Photographic Vision Digital Color

- Color as an addional visual element to your photographs

  Christopher Boetticher, Photography Classes and Workshops at Project Basho in Philadelphia PA
Rick Wright
Description:

What makes one color photo an everyday picturesque postcard and another a strong, emotive image? This class is designed for those students interested in harnessing color's power, emotion, texture, story. What happens when a photographer uses just 1 or 2 colors instead of a full spectrum? What happens when color opposites are juxtaposed? What happens when color goes beyond basic description and into abstraction?

This class is for those students who are ready to use digital color as a creative force to make potent images. As part of the class's main emphasis on the esthetics of color, we will look at a range of color photography from the masters (current and past). The class will also touch on the technical side of the spectrum: custom white balance, in-camera image settings, jpeg versus raw files, post-processing, color spaces, and more. Assignments will be given to begin practicing new ways of photographing and seeing.
Schedule:
Evening Class:
Tuesdays, 7 - 10 pm
Feb 9 - Apr 13
Materials Needed:
  • A notebook and a pen
  • A few examples of color photographs that you consider successful and unsuccessful (prints, CD or Jump Drive will be fine)
Prerequisite: Photographic Vision Digital I or Portfolio Review
Class Fee:
  • $450 + lab fee of $75
Instructor: Rick Wright practices and teaches photography as a malleable and sculptural medium. Though initially trained as a painter at Princeton and Columbia Universities (BA and MFA), he later studied at ICP in NY with John Loengard, Susan Meiselas, Danny Lyon, and Nan Goldin.

Rick shows his work locally and nationally. He is collected in several permanent collections, most recently added to the University of Pennsylvania's Collection. Wright has kept a studio in Philadelphia for the past 7 years and teaches photography at various venues including: Fleisher Art Memorial, Project Basho, Panasonic's Digital Photo Academy, as well as his own online classes and seminars.