perspective. 

You will be working directly on an Epson v700 Photo Scanner Dual flatbed scanner and 24” iMac computer to create your images. Sessions in image-making will be followed by group discussion and critiques. Projects will include collecting found objects to scan, experimenting with layering, pattern making, still life and collage.

All skill levels are welcome. Participants will be encouraged to experiment. Prior experience using a scanner is not necessary.

PORTIA MUNSON is a visual artist who works in a variety of media including installation, painting, photography & sculpture. She holds a BFA from Cooper Union and a MFA from Rutgers University and has taught at the Yale School of Art, Vassar College, SUNY Purchase, and Anderson Ranch.  Her solo shows include exhibitions at PPOW Gallery, Yoshii Gallery and White Columns in NYC among others. Her work has been exhibited throughout the US, Canada & Europe.  Munson has received fellowships from Yaddo, MacDowell, Skowhegan, Fine Arts Work Center Provincetown, Art Omi, and others. Her work has been reviewed and written about in many publication including The New York Times, Art in America, Newsweek, Harper’s, USA Today, The New Yorker, Flash Art and Artforum. Portia Munson lives in the Catskill Mountains of New York with her husband and their two children. To learn more visit www.portiamunson.com.

Please bring: objects to scan, storage device (thumb drive, CDs or external hard drive).

Class limit: 7  
Tuition: $325 / CPW members: $295

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