group photography workshops
at Selby gardens
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To register for any of these workshops, visit www.selby.org
or call (941) 366-5731
Important Note: It's not about the gear, you can take compelling images with just about any camera, even the camera feature on your phone, the examples below were all shot with a $300 point-and-shoot. Having great equipment is good, but sometimes it gets in the way of our creative process.
There are no experience or equipment requirements
to attend any of these workshops. Past attendees have been professional or semi-professional shooters, fine art photographers as well as being completely new to photography, bringing with them their first digital camera. All you need is a desire to take better images and an open mind to how you approach your photography.
inside the frame photography workshop
Capturing great images is more than just following the basic rules of photography, it sometimes requires becoming someone new. The most successful artists are constantly evolving. The best images flow from who we are and are fueled by new ways of thinking, seeing and well…living. We'll explore some new techniques to add to your arsenal and how to perhaps improve some of your old standard techniques. We'll meet at Selby Gardens for a brief lecture, examples and collective discussion and then practice in the gardens focusing on three different subject matters, people, places and things.
Next Inside the Frame Workshop: TBD
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Street Photography Workshop
Street photography is as old as photography itself. First explored from the early days in nineteenth-century Europe, to America in the late twentieth century, the pioneering photographers were limited by large cameras and slow film emulsions that required long exposures, constraints that often resulted in staid and stagnant people images. Street photography gained world-wide popularity with the advent of new forms of media like Life Magazine as well as with new the new light and portable cameras with fast-acting mechanisms coupled with high-speed films.
The best photojournalists (a close relative of the street shooter) know that on every block, around every corner, an image exists. Those who are diligent, prepared and patient can capture these moments and turn them into something special.
Start with a short morning lecture at the Gardens where we'll explore a bit of history, examples, applications and techniques that make street photography so relevant and compelling. Apply what you have learned on the streets of Sarasota’s Farmers’ Market, just a short walk from Selby Gardens. Digital cameras preferred. Wear comfortable walking shoes and limit your camera and lens to one each just like the masters of street photography do. Suitable for all levels of experience.
Next Street Photography Workshop: TBD
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capturing sarasota workshop
Sarasota is one of the most picturesque locals in the world and the perfect location for a travel shoot. We'll begin with a brief classroom session at Selby Gardens to discuss techniques and subject matter evaluation that will allow us to break away from taking the ordinary to capturing the extraordinary that can easily be applied to all your travels. Limit your equipment as you would being a traveler on the go and wear comfortable walking shoes as we'll be doing a short loop from Selby Gardens thru the bay front, downtown and returning. Suitable for all levels of experience.
Next Travel Photography Workshop: TBD
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beachscapes photography workshop
Meet at the Siesta Key Public Beach Pavilion at 8:00 am. After a brief lecture on equipment, subject matter, exposure, composition, color, editing and cropping, we’ll practice what we've learned. Many of these techniques transcend beachscapes alone, but if you are a fan of our world famous beaches and all they have to offer from a photographers prospective, then this workshop is for you! Be sure and bring your sunscreen and wear clothing appropriate for the forecast.
Next Beachscapes Photography Workshop: TBD
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