Photographic Method: Color and Shape, Winter/Spring 2013 | Digital Photography Classes, Learn Photography, Philadelphia

Rick Wright
Overview Starting soon	What will be covered? Who should enroll? Topics What will be covered in this class? (and this is not all!) Understanding how the sub-structure of the photograph drives the flow of the image Simplifying the color palette to strengthen the photographic story Seeing beyond the subject and use of negative space/graphic playfulness Evaluating tonal relationships How to use the power of the color wheel to convey emotion and drama Who should take this class? (Prerequisite & expectations) Beginner to intermediate photographers looking to push outside their comfort zone and learn some deeper ways of seeing. This class requires a solid foundation in camerawork (Shutter, Apertures, ISO), yet will focus on activities to encourage thinking, design, and expression. This is not a printing class or a technical camera class. Topics Tags (Topics covered in this class) Aesthetics Assignments Critique Lecture
Description	This class is designed for beginner to intermediate photographers who are ready to push beyond basic, descriptive imagery and into insightful and expressive art. First you'll learn the photographic methods of color and composition, using a range of tactile, auditory, and visual activities to illustrate key concepts. Class assignments will open up the ideas practiced in the exercises, and weekly critiques will give you your own vocabulary and critical voice. Then, you'll be encouraged to forget the rules and exercise a little photographic madness. It is this fusion of method and madness in your process that will give you the power to make your vision coherent, strong, deliberate, and authentic.
Schedule	5-week Class Monday, 7 - 10pm Mar 11 – Apr 8 Register Now »
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Class Fee	Non-members: $375 + $60 lab fee Members: $391.50 Students have access to our facility outside of class time for the duration of course! Come practice what you learned!
Materials Needed	Set of 10 prints for portfolio review at the start of class (successes and failures welcome) Digital camera (for first class only) An open mind
Instructor	Rick Wright teaches and approaches photography as a sculptural medium. Trained as a painter at Princeton University (BA) and Columbia University (MFA), he also studied at the International Center of Photography in New York. His work appears in several permanent collections, most recently in the Creon Gallery in NYC. Rick teaches photography at several institutions across the region, as well as international workshops in Vietnam & Cambodia.
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Photographic Method: Color and Shape

- Learn to create expressive imagery

Topics Tags (Topics covered in this class)