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Event
Photography Master Class with Bob Fischer
Dates: Six Sunday Afternoons, Nov. 9th Dec. 11th 2014 2-5 pm
Cost: $125
Materials: Digital Camera and Flash Drive
Information: or call 415 500-2323
I have been a photographer for 20 years. In those twenty years I have heard the same line over and over again: How did you even see THAT (whatever that is)? Looking at the question intensely I thought, Well, why, as a photographer, do I see the things that I do, what are the stories that I want to tell in my work, and what really interests me?
The point of this class is not to teach You how to use your camera. It is to allow you to seriously think about who YOU are intrinsically, what stories or narratives are at the core of YOU and what do you want to say and if you could work on that, how could you say what you see more lucidly. Afterall, one of the purposes of art/photography is to communicate with your audience.
What this class will cover:
Photographing strangers
Decision to use or not use Photoshop to bring out the photographer's intention
How to pick up strangers for photography
The art of anonymity and street photography
When to pay and not pay for models
Photo releases
Help the photographer make clearer decision on what their intention actually is and how to best achieve that intention
Digital photography and the various files for storage and how to produce or store an exhibition quality image or an image strictly for the net
Thru practice and work to teach photographers to really see more clearly, how to look, how to see, what to see, and how best to shoot to get the maximum out of their
Color image versus Black and white and how best to get the best quality black and white shot from a color image
How to see and use light to tell the story or bring out the personality of the subject by the use of shadow and light.
Color, blur, depth of field are tools the photographer has at hand to tell his story in a clearer way
General information on best way to use and understand one's camera beyond an i-phone
What is a story and how does one go about telling a story thru imagery
The fun and Zen of street photography, how to be in the moment, and what is, what Cartier Bresson termed, the Decisive moment.
What makes a great portrait and how to suck the life out of your subjects including connecting with one's model and creating an environment where one's model is participating to create the best possible portrait.
Class will be six-week class with at least one class held in my Oakland studio with to show the rudiments of Photoshop and photo editing.
Class project: Create a photo essay of 15 images, critiqued by the class. Each photograph must be able to stand alone, but in total tells a complete story. The test: anyone randomly picked off the street and shown the essay will be able to tell you exactly what your story is.
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To see examples of Fischer's work: http://emtab.org/master_class_bob_fischer-2014/.
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LocationThe Emerald Tablet (View)
80 Fresno St.
San Francisco, CA 94133
United States
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| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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