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Wet Plate Collodion Course

Penumbra Foundation

Wet plate collodion was the leading method of photography during the 1850’s and 1860’s. This course is designed for students who want to learn the techniques behind the wet plate collodion process, as well as those who strive to develop a body of work in this unique process. The wet plate process is most commonly known in its three forms – tintypes (positives on tin), ambrotypes (positives on glass), and glass negatives (negatives on glass)....

(8) Beginner 18 and older
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Advanced Seven Week Wet Plate Workshop

Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY

This seven week advanced wet plate class will be a portfolio-building class for students who want to further their craft and dialogue with the wet plate process. Critiques will be held weekly, and students will have ample time during class to be working independent projects. All participants will be granted full access to workshop chemicals, cameras, and enlargers to create their bodies of work using the wet plate process during the workshop. ...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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$950

7 sessions

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Product Photography and Lighting - Shiny and Reflective

UrbanGlass @ 647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY

Photographing your work can often be the missing link between making inspiring objects and actually showing them to anyone. Of course, it would be nice to have someone do it for you, but if you can coherently document your own work it opens up an easy channel from being productive in the studio to sharing your work digitally.  In two days, class will experiment with different approaches to lighting, camera setup, and set design with a focus...

(53) All levels 18 and older
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$375

2 sessions

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Photo Critique

PhotoUno Photography School

Making sense of your photographs. Take advantage of this great opportunity to share your favorite photographs with Patricia (PhotoUno's founder) and get her builds. One of the best ways to continue to improve your photography is by sharing your work with other people that can help you see things from a different point of view. The process of sharing your images with others allows you to see your work through the lens of other people. It’s eye...

(322) All levels 18 and older
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Wayfinding: Navigating the Physical and Graphic Space

Penumbra Foundation

Wayfinding: Navigating the Physical and Graphic Space of the Photobook It is not uncommon for a photographer or artist to have the desire to apply their images into the book format, but where do we begin this process? Further still, once we have created a layout, how do we go about printing and producing that which we see on the screen into a physical book?  Often daunting and confusing, knowing where to start can be paralyzing for many who...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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Strategies for the Photobook

Penumbra Foundation

Despite our digitized world—or maybe because of it—the photographic book is considered by many to be the optimal way to experience photographs. As something to hold and behold, the photobook is both visual and tactile. It occupies a conceptual and physical space while eliciting a deep sensory engagement.  This course is intended for any photographer who wants to acquire strategies for editing and compiling a body of photographs into a...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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Introductory Seven Weeks of Wet Plate

Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY

Attendees will take a comprehensive approach to the collodion process and its effective practice by the modern-day photographer. Its practitioners effectively make their own film through the coating of a metal plate with the collodion substrate, sensitizing it in a solution of silver nitrate, and exposing this plate in-camera while still wet. Hence its commonly known name “wet plate”. This seven week course is designed for those who want to...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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$800

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Inkjet Layering Over 19th Century Processes

Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY

This unique workshop will blend together inkjet printing with layering 19th century processes onto of the inkjet print. This technique is very unique, as you can manipulate color, tone and tint your blacks depending on what process you put over it. Using this technique will give you almost limitless possibilities while having the option to keep your original images in color.  We will be printing images digitally and making digital negatives...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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$495

2 sessions

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Experimental Digital Techniques

Penumbra Foundation

The combination of digital and analog techniques has become increasingly more popular, but have you ever wondered how to blend both mediums while furthering your exploration of color, texture and substrates? In two days, Morgan Post will expand your thinking on both digital and analog photography. You will explore different surfaces to print on such as metal and glass. The topics that will be covered include: Inkjet layering over analog processes...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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Five Days of Alternative Process

Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY

Are you seeking a hands-on photographic experience using historic 19th-century processes? Each day, students will engage with the chemistry and the materials.  Among the processes you’ll learn in this class are: Cyanotype Albumen Collodio-Chloride Kallitype & others! Different toning options and techniques will be demonstrated and discussed. Students will be contact printing, which requires a large format or digital negative. Digital...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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$1,125

5 sessions

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Cyanotype

Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY

Cyanotype, a ferro-prussiate process is a photographic process known for its blue color. It was famously used by a pioneer in photography, Anna Atkins who is often coined the first female photographer. Attendees will learn the history, chemistry mixing and coating techniques for making their own cyanotypes. Welcome to both beginners and those looking to get a refresher/refine skill set. WHAT’S INCLUDED/WHAT TO BRING: All materials are provided...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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$245
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Introduction to Lighting

Penumbra Foundation

Hosted in our north light studio, this workshop will introduce photographers to the fundamentals of lighting and provide an overview of the three basic qualities of light: hard light, diffused light and reflected light. Through hands-on demonstrations and shooting, students will learn how to see and work with the direction and quality of light, including both artificial and daylight sources. Students will also shoot with lighting equipment including...

(8) Beginner 18 and older
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Eight Weeks of Alternative Process

Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY

Want to learn a range of new and fun photo processes, but you are unsure which one you want to learn and explore? Do you have a project in mind but are unsure how to manifest it in print or capture? During this eight-week workshop, students will learn the basics of a range of alternative photographic print and lens-based techniques. The course typically covers four to eight processes with many variations. Processes covered in previous sessions...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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$1,275

8 sessions

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Intro to Strobe for Wet Plate

Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY

Learn how to bring instant illumination to your wet plate collodion photography with this introductory workshop. Discover the power and creative possibilities of strobe lighting and gain practical skills in portrait and still-life lighting techniques. Enhance your practice and make stunning images with the help of powerful yet economical strobes and light modifiers.

(8) All levels 18 and older
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$875

2 sessions

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City Safari Photography

New York City College of Technology @ 25 Chapel St, Brooklyn, NY

This course will provide students with a one-hour lecture on techniques as well as student photo critiques followed by a two hour field exploration of Dumbo, the Brooklyn Waterfront, the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Chinatown, and the High Line. The renown instructor Melody Reed will demonstrate ways to edit and improve photos through the use of Photoshop. Students will create an instagram Portfolio. The cameras utilized will be DSLR, IPhone,...

(106) All levels 18 and older
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$215

3 sessions

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Large Format in Central Park

Penumbra Foundation @ 36 E 30th St, New York, NY

Rediscover Central Park, one of the most widely photographed parks in New York history! On this day trip, participants will be using 4x5" cameras to gain experience taking photos in the field and properly expose, compose and take full advantage of large format film. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own gear, and are welcome to ask questions in order to create a sustainable workflow to fulfill their personal practice.

(8) All levels 18 and older
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$295
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All Day Darkroom/Alternative Process (Hudson Valley)

Digital Photo Academy @ TBA, New York, NY

Come to the Digital Photo Academy Headquarters and stay a day or longer. There are 4 separate bedrooms and a full darkroom for film loyalist and renown photographer, Jill Enfield teaches workshops here. Of course we will not ever forget the digital loyalists either. We have several teachers who can lead on-site workshops across the street at Algonquin Park, noted for its storied past as a gunpowder mill during the Civil War. Many other lovely photo...

(146) All levels 15 and older
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$545
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Intro to Wet Plate with Em White

Penumbra Foundation

In this weekend workshop, students will learn one of the earliest photographic processes, wet-plate collodion. This process enables one to make images start to finish completely by hand— students will learn to prep plates, mix chemistry, properly expose and process images. While many instructors emphasize the technical potential of this process, White's approach values experimentation and physical interventions in the creation of an image. This...

(8) Beginner 18 and older
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On Camera Flash

PhotoUno Photography School

How many of you haven't been blinded by your camera flash? And when you see your photos your subject is too bright, even pale? Even though it might not always seem so On Camera Flash is a very useful tool to have, but only if you know how to use it. In this workshop you will learn how to use your flash properly so that it helps you and not work against you. You will learn how to use flash indoors and outdoors, how to strengthen and weaken your...

(322) Beginner 19 and older
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Cyanotype Filmmaking on 16mm Motion Picture Film

Penumbra Foundation

Learn how to adopt the traditional cyanotype process to adhere to motion picture film base to set your photograms and contact prints in motion! In this 2 day workshop, participants will mix their own cyanotype solution, prep a BW print stock and coat 16mm film with the solution in order to create short 16mm cyanotype films. The first session we’ll mix, prep and coat the material. Then, while the material is drying, each participant will have...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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