Now 100% Digital Dance/Movement Figure Photography Workshop New York City Date: TBD For registration phone : 212-475-7799 By Popular demand, this workshop has been re-optimized to be 100% Digital. Learn and experiment with studio lighting techniques in the company of my staff of professional photographers. The workshop will be held in a new, state of the art, NYC studio.  Registration is $175 with a discount for recognized camera club and meetup members and photography students. Registration is limited due to studio size. (Hey, this is New York.) To contact me for pre-registration information: 914-921-5668 (Leave an evening phone number)  The workshop starts at noon and runs till about 5:00 pm. The objective of this class is to acquaint participants with simple and effective lighting and camera techniques to capture the intimacy and mystique of the human figure in stillness and in motion. The models for these sessions are mostly professional dancers so capturing movement is emphasized. This is a Fine Art workshop not a Glamour Photo workshop.  The images created are tasteful, designed to win photographic competitions. This Workshop is  “hands on”. Lecture time will be kept to a minimum in order to maximize individual creative opportunity. Learn by doing.  Participants should expect to take turns shooting from right after the short introduction and demonstration until the end of the session. Digital Hasselblad gear will be provided Courtesy of Kurland Photo.
Now 100% Digital Mysticism and Multiple Exposure The Figure and the Imagination Inspired by a recent exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Perfect Medium: Photography and the Occult New York City Date: TBD For registration phone : 212-475-7799 Learn how to use studio lighting to create classic images, bridging the real and the fantasy. Figure studies of life and the after life in the context of the performing arts, Opera and Ballet. The workshop will be held in a new, state of the art, NYC studio.  Registration is $175 with a discount for recognized camera club members and photography students. Registration is limited due to studio size. (Hey, this is New York.) To contact me for pre-registration information: 914-921-5668 (Leave an evening phone number)  The workshop starts at noon and runs till about 5:00 pm. The objective of this class is to acquaint participants with simple and effective lighting and camera techniques to capture the intimacy and mystique of the human figure in stillness and in motion. The models for these sessions are mostly professional dancers so capturing movement is emphasized. This is a Fine Art workshop not a Glamour Photo workshop.  The images created are tasteful, designed to win photographic competitions. This Workshop is  “hands on”. Lecture time will be kept to a minimum in order to maximize individual creative opportunity. Learn by doing.  Participants should expect to take turns shooting from right after the short introduction and demonstration until the end of the session.   Digital Hasselblad gear will be provided Courtesy of Kurland Photo.
Now 50% Digital Classic Lighting/Classic Beauity New York City Date: TBD For registration phone : 212-475-7799 The objective of this workshop is to acquaint participants with classic lighting and camera techniques to capture the intimacy and mystique of the human figure.  Participants will practice classical Figure Photography techniques.  Posing, lighting, manual metering, manual focusing and manual exposure will be reviewed. True to form, we will be using a Large Format Camera. Photographers bring a box of 4x5 Polaroid type 55 film as well as the camera you usually shoot with, film or digital, and a tripod.  Type 55 gives you a dazzling 4x5 negative suitable for print or scan plus a beautiful 4x5 contact print.   We each create a classic print in my Large format View Camera with the type 55 film using classic optics, applying the classic principles.  Here's the challenge. After shooting Large Format, with Polaroid type 55, we then go off and see how many of the classic principles we can apply using our usual camera. Okay for two photographers share one box to Polaroid Type 55.  Each box has 20 sheets
Better Digital Portraits/Headshots New York City Date: TBD For information phone : 212-475-7799 Digital has changed all the rules.  The classic seven light portrait setup is just too impractical for the digital photographer on the go. Learn and experiment with studio lighting techniques specifically designed for digital media in the company of our staff of professional photographers.  The objective of this class is to acquaint participants with simple and effective lighting and camera techniques to capture intimacy and personality in headshot and portrait photography. The models for these sessions are specially selected professional artist models experienced in posing for fine art painters and sculptors. This is a “hands on” type workshop. Lecture time will be kept to a minimum in order to maximize individual creative opportunity. Learn by doing.  Participants should expect to take turns shooting from right after the short introduction and demonstration until the end of the session. Individual instruction will be available upon request at no additional charge. Bring a camera which allows independent shutter and aperture settings, tripod, and a sync chord. Professional lighting equipment will be supplied by the workshop. Soft boxes and Octabank lighting will be demonstrated. Professional Tungsten Hot Lights will also be used and the results compared with Studio Strobes.