Sun Jan 24 - Mon Jan 25 - Rescheduled - TBA -- Classic Zone System Photography - Master the Art of Traditional B&W Negatives and Prints - with Stephen Brownlee

Learn the basics of the B&W Zone System, the system described and refined by Ansel Adams, for producing the highest quality gelatin-silver photographic images. Thirty-eight year photography veteran and master printer Stephen Brownlee teaches the language of seeing and the techniques of reproducing the tonalities of reflected light with beautiful, traditional silver-based films and papers. This 2-day course covers every step from optimal metering and capture, personal film speeds and processing to bringing out the image in the darkroom on fine archivally-toned papers. Just bring yourself and a film camera with manual settings. Amateurs to professionals welcome.

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Sat Feb 6 - Capture, Tweak, & Print Workshop! – with Harris Fogel

“Digital technologies have unleashed a newfound ability to create images that embrace the passion at the core of the photographic aesthetic since its creation. Though the learning curve can be frustrating, the amount of creative control we have is staggering, as are our options and approaches!” says Harris Fogel, internationally acclaimed digital photography mastermind. He’ll discuss image capture, the role of color management and profiling from capture through development and printing, and how to best optimize work for export and printing. Using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 for digital workflow, he’ll explain and illustrate image formats and how they impact your work, and explore the use of software and hardware to help achieve the best image quality. This is definitely a double shot of Espresso workshop! – Just bring your camera.

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Sat Feb 27 - Basic Orientation for Traditional and Digital Darkroom Printing

Basics and refresher classes for beginners and "rusty" printers with Jeani Elbaum, Jenny Duffy and Sonya Jilani from the TPPS Lab.

SPC and the TPPS lab offer these three basic level ½ day workshops on making photographic prints regularly throughout the year. Instruction includes how to make traditional color or traditional B&W prints from negatives in the traditional photography darkroom, and how to make great prints from your digital images using our digital lab and color profiling software. Students will gain skills to make their own prints at The Photographer’s Print Studio lab in traditional, digital, B&W and color formats. Our lab is the only resource in the Southeast that offers this full range of service to all photographers!

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Sun Mar 7 - Photoshop - From Capture to Print - with David Goldsmith

Explore and utilize some of the powerful ways afforded by Photoshop, the “digital darkroom”, with David Goldsmith. Employ Camera Raw’s new and powerful Adjustment Brush for creative local editing. Channels and Masks, and learn to adjust contrast; brightness; tonality; color; and virtually all of the other visual parameters of the creative image. These changes will be examined in conjunction with a look at color profiles and soft proofing. Great for fast-track beginners to advanced amateur photographers.

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Sat Mar 20 - Lighting and the Art of Portraits on Location - with JD Scott, JD Scott Photography

*JD was called on assignment to Africa during this workshop and it will be rescheduled, please stay tuned* Accomplished editorial assignment photographer JD Scott will take you step by step in working to find “the shot” and how to build a memorable image with lighting and other professional techniques in real world location settings. This session looks at the basics for creatively controlling the production of a well-lit portrait using minimal and easily portable equipment. For aspiring assignment photographers and those wishing to make meaningful location portraits.

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Sun Mar 21 - Basic Orientation for Traditional and Digital Darkroom Printing

Basics and refresher classes for beginners and "rusty" printers with Jeani Elbaum, Jenna Duffy and Sonya Jilani from the TPPS Lab.

SPC and the TPPS lab offer these three basic level ½ day workshops on making photographic prints regularly throughout the year. Instruction includes how to make traditional color or traditional B&W prints from negatives in the traditional photography darkroom, and how to make great prints from your digital images using our digital lab and color profiling software. Students will gain skills to make their own prints at The Photographer’s Print Studio lab in traditional, digital, B&W and color formats. Our lab is the only resource in the Southeast that offers this full range of service to all photographers!

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Fri Mar 26 - Sun Mar 28 - Sapelo Island, Georgia's Atlantic Coast - with Kathryn Kolb

Hone your artful editorial, nature or fine art photography skills in the beautiful wilderness setting of one of Georgia’s Atlantic barrier islands - Sapelo. Students will have the opportunity to photograph pristine beaches, maritime forest, coastal marsh and swamp, historic buildings and ruins, from an ancient native American site to the 19/20th century RJ Reynolds mansion and grounds. Students will experience both group and independent shooting time, and nature fine art and environmental photographer Kathryn Kolb takes time with each student in the field to help him/her achieve their desired rendering of particular landscapes and landscape details. Will Berson, of Georgia Conservancy is host and guide.

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Sat Apr 10 - Lightroom Photography Management and Processing System - Introducing Lightroom V3 - with Judith Pishnery, Pisconeri Studios

Develop your photographs with precise, easy-to-use tools for globally correcting white balance, exposure, tone curves, lens distortion, and color casts; work with presets (and create your own); create catalogs and work with “collections” to organize your images by client, topic, portfolio, or any criteria you want. Designed for intermediate and professional photographers -- this class is a must for anyone needing to efficiently process and organize images!

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Sat Apr 17 - Basic Orientation for Traditional and Digital Darkroom Printing

Basics and refresher classes for beginners and "rusty" printers with Jeani Elbaum, Jenna Duffy and Sonya Jilani from the TPPS Lab.

SPC and the TPPS lab offer these three basic level ½ day workshops on making photographic prints regularly throughout the year. Instruction includes how to make traditional color or traditional B&W prints from negatives in the traditional photography darkroom, and how to make great prints from your digital images using our digital lab and color profiling software. Students will gain skills to make their own prints at The Photographer’s Print Studio lab in traditional, digital, B&W and color formats. Our lab is the only resource in the Southeast that offers this full range of service to all photographers!

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Sat Apr 24 - Wildflower Walk at Serenbe with Macro - with Kathryn Kolb and Donna Rosser

Learn about wildflowers while photographing them for the Serenbe Wildlife and Botanical Inventory with natural subjects photographer Kathryn Kolb and photographer/photography instructor Donna Rosser who gives orientation on easy to use macro photography field techniques. Photographers will learn about the accessories they may use to take excellent macro photographs, including extension tubes, close-up diopters, reversing rings and more. You may even discover that your best macro lens is a point and shoot camera! This is an SPC “Eye on the World” workshop.

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Sat May 1 - Studio Portrait Lighting - with Billy Howard, Billy Howard Photography

Learn a variety of professional techniques for creating & controlling light in the studio environment to make the most compelling portrait of your subject. Master “people” photographer Billy Howard shows how to put your subject at ease, how to use a variety of both low- and high-tech lighting strategies to create a variety of moods that help tell the story and highlight the personality of your subject. Includes classroom instruction in the morning and “real world” shoot with models of character in studio environment in the afternoon.

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Sat May 8 - Flint River with Georgia Conservancy - with Peter Essick

Work with National Geographic environmental photographer Peter Essick on a day trip to the Flint River in May to catch the blooming of the endangered Shoals Spider Lilly at Sprewell Bluff. This beautiful forest and river corridor could be lost if recent efforts to dam a 50-mile stretch of the Flint south of Atlanta are successful. Essick shares his approach to bringing a compelling story home in images, from becoming educated the issues to technical photographic expertise – all a part of making a meaningful shot under assignment conditions. This workshop is a part of SPC’s “Eye on the World” series, and your photographs could be selected to help Georgia Conservancy in their efforts to stop the proposed damming of the Georgia’s Flint River, home to many of President Franklin Delanor Roosevelt’s favorite fishing spots and listed at #2 of the top ten most- endangered rivers in the US. This is an SPC “Eye on the World” workshop.

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Sun May 16 - Alternative Photographic Processes - with Sonya Jilani

Alternative processes can change the look and feel of your images. Includes instruction Van Dyke Brown, Tintype, and Salted Paper process, & mixing light sensitive chemicals and creating their own paper. For amateurs to professionals.

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Sat May 22 - Beginning Work as a Photojournalist - with Greg Newington, Greg Newington Photography

Internationally known photojournalist and “Aussie” photographer Greg Newington offers aspiring photojournalists the theory, history and ethics of photojournalism as well as practice assignments (with deadlines!) in Serenbe Community, with a focus on how to publish students’ work to build portfolios--plus many interesting anecdotes from his own adventurous career! A high-powered workshop, great for those wishing to get a start in journalism-type photography.

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Sat Jun 5 - Vintage Plate Collodion for the Contemporary Photographer

Todd Vinson leads this intensive hands-on workshop to introduce students to the mid-19th century wet plate collodion photographic process - with a contemporary twist. Students will create images on glass (ambrotypes) and metal (tintypes) using both modern and vintage photographic equipment provided. In addition to learning how to prepare expose, develop, and varnish plates, students will also be shown how to make fine art digital prints from their collodion plates. This workshop will be filmed for Georgia Public Television, so you may appear on "the other side" of the camera during this workshop!

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Fri Jun 11 - Beginning HD video with your Canon DSLR

Instructors, Dave Gallagher and Drew MacCallum take you step-by-step thru all you need to know to get the best results with the latest DSLR's with incredible new features like HD video capture. Now that I have it, how do I set it up and use it? What accessories should I use to get the best out of my system? What do I "dolly" and "follow focus"? What do I do with it when I am done capturing? This beginner's class will cover the basics of this new technology and let you use new tools that will raise the quality of your final product. Sponsored by Capture Integration

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Sat Jun 19 - Lightroom Photography Management and Processing System - Introducing Lightroom V3 - with Judith Pishnery, Pisconeri Studios

Develop your photographs with precise, easy-to-use tools for globally correcting white balance, exposure, tone curves, lens distortion, and color casts; work with presets (and create your own); create catalogs and work with “collections” to organize your images by client, topic, portfolio, or any criteria you want. Designed for intermediate and professional photographers -- this class is a must for anyone needing to efficiently process and organize images!

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Fri Jun 25 - Sat Jun 26 - Behind the Scenes at Serenbe A Documentary Approach - with Marilyn Suriani

World class documentary, editorial and fine art photographer, Marilyn Suriani, begins this workshop with discussion and review of students' work in order to better guide photographers through the documentary process. Steve Nygren, visionary and driving force behind Serenbe Community will meet with students to share his insight, vision, and passion about the Serenbe experience. We'll have dinner and conversation Friday evening at Serenbe's Hil Restaurant. Student photographs could be selected for use for Serenbe website or other Serenbe publications (with credit). Workshop fee includes dinner (Fri), breakfast, lunch (Sat), & lodging.

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Sun Jun 27 - Basic Orientation for Traditional and Digital Darkroom Printing

Basics and refresher classes for beginners and "rusty" printers with Jeani Elbaum, Jenna Duffy and Sonya Jilani from the TPPS Lab.

SPC and the TPPS lab offer these three basic level ½ day workshops on making photographic prints regularly throughout the year. Instruction includes how to make traditional color or traditional B&W prints from negatives in the traditional photography darkroom, and how to make great prints from your digital images using our digital lab and color profiling software. Students will gain skills to make their own prints at The Photographer’s Print Studio lab in traditional, digital, B&W and color formats. Our lab is the only resource in the Southeast that offers this full range of service to all photographers!

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Wed Jul 7 - Thu Jul 8 - Photography Business Intensive - with Judith Pishnery, Pisconeri Studios

This workshop will be rescheduled date to be announced.

Seasoned professional photographer Judith Pishnery leads an essential and comprehensive 2-day workshop on the business of photography. She covers specific business practices unique to the photography industry, including: essential forms and contracts, how to charge for your work, basics of running a small business, marketing and advertising techniques, insurance, copyright and continues through to managerial accounting and tax issues. Pishnery bring a wealth of personal experience with a wide range of clients to this popular workshop. Each student also receives a comprehensive 300+page workbook with industry specific handouts, resources, and more. For the emerging pro photographer.

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Sat Jul 10 - Defining Your Vision as a Documentary Photographer - with Billy Howard, Billy Howard Photography

Throughout his career, international documentary photographer Billy Howard has accomplished many documentary photography projects, many of which have been published in book form. In this workshop Howard helps each student work though the process of first choosing a viable documentary project -- how to get started, where to look for funding, and possible venues for exhibition or publication. The afternoon session is devoted to documentary photo shoots at Serenbe with "real people" models.

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Sun Jul 11 - Flora and Fauna of Serenbe

Walk with photographer and naturalist Kathryn Kolb and/or other nature photographers and naturalists. Learn about the native flora and fauna of Serenbe’s 1000 acre tract of Georgia Piedmont landscape while learning to take expert photographs of various species. Morning features walk and identifying interesting species and perspectives; afternoon features shooting and instructor spends time with each student individually working in the field. Student’s photography may be used to illustrate the Serenbe Wildlife and Botanical Inventory. This is an SPC “Eye on the World” workshop.

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Mon Jul 19 - Fri Jul 23 - Photography Summer Camp for Kids

SPC's Photography Camp for Kids helps children gain an overall knowledge of the technique and art of photography through a general understanding of the camera, light, composition and other photographic principles. Children will learn about 35 mm and 120 mm color/black and white film formats with traditional darkroom printing, as well as digital photography and printing. Each day provides a specific photographic activity including collage, alternative processes, nature and documentary photography that will engage students’ artistic eye, while teaching them the technical fundamentals. We’ll develop a dialogue about art through constructive discussion, and create a portfolio of images from the week’s work to understand the start-to-finish process of making art. At the end of the week campers will display their "first photography portfolio" at a celebratory exhibition for family and friends.



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Sat Jul 31 - The Dawson Forest with Georgia Conservancy - with Kathryn Kolb

Work in the field with accomplished nature and environmental photographer Kathryn Kolb, to create beautiful and meaningful images of Georgia’s Dawson Forest, a 10,000 acre tract containing several federally endangered species. Shoal Creek, Amicalola Creek and the Etowah River all run through this forest, which is currently owned by City of Atlanta. Learn about the values and threats to this little-known natural treasure just north of Atlanta, and learn how to best tell it’s story through your images, which could be selected by Georgia Conservancy to help advocate for its protection. We’ll consider how to convey the qualitative character of our forest, as well as practical ways to work with varying lighting and field conditions. Digital and film photographers welcome. This is an SPC "Eye on the World" workshop.

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Mon Aug 2 - Fri Aug 6 - Photography Summer Camp - Week 2

Notice: This session has been postponed due to a medical emergency in the camp leader's family

SPC's Photography Camp helps children gain an overall knowledge of the technique and art of photography through a general understanding of the camera, light, composition and other photographic principles. Children will learn about 35 mm and 120 mm color/black and white film formats with traditional darkroom printing, as well as digital photography and printing. Each day provides a specific photographic activity including collage, alternative processes, nature and documentary photography that will engage students’ artistic eye, while teaching them the technical fundamentals. We’ll develop a dialogue about art through constructive discussion, and create a portfolio of images from the week’s work to understand the start-to-finish process of making art.

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Sat Aug 14 - Have You Tried the Lensbaby - with Donna Rosser

Photographer and photography instructor Donna Rosser gives hands-on training with the various qualities of one of the most versatile mood creating tools a photographer can own – the Lens Baby. This lens gives you the ability to bend the light, blur and slur images, and select the sweet spot of focus whether you are taking a portrait, landscape, or macro image. Not only is the lens a selective focus lens – it contains an optic swap system that will allow the photographer to take photos as if she had a zone plate, pinhole, or plastic optic camera. Students will have the opportunity to use a lens on a Nikon or Canon mount and view images via projector during the class.

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Thu Aug 19 - Lights, Camera, Capture! Creating the Light You Want Using Small Portable Strobes - with Canon Explorer of Light Bob Davis

Canon Explorer of Light, Bob Davis, literally "enlightens" in his fascinating talk and demonstration on using creative lighting with small portable strobes. Learn these dynamic techniques with one of the most creative wedding photographers in the industry today!

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Sat Aug 21 - How to Publish Your Own Photography Book - with Laurie Shock, Shock Design Books

You can do it! -- with this comprehensive primer workshop: all you need to know about publishing & self-publishing by Laurie Shock, of Shock Design Books. With over 20 years of experience in book design and publishing, Shock addresses the details and options available in today’s publishing world including, traditional publishing, finding an agent, self-publishing, editing and layout, finding quality vendors, budgets, and marketing. Each student will receive a take-home booklet prepared by Laurie Shock especially for this workshop, which in addition to covering class topics in-depth, contains list of specific resources.

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Sun Aug 22 - Train Your Vision for Better Photos- Your Camera Will Follow

No matter what type of camera you use, veteran photographer Tom England presents concepts pertaining to composition, lighting, depth of field, shooting angles and leading lines that will help you MAKE better photographs.

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Sat Aug 28 - Serenbe Walk, Shoot, Print! - our apologies - this event has been post-poned to 2011

Make photographs during a walking tour through Serenbe Community with Judith Pishnery, Pisconeri Studios, in the morning, and in the afternoon, print your work at the SPC printing lab. Pishnery helps you through each step of the process from composition to technical capture techniques and on to achieving the best print from your digital image. Each student will leave class with a print of their day’s work. Great for beginning to intermediate digital photographers.

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Sat Sep 11 - Sun Sep 12 - Hands On Architectural Lighting - with Jeffrey Jacobs

In this 2-day in-depth workshop, internationally acclaimed architectural photographer Jeffrey Jacobs will share extensive details of how he lights and captures the architectural images that have garnered recognition worldwide. The workshop will be a mix of classroom and location settings with Jeffrey teaching his process on an actual shoot. The classroom session will cover the equipment used, technical training, and information on job planning. Then you’ll light an actual home at Serenbe with Jeffrey. Plan on getting your hands dirty as you work with the crew in the process of creating an image. You will be a part of the creation from beginning to end in these two information packed days. This workshop should not be missed. Best for professionals or serious amateurs. Sponsored by Capture Integration.

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Sat Sep 18 - Basic Orientation for Traditional and Digital Darkroom Printing

Basics and refresher classes for beginners and "rusty" printers led by instructors from the SPC lab.

SPC and the TPPS lab offer these three basic level ½ day workshops on making photographic prints regularly throughout the year. Instruction includes how to make traditional color or traditional B&W prints from negatives in the traditional photography darkroom, and how to make great prints from your digital images using our digital lab and color profiling software. Students will gain skills to make their own prints at The Photographer’s Print Studio lab in traditional, digital, B&W and color formats. Our lab is the only resource in the Southeast that offers this full range of service to all photographers!

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Sat Sep 18 - High Dynamic Range (HDR) - When, Where, How presented by John Mariana and Roy Gordon

Class - 3 1/2 hours of instruction and student participation

John and Roy are very experienced photographers who have won numerous awards. This is a hands-on workshop for those wanting to learn to capture and process digital images where the contrast range is very wide.

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Sun Sep 19 - Train Your Vision for Better Photos- Your Camera Will Follow

No matter what type of camera you use, veteran photographer Tom England presents concepts pertaining to composition, lighting, depth of field, shooting angles and leading lines that will help you MAKE better photographs.

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Fri Sep 24 - Sun Sep 26 - The Narrative Nude - with Benita Carr

Nationally recognized fine art photographer and photography educator Benita Carr, leads this workshop focusing on creating portraiture using the body and nude as an expressive tool to convey an idea, emotion and sense of inner being. Employing the use of narrative, the goal is to render the body a more complex visual dynamic than just pure shape and form, conveying a story about the interior of the person that wears it. Various camera techniques, photographic strategies, and locations will be demonstrated and explored in order to go beyond the classical nude study and into the realm of visual narrative. The workshop begins on Friday evening with a survey and discussion of portraiture and the nude in photographic history by independent curator, scholar, writer, lecturer and critic on art history and the photographic arts, Susan Todd-Raque. also see Dinner and Dialogue with Susan Todd-Raque Sept 24

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Sat Oct 2 - Good Things in Small Packages - Macro Photography Techniques for the Backyard Safari - with Nancy Lowe and John Pickering

Learn to optimize your camera’s macro capabilities to take sharp photographs of very small living things – this is nature photography up close and personal! Bring your professional camera rig and tripod, your point-and-shoot camera (or whatever you have) and we’ll show you how to optimize it for macro nature photography. Instructors Nancy Lowe and John Pickering are both excellent naturalists, so after you learn how to optimize your camera for macro, the instructors will then impart to you what to watch for in nature. Zoom in to the backyard dramas that play out every day between pollinators and their predators, plant eating insects and the hunters they must escape, the secret lives of lichens and fungi that lurk among the leaf litter, and other small and beautiful intrigues of the field and forest! This is an SPC "Eye on the World" workshop.

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Sat Oct 9 - Fine Art Digital B&W printing using Piezography – Mark Maio

Learn step by step how to print your B&W digital images for museum collections (or just for your own living room) with master digital printer Mark Maio, founder of Digital Imaging Institute for Science and Medicine. Participants in this workshop will learn how to craft B&W photographic prints with a classic fine-art aesthetic, using digital tools and the Piezography printing process. This course will address input procedures, both capture and scanning, color/tone management, monitors, the Piezography ink system, printing papers, and how this all applies to museum quality, fine art digital B&W output. Knowledge of Photoshop required.

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Sat Oct 16 - SPC 1rst Annual Open Photography Competition

Join us for SPC”S 1rst annual photography “open” competition, in scavenger hunt format. Individuals, teams of friends or colleagues, as well as photography clubs and other groups are invited to compete! Includes presentation of the day’s results by panel of judges with awards presented to top three contestants!

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Sun Oct 17 - Basic Orientation for Traditional and Digital Darkroom Printing

Basics and refresher classes for beginners and "rusty" printers led by SPC Instructors.

SPC and the TPPS lab offer these three basic level ½ day workshops on making photographic prints regularly throughout the year. Instruction includes how to make traditional color or traditional B&W prints from negatives in the traditional photography darkroom, and how to make great prints from your digital images using our digital lab and color profiling software. Students will gain skills to make their own prints at The Photographer’s Print Studio lab in traditional, digital, B&W and color formats. Our lab is the only resource in the Southeast that offers this full range of service to all photographers!

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Thu Oct 21 - Digital Photography for Beginners with Donna Rosser (part1)

For four Thursdays beginning in October(21, 28) and November(4, 11) take your camera off of auto and learn about aperture and shutter speed. See what changing ISO, white balance, and exposure value can do for you. Taking control of your camera gives you more artistic freedom to create the images you are looking for. Also included in this series of classes is information on gear; lenses, filters, etc. and how to compose for more interest.

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Sat Oct 23 - Sun Oct 24 - Platinum and Palladium Printing - with Frank Hunter

In this comprehensive hands-on two-day workshop, master B&W fine art photographer and printer Frank Hunter works with images from both traditional negatives and digital files, covering optimal capture, making and/or converting to high quality digital negatives, coating, drying and exposing paper to create a museum-quality, heirloom platinum/palladium print of students’ images. Each student leaves class with at least one fine art platinum/palladium print of their work.

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Sat Oct 23 - Public Art and Photography – A Workshop and Panel Discussion

Lisa Tuttle leads this discussion of many innovative and successful ways photography can be used in public art projects - from inspiring examples to suggested approaches to your projects. Co-presented by Fulton County Public Art Program and the Foundation Center-Atlanta.

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Fri Oct 29 - Sun Oct 31 - Pinpoint & Sandfly African American Heritage Coastal Communities with Georgia Conservancy - with JD Scott, JD Scott Photography

limited 8-10 students
Pinpoint and Sandfly are historic African American small-town communities near Savannah, Georgia, currently at risk from regional growth and development pressures. Georgia Conservancy works to protect these and other threatened communities throughout Georgia through their Blueprints for Successful Communities Program. Accomplished documentary and editorial photographer JD Scott works with students in real world assignment settings with community leaders and other residents to create meaningful photographic images that tell the story of people and place. These photographs will record and preserve the cultural heritage of Pinpoint and Sandfly, many of whose residents trace their ancestry through Georgia’s coastal Gullah/Gechee culture. Students’ photographs may be selected to be used by Georgia Conservancy to advocate for the protection of these communities or in a documentary photography exhibit. This is an SPC “Eye on the World” workshop.

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Sat Nov 6 - Fall Colors in the Chattahoochee Hill Country - with Peter Essick

Join National Geographic photographer Peter Essick for a seasonal photo tour of the beautiful Chattahoochee Hill countryside in and near Serenbe Community. This is an SPC “Eye on the World” workshop.

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Sat Nov 13 - Photographic Imagery & the Art of Mixed Media - with Mary Warren and Marilyn Suriani

Limit 10
Accomplished artist-photographers, Marilyn Suriani and Mary Warren join creative forces to expand your visual possibilities. Learn a variety of highly creative techniques in addition to discussing theory in taking your photographs to the next level of meaning and resonance through unusual blending of media. Use acrylic paint and gel mediums, collage, image transfer, ageing and crackling and more to re-interpret the image with a painter’s vision serving as a conduit to relate universal symbolism. “Please join us in the exploration of visual conversation -- All that is needed is several images printed on any surface, and an open mind.” – M & M

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Sat Nov 20 - Basic Orientation for Traditional and Digital Darkroom Printing

Basics and refresher classes for beginners and "rusty" printers led by instructors from the SPC lab.

SPC and the TPPS lab offer these three basic level ½ day workshops on making photographic prints regularly throughout the year. Students will gain skills to make their own prints at The Photographer’s Print Studio lab in traditional, digital, B&W and color formats. Instruction includes how to make traditional color or traditional B&W prints from negatives in the traditional photography darkroom, and how to make great prints from your digital images using our digital lab and color profiling software. Our lab is the only resource in the Southeast that offers this full range of service to all photographers!

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