From: bjs@RUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Barry Sherman)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Re: Looking for Photography Workshops
Date: 15 Sep 92 19:44:48 GMT
Reply-To: bjs@RUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Barry Sherman)
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In article <1992Sep14.213123.28947@odin.corp.sgi.com> bongers@gto400.asd.sgi.com (Hans L. Bongers) writes:
Alexandria North asked:
> Does anyone know of any good Bay Area workshops or seminars on 
> photography? I'm not looking for photo basics; more like insights 
> into studio photography, portraiture, nature photography, etc.
> I'd prefer South Bay sources, but perhaps I can't be too picky.

and Hans Bongers replied:

>Try the "Center for Photographic Arts" in carmel.  They organize many
>workshops in the carmel/monterrey area (big Sur.. etc)

Other possibilities:

* UC Santa Cruz Extension offers a lot of different workshops both
  in the immediate bay area and all over the state

* The Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite, while not in the Bay Area, 
  offers several of workshops throughout the year.  Naturally they're 
  more of the nature photography genre than portrait.  You can
  get their number through directory assistance.

* Charles Cramer, an outstanding color landscape photographer, 
  Cibachrome, color-negative and b/w printer and dye-transfer printer 
  offers weekend-long workshops in Yosemite in the fall and in the 
  spring.  He also teaches a workshop through the Ansel Adams Gallery 
  in Yosemite on contrast masking for Cibachrome printing.  (I'll
  be attending this one in November.)  I can get his phone number
  if anyone wants.

* You might visit a camera club.  They often have brochures for local
  workshops available for the asking.  (I can give directions on how
  to get to a meeting of my camera club in San Jose for anyone who's 
  interested.)

* Look in the photo mags.  I'm quite sure that Camera and Darkroom,
  Darkroom and Creative Camera Techniques and Outdoor Photographer 
  all have listings of workshops nation-wide in most issues.  Don't
  bother looking in Popular Photography.

* Many other top landscape photographers live near here - John Sexton
  Morley Baer and Henry Gilpin come to mind immediately.  They all
  give workshops, often through the Center for Photographic Arts 
  and/or UC Santa Cruz.  There's also an outstanding portrait 
  photographer whose name escapes me who gives workshops through
  UC Santa Cruz.  I've heard both her work and her workshops praised 
  highly, although she's somewhat not-traditional in her approach.  
  She uses black and white, a couple of simple photo-floods  and
  just asks people to wear what they're most comfortable wearing.
  I hear that her work is suberb.

Good luck - I wish I had more money and time for workshops!

Barry
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