Summer Schedule for 2012 – Seminars
Offered in three sections, the seminars are designed to advance powerful image making, disciplines in critiques and edits, professional presentation of one’s work and producing necessary writings.
Seminars meet the 3rd and 4th Tuesday’s of the month (April – September) from 6 pm – 8 pm at The Darkroom.
Cost is $50 per seminar. Purchase four seminars for $150 and save! Payments are due 14 days prior to seminar.
The Creative Eye
Presented by Santa Fe fine art photographers Linda D. Wilson and Philip V. Augustin.
Section I: Compositon: Shape and Line
Ideas and techniques to create a dynamic composition.
Notan – the use of positive and negative space.
Date: Tuesday, April 17th, 6 pm to 8 pm
Section II: Steal from the Best: Inspiration and Creativity
Moving from imitation to inspiration.
Exploring the role other artists play in inspiring our creative process, how can the artist find inspiration from other media?
Look at how to move away from imitating others and establish your personal voice.
Date: Tuesday, April 24th, 6 pm to 8 pm
Section III: What’s My Style and Where Do I Find It?
The difference between “Style” and a “Project”.
An editing workshop.
Date: Tuesday, May 15th, 6 pm to 8 pm
Section IV: Beyond “I Like It – I Hate It”
Framework for evaluating your own images.
Providing constructive critiques of other images.
Date: Tuesday, May 24th, 6 pm to 8 pm
Writing for Creatives
Presented by Santa Fe award winning fine art photographer Philip V. Augustin.
Section I: Writing for Creatives – Part 1
Preparing written materials for exhibitions and portfolios.
Writing and editing clear concise statements.
Three key documents – Resume, Biography and Artist Statements.
Date: Tuesday, June 19th, 6 pm to 8 pm
Section II: Writing for Creatives – Part 2
Review participants Biography and Resume.
Date: Tuesday, June 26th, 6 pm – 8 pm
Section III: Writing for Creatives – Part 3
Review participants Artist Statements.
Date: Tuesday, July 17th, 6 pm – 8 pm
Section IV: Writing for Creatives – Part 4
Modifying your three key documents to fit specific needs.
Date: Tuesday, July 24th, 6 pm – 8 pm
Presenting Your Work
Presented by Santa Fe award winning fine art photographer Philip V. Augustin.
Section I: Marketing Your Work
Defining your goals.
Researching opportunities and support.
Promotion Materials.
Date: Tuesday, August 21st, 6 pm – 8 pm
Section II: Portfolio Preparation
Defining your portfolio.
Editing your work.
Methods of presentation.
Date: Tuesday, August 28th, 6 pm – 8 pm
Section III: Exhibition Preparation
Preparing prints for exhibition, matting and framing.
Editioning, signing and pricing your prints.
Contracts and responsibilities.
Date: Tuesday, September 18th, 6 pm – 8 pm
Section IV: Juried Competitions
Locating and evaluating competitions.
Preparing images for submission.
Date: Tuesday, September 25th, 6 pm – 8 pm
Seminar Registration
Registration
To register for any of the above seminars contact Linda Wilson – Director, The Darkroom at 206-406-2341 cell, 505-820-7777 studio, or send an email to Linda@thedarkroomsantafe.com.
Payment
A deposit of $50 or a full payment of $150 reserves a space in the Seminar(s). The Darkroom accepts personal checks (made out to The Darkroom).
Refund policy
For notification of withdrawal prior to 14 days before the beginning of each seminar series all monies will be refunded less $25.
If it is necessary that seminars be cancelled, all registrants will be immediately notified and all monies will be fully refunded.
Summer Schedule for 2012 – Workshops
Workshop in Platinum/Palladium Printing
Date: Sunday, June 3 – 6, 2012
Presented by fine art photographer and master printer Wayne Lambert.
The Workshop is a three-day introductory workshop in platinum/palladium printing. The emphasis will be on traditional platinum/palladium developing-out processes rather than printing-out processes. No previous darkroom experience in platinum/palladium printing, or for that matter, gelatin-silver printing, is required for the Workshop. The participant may use either in-camera negatives (negatives from a film camera) or digitally created negatives, but the negatives should be of high enough contrast for platinum/palladium printing (more about that below). If the participant does not have suitable negatives a selection of negatives will be available for learning purposes. The use of digitally created negatives will be discussed, but there will be insufficient time for instruction in the techniques of making digital negatives.
Topics to be covered in discussions and demonstrations include the history and chemistry of the process; basic sensitometry; negative characteristics and selection; paper selection; coating techniques; the proper proof; determination of coating contrast and determination of exposure time using the concept of the proper proof; types of light sources; types of developers and clearing baths; washing, drying, and print flattening; and matting, framing, presentation, and storage of platinum/palladium prints. In a community darkroom environment each participant will have his own coating station and will have ample time for processing his own prints. The intent is that each participant will leave the Workshop with a number of very good to excellent platinum/palladium prints, and will have the information and basic skills necessary to continue improving his technique in his own darkroom.
Sunday, June 3:
Participants arrive in Santa Fe.
6:00-8:00 pm. Mixer (guests are welcome). (The Darkroom)
Monday, June 4:
8:30 am-5:00 pm. Workshop instruction. (The Darkroom)
7:00-8:30 pm. Tour of Bostick & Sullivan laboratory and facilities. (www.bostick-sullivan.com)
Tuesday, June 5:
8:30 am-5:00 pm. Workshop instruction. (The Darkroom)
5:30-7:00 pm. “No-host” dinner at a traditional New Mexican restaurant.
7:30-9:30 pm. Print showing and discussion by New Mexico platinum/palladium printers. (The Darkroom)
Wednesday, June 6:
8:30 am-noon. Workshop instruction. (The Darkroom)
1:30-3:00 pm. Print viewing and discussion, Photo Archives of the New Mexico History Museum. (www.palaceofthegovernors.org)
3:15-5:00 pm. Print viewing and discussion, Andrew Smith Gallery. (www.andrewsmithgallery.com)
5:00 pm. Workshop ends. The Darkroom will remain set up for platinum/palladium printing through
the end of the week on a rental basis for those who might want to continue darkroom work.
Wayne Lambert is a Santa Fe-based photographer who has photographed in the Southwest U .S. and Mexico since 1969. He has studied with Ansel Adams, Laura Gilpin, Beaumont and Nancy Newhall, Roy Flukinger, and Dick Arentz. In college he first majored in photojournalism and then changed to geology eventually receiving a Ph.D degree in geology from the University of New Mexico. He has worked as a research geologist with the U. S. Geological Survey and Mexico’s Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. He has taught geology, geography, and beginning black-and-white darkroom photography at the university level.
He works with large-format film cameras, mainly 8 x 10-inch. In 2004 he took Dick Arentz’s platinum/palladium printing workshop at Photographers’ Formulary in Condon, Montana, and since then has printed almost exclusively in platinum/palladium. His platinum/palladium photographs have been included in juried shows and are held in private and institutional collections.
Dates
June 3-6, 2012
Number of participants
3-6
Cost
Tuition: $325
Take-away kit of printing paper, lab supplies, and coating chemicals (prepared by Bostick & Sullivan and sufficient for about 25 8 x 10 prints or equivalent): $125
Total cost of Workshop (tuition plus kit): $450
Lodging and meals
Participants will make their own arrangements for lodging and meals.
Payment
A deposit of $100 or a full payment of $450 reserves a space in the Workshop. The balance of the $450 must be received prior to 30 days before the beginning of the Workshop or the registration will be cancelled and the space filled from the waiting list.
Refund policy
For notification of withdrawal prior to 30 days before the beginning of the Workshop all monies will be
refunded less $50. For notification of withdrawal 0-30 days before the beginning of the Workshop all
monies will be refunded less $100.
If it is necessary that the Workshop be cancelled, all registrants will be immediately notified and all
monies will be fully refunded.
Registration
To register for the Workshop visit www.waynelambert.net and select the “WORKSHOPS” page.
Contact
For more information please contact Wayne Lambert.
wlambert44@gmail.com
www.waynelambert.net