International Center for Photography
Beijing Behind the Scenes, July 5 to 15
In collaboration with Three Shadows Photography Center and ICP, I'm offering a photography workshop in Beijing.
Explore Chinese culture through your photography. Join me for a behind-the-scenes, upclose and personal tour of Beijing, an urban
powerhouse and city of many charms. Our host, the Three Shadows Photography Art Center, is a contemporary gallery and research institute devoted to photography as a fine art. We will visit
Beijing's art districts, galleries, and studios, enjoy the city's cafés, bookstores, and art-related events, and attend guest lectures by Chinese artists and curators. All the while, we will be using our picture-making skills to engage what we are learning and seeing. The trip includes must-see city highlights and cultural outings to the Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Houhai Lake District, Olympic Village, and, of course, a stroll through the Forbidden City, the onceexclusive imperial residence and the heart of the empire for 500 years. We will walk through Tiananmen Square, built on the orders of Mao Zedong and perhaps the largest public plaza in the world. Our itinerary includes a day excursion to the 2,000-year-old Great Wall.
See the education catalog for more information: ICP Summer Courses.
Photography One: Digital, August 2 to 6, 10am to 5pm
This course introduces beginners to the creative and technical possibilities of digital photography. Through demonstrations and hands-on sessions, students learn the basics of using cameras and imaging software to produce digital photographs. Topics include camera operation, shutter speed, aperture, focal length, RAW file formats, white balance, and composition. Using Adobe Lightroom, students learn file management, image enhancement, and printing. Lectures on historical and contemporary artwork explore creative approaches to photography, and assignments build photographic skill sets. prerequisite: Macintosh literacy or Macintosh Basics (free of charge) note: A digital SLR camera capable of shooting RAW files is required.
Photography Two: Digital, July 26 to 30, 10am to 5pm
In this intermediate course, students refine their creative and technical skills. Through lectures and assignments, students explore aesthetic and compositional aspects of photography, working toward developing a personal visual language through their images. Presentations on historical and contemporary artwork introduce various photographic genres such as portraiture, landscape, and documentary. Using Adobe Lightroom, students develop effective workflows for sorting and editing images, refining image adjustment skills, and perfecting printing ability. Students also learn advanced techniques for converting images to black-and-white and are introduced to the technical and aesthetic uses of camera flash. prerequisite: Photo I: Digital or portfolio review.
To register for a class at ICP or download the current course catalog, please see their website here.
If you have registered for a class you should have received the URL for the course website by email. If not, please contact me: sean@seanjustice.com.
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