specialty workshops
Fine Art Long Exposure
Peak Action & Sports Photography
2 Days
2.5 Days This hands-on workshop focuses on capturing peak action with perfect timing, clean composition and powerful lighting. After an introductory evening lecture, you’ll spend the weekend shooting on location with skilled athletes using professional strobe lighting and walk away with jaw-dropping images.
Take advantage of Vancouver’s natural and urban landscapes with this one-of-a-kind weekend workshop lead by VPW director Marc Koegel. You’ll learn how to make stunning black and white images using long exposures, and more importantly, how to visualize a monochromatic composition.
Hands-On HDR
1 Day This workshop looks at how the process of HDR imaging can improve your photography for many different subjects. We will discuss how to know when HDR is the right technique for the final image you want to produce, and work through the process $295 of creating effective, jaw-dropping HDR images. 13/10/12
$195
26/08/12
Sunday
0900 - 1700
27/10/12
Saturday
0900 - 1700
Exhibition & Critique 12 Sessions Photography is an exciting way of seeing & sharing your vision with your audience. This course focuses on concept development & critique while working toward having a successful exhibition. You will be supported in recognizing and developing your visual integrity and will be rewarded with a group exhibition at the PhotoHaus Gallery.
$395 06/09/12
Thursdays
1700 - 2200
10 Sessions
Style & Portfolio Development 10 Sessions
6 Sessions
$295
16/10/12
Tuesdays
1900 - 2200
Photographing Kids
22/10/12
13/11/12
5 Sessions
Mon 1900 - 2200 Tue 0900 - 1200
This hands-on portrait photography workshop builds on the foundation of traditional portrait lighting styles and posing to explore more relaxed, candid contemporary portraiture. Students will be guided through the process of lighting, posing and building rapport to produce creative and compelling portraits of our professional models.
$295 22/11/12
This workshop is designed exclusively for women who are drawn to fine art nude photography. Through lectures and workshops you’ll explore evocative lighting concepts with an emphasis on figurative language. Regular critique sessions will encourage critical thinking and aesthetic awareness and help you to grow as an artist.
$195
Thursdays
1900 - 2200
Mondays
1830 - 2130
Pinhole Photography 2 Days In this digital age of megapixels and megabites, a step back into retro photographic processes can be a fresh and inspiring perspective on creative photography. In this workshop the basics of photography will be explored through the construction of a simple box camera. You’ll be surprised and delighted by the unexpected images created using this historical process.
$295 08/12/12
1000 - 1700
1900 - 2200
Femme Fatale
2 Days Mini landscapes and colourful abstacts are limited only by your imagination. Macro photography opens up endless possibilities for $350 the photo enthusiast. 22/10/12 Sat & Sun
Tuesdays
Creative People Photography
Kids are impetuous, unpredictable and absolutely full of energy…so how do photographers get them to sit still for the camera? This workshop is a glimpse at some tricks of the trade, with a hands-on BYOK (Bring-Your-Own-Kid) shooting session to put your newfound skills to the test.
9 Sessions
Macro Photography
Photographing the Nude
$350
$595 0900 - 1200
Fri 1900 - 2200 Sat & Sun 1000 - 1700
Discover and develop your style as a photographer with this lecture series. We’ll discuss the intricacies of compositional language, how the human eye reads imagery and trends in the contemporary visual world.
$195
Tuesdays
03/11/12
This course lays the foundation for photographing the nude by building on traditional figure study to create contemporary nude portraiture. You’ll explore the intricacies of conceptualization, direction and retouching to create arresting images that communicate character and mood through visual design.
Spanning the genres of Travel, Street and Architectural Photography, this course will help propel your photography to the next level. Whether you are interested in recording and documenting buildings, or artistically interpreting urban environments through photography, this course will be fun, informative and will help you produce great work.
15/09/12
1000 - 1700
1.5 Days
Architecture & the Urban Environment
11/09/12
Sat & Sun
$350
Sat & Sun
1000 - 1700
Femme Fatale Intensive Weekend 2.5 Days
The Business of Photography 2.5 Days We are proud to offer you what we believe is the most comprehensive, informative and currently viable workshop on business for photographers. We’ll cover all of the must-know aspects of running a successful commercial photography to give you your best shot at success in today’s image creation industry and a leg up on the competition.
$195 21/09/12
Fri 1900 - 2200 Sat & Sun 1000 - 1700
Fashion Photography Workshop 1 Day In this intensive, one day workshop, you’ll learn how to create impeccable lighting, to be a masterful director, and most importantly, to refine your sensibility for current trends in the industry. Be prepared for a jam-packed day of hands-on lighting and shooting.
Our fine art nude photography course designed exclusively for women, condensed into an intensive and inspiring weekend experience.
$295 22/10/12
Fri 1900 - 2200 Sat & Sun 1000 - 1700
Fine Art Black & White Nude & Figure Photography 2 Days The goal of this workshop is not only to have you walk away with stunning images; our aim is to introduce you to a different way of seeing and to ignite your passion for the creative process through the fine art nude.
$350 27/10/12
Sat & Sun
1000 - 1700
$195 28/10/12
12
Sunday
0900 - 1700
photohaus magazine fall 2012
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