(c) Douglas Kirkland 2009
4-DAY WORKSHOP (Three Full Days plus Morning Session on Fourth Day)
MAKING PORTRAITS USING THE 8 x 10: A basic to intermediate class.
For all attendees – you do not need to have used an 8×10 camera before for this workshop. Each student will be able to learn the basics of how to use this venerable camera in this special class.
Are you looking for a new technique – something that will give your photographs, your portraiture – a quality that rings of sophistication and total technical control of your image? – a window that catches ones eye and seduces photo editors? Maybe you’re looking for an old technique – the 8×10 view camera. There are qualities that using an 8×10 camera can bring to portraiture that cannot be found any other way. The use of extreme shallow depth of field, coupled with the use of the camera’s swings and tilts, can result in portraits that look and feel completely different to those made using any other camera format or system. It’s unmistakable. If you’re looking for a way to create unique, atmospheric portraits that can give your work an edge you didn’t have before – this workshop will open your eyes.
Over a three day period Douglas Kirkland, one of our most recognized and celebrated photographers, will demonstrate how he uses his 8×10 film camera as a compliment to his current digital photography. The program will cover the use of the view camera with its swings and tilts, loading and handling of large format sheet film and visualizing and executing unusual and powerful portraits. “In this wonderful modern digital age, I decided to challenge myself and reach back to explore other possibilities,” says Douglas.
The first day Kirkland will present his work and critique the work of the workshop students. The first afternoon, time permitting, students will make their first images using 8×10 cameras provided by Art Center College of Design. The second day will be an entire day of working with the cameras, making portraits at Festival Workshop Headquarters, Korakia Pensione. Students will shoot film provided by Fuji Films. On the third day morning, Kirkland will review and critique the student’s work. That afternoon will be spent making photographs again. The fourth day wrap-up session (Thursday, April 1, 9:00am – 11:00am), Kirkland will again review the student’s work and offer his critique and advice. Students will be conversant with the 8×10 camera at the end of the workshop. There will be ample opportunity for each student to work with the cameras (we’ll have at least 8 on hand equipped with normal lenses).
Be prepared to cross boundaries and explore lighting and techniques to best bring out drama, sensuality and human connections. Kirkland will demonstrate how to get the most out of your subjects. Expect stimulating discussions and exchanges of ideas as well as demonstrations during this visually charged workshop. Douglas Kirkland will have his two assistants in addition to the festival assistant on hand to help students work with the cameras.
“Art is not what you see but what you make others see,” said Degas.
This is an advanced course and participants should understand the use of light meters and basic photography. Attendees should bring a sturdy tri-pod if possible, and their laptop computers with appropriate connectors for digital projectors.
Photographers working with digital cameras should bring their laptops and be conversant with their hardware and software in order to facilitate downloading and projecting their work for critiques in class. Digital projectors with standard VGA cables will be provided. If you require DVI connectors and / or adapters, please bring one to class.
Fuji Films will provide reasonable amounts of film for participants in this workshop. The A & I lab in Hollywood will process and proof films from this workshop at no charge.
Note: This workshop is limited to 12 students.
“Photographier: c’est mettre sur la meme ligne de mire la tete, l’oeil et le coeur. C’est une façon de vivre.”
(To Photograph is to put on the same line of sight the brain, the eye and the heart. It’s a way of life.) – Henri Cartier Bresson
Monday, March 29 – Wednesday, March 31. 9:00am – 4:00pm (plus Thursday 9:00am – 11:00am)
Price: $1000
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BIOGRAPHY
Douglas Kirkland has been photographing for over five decades and his passion in the discovery of human beauty never wavers. He is best known for his celebrity portraits as well as commercial, and fine arts photography. He started his career at Look and Life Magazines in the 60’s and 70’s “golden age” of photojournalism. He has worked on the set of over 100 motion pictures (2001,A Space Odyssey, Out of Africa, Moulin Rouge) and his iconic images of Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Jack Nicholson, Angelina Jolie, Antonio Banderas, Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman among others are known all over the world. Some of his books include Light Years, Legends, Body Stories, An Evening With Marilyn, best selling James Cameron’s Titanic, Freeze Frame and Coco Chanel, Three Weeks. He has received numerous awards among which a Lucie for Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment Photography in 2003, The Golden Eye of Russia in April 2006 and a Life Time Achievement Award from CAPIC in his native Toronto Canada in May 2006. His work has been exhibited worldwide and when he is not traveling the globe on assignment with his wife and business partner Francoise, his home and studio is in the Hollywood Hills.
WEBSITE
www.douglaskirkland.com
Read Article about Douglas Kirlkand’s 8×10 portraits in Digital Photo Pro
