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This two-day workshop is designed for photographers who want to find out about the endless possibilities of artificial lighting techniques. To light a subject is to control its representation. From the flickering torch light of cave painters to Leonardo da Vinci's light room to the use of digital flash– artificial light sources have been essential for creating images throughout history.

Combining presentations on equipment and technique with plenty of hands-on shooting experience, this class will concentrate on how to evaluate and better use light for in-studio portraiture and any on location situations you might encounter.  This class will also cover the technical essentials and common pitfalls of metering for accurate exposure time, using strobe vs. tungsten lighting, operating modeling lights and using accessories like softboxes, effect lights and reflectors.

You will spend time photographing with a model while Rinnhofer demonstrates how light influences shapes and influences the subject. She will demonstrate a portrait session with a large format camera and Polaroid back, which all the students will have a chance to try. No prior lighting experience is required. You’ll leave this workshop with new abilities and be able to confidently confront a broad range of lighting situations.

ANGELIKA RINNHOFER received her education as photographer in Nuremberg, Germany; first at the Fachoberschule für Gestaltung, a two-year art school, and then at Foto Bischoff & Broehl, a commercial photography studio.  In 1995 she moved to the US and worked as a freelance photographer for clients including the Trump Organization and the German Chamber of Commerce in New York. About six years ago she decided to focus on a career as an artist. Since then her work has been widely exhibited in gallery shows Paul Kopeikin in Los Angeles, Bernice Steinbaum in Miami, Michele Mosko in Denver, and in museums including the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut, the Museum Industriekultur in Nuremberg, and The Queens Museum of Art, NY. She has received a grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts, fellowships from the Dutchess Council Arts Council and Light Work, and international awards from Kodak and Agfa-Gaevert. Her work has been published, among others, in Contact Sheet, PQ, Photo District News, Professional Photographer, and in Migrate Magazine. At the moment Angelika is working on a collaborative project in her hometown. More about Angelika can be found at www.angelikarinnhofer.com.

Please bring your favorite camera and lots of film or memory cards / images from books or magazines with examples of lighting that interests you.

Class limit: 15  
Tuition: $325 / CPW members: $295 

Please Note: The Woodstock Film Festival is this weekend so booking lodging well in advance is strongly recommended.  

This workshop is made possible in part with support from 

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Doug Menuez: Art vs. Commerce: Find the Balance

NEW DATES!!!
Sat-Sun, October 2-3

Back for the fourth year in a row due to popular demand! In this two-day workshop you will learn strategies to find the balance between personal and commercial work in order to build a satisfying creative life in photography for the long term. A workshop for all kinds and levels of photographers, and especially for those who’ve reached a plateau in their careers, who want to make a break through creatively, and reconcile the never ending conflict between doing the work you love and what you must do to pay the bills. Award-winning documentary photographer, Doug Menuez, will share what he’s learned about keeping your voice in a commercial world and provide practical solutions for changing your life and work.

Combining portfolio review, dialogue, and practical applications, you will learn new strategies for success including how to edit the strongest possible portfolio, self-financing personal projects, finding sponsors, landing the most rewarding commercial work, and pain-free financial management skills that most artists never learn. You will also review work by the legends – famous fine art photographers and photojournalists who have succeeded in taking commercial assignments without compromising their vision or integrity. Additionally we will examine how money talks: including proven marketing techniques, cash flow management tools, budgeting, writing book and project proposals, and other core survival skills that every photographer - fine art, photojournalist, or commercial shooter- must know to thrive. You will leave this workshop with a clearly defined vision of yourself and your work, a refined portfolio, and a working understanding of basic business and marketing skills you’ll need to move ahead!

DOUG MENUEZ spent 25 intense years traversing the globe after leaving art school for photojournalism, and then becoming one of the most successful advertising photographers in the US. Starting at the Washington Post and then freelancing for Time, Newsweek, Life, Fortune, and People, he covered assignments ranging from the famine in Ethiopia, to sports and celebrities, to the AIDS crisis. Menuez has made portraits of everyone from Mother Teresa to Robert Redford and President Clinton. His long-term personal work covering Silicon Valley led him to award winning commercial work where he was able to bring his documentary eye to campaigns for Chevy, Coke, Emirates Airlines, Bank of America, Hewlett Packard, Siemens, and Nokia, among others. These commissions allowed him to finance his personal fine art documentary work, including his most recent book project, Transcendent Spirit: The Children of Uganda. Recently, Menuez’ archive was acquired by Stanford University Library. He is currently working on a new book on Silicon Valley entitled Fearless Genius. His website is www.menuez.com

Please bring: 20 of your best photographs in a finished portfolio format, as well as lots of other work you’ve left out or were afraid to show, a laptop or paper notebook, as well as digital jpegs versions of all images (no more than 60, jpeg files to fit within 1024 pixels by 720 at 72 dpi).

Class limit: 15
Tuition: $325 / CPW members: $295 

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Fawn Potash & Danielle Correia: Advanced Open Studio: Emphasis on Photography & Encaustics

Sat.-Tues., November 6-9

Seeking to take things to the next level? CPW and R&F Handmade Paints are excited to offer this 5-day advanced workshop. This session is intended for artists who are experienced with photography and encaustic, but seek to take things to the next level.

Participants will work intensively within a small group of peers, enhancing their technical knowledge and benefiting from the guidance of two accomplished instructors. The first two days will be spent utilizing the traditional and digital darkroom facilities at CPW, with unlimited access to print, scan and prepare photographic works to be combined with the encaustic process. The following three days will be spent in the studio at R&F, with access to the complete range of encaustic paints and tools. This creative atmosphere will be the perfect place to bring your individual projects to fruition, while fueling exciting discussions, critiques and demonstrations.

Participants will have access to state- of-the-art photographic equipment including large-format printers, scanners and SLR cameras. Participants can choose to go on location if they are interested in photographing and printing a body of work. The workshop will include class critiques and discussion about projects so that participants can bounce ideas off of one another, helping them to find direction for their work.  Fawn Potash and Danielle Correia will be there as moderators, assisting participants with their projects, guiding them through the processes, and allowing for spontaneity and creative expression.

An application for admission into this workshop is required and due by August 31. It will be reviewed by CPW and R&F staff.  

Application Requirements:
two paragraph proposal including: project description, clarification of how you would utilize both CPW and R&F facilities, instructors, and other participants, as well as your expectations of the workshop.
5-10 digital images of work on disk (work does not have to correspond to the proposal)

All applicants will be notified via email by mid-September.

Class limit: 7
Tuition: $730* / CPW members: $700*

*The cost includes material use for up to five 20x24” digital prints, unlimited digital scans & use of the wet-darkroom at CPW; unlimited use of paints and equipment at R&F. There will be a materials fee for additional prints.

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NYC PORTFOLIO REVIEW

3 dates to choose from:
Monday June 14, Friday September 24 or Friday December 10  

Join CPW for a very special portfolio review event where you’ll have the opportunity to show your work to some of the most distinguished and important professionals in photography today. Held in NYC, in a supportive setting, you will have your work reviewed by five noted luminaries in one-on-one twenty-minute sessions. Reviews can provide you with constructive feedback, new directions, and perhaps that jolt of inspiration to take the next step. Testimonies from last year’s participants included: “great feedback by committed and engaged reviewers”, “informative and inspirational”, “one-of-a-kind, unpretentious, and fun”, “a great place to trade ideas”, “encouraging, helpful, and insightful”, “I got what I was looking for and made connections”, “open minded, honest, and thoughtful”, “it changed me and helps break barriers to the NY art world”.

In the JUNE session you will meet with Michael Foley, founder of Foley Gallery; Jon Feinstein, Curatorial Director, Humble Arts Foundation;  Whitney Johnson Associate Picture Editor, The New Yorker; Kristen Lubben, Curator at the International Center for Photography; and Lonnie Schlein, Photography Editor at The New York Times. 

In the SEPTEMBER session you will meet with Sean Corcoran, Curator of Prints and Photographs at The Museum of the City of New York; Lea Golis, Photography Editor at New York Magazine; Joseph Kraeutler, partner at Hasted Hunt Kraeutler Gallery; and two additional great reviewers TBA. 

The reviewers in the DECEMBER will include Debra Klomp Ching, co-owner of the KlompChing Gallery and  Rick Wester, founder of Rick Wester Fine Art; and three additional amazing reviewers TBA.  Additionally a representative from CPW will also be reviewing work at each session.   

Please bring:  a portfolio of 10-20 prints for review, resume, and optional artist statement 

Class limit: 12
Tuition: $255 / CPW members: $225

NYC location directions will be sent upon registration confirmation.
The reviews will take place from 10:30am-4:30pm

*You may only register for 1 of the 3 dates.

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