© Frank Ockenfels 2009
4-DAY WORKSHOP (Three full days plus morning session on fourth day)
THE SIGNATURE PORTAIT With FRANK W. OCKENFELS III
“This workshop will serve as a reminder of why we take pictures. We will explore looking at and playing with natural light, alternative lights and lights we find at night. It is a hands-on workshop where I will guide students through my methods; how I see, work and find light. This is not a conventional studio class; strobe and hot lights will not be addressed. The first day will be spent shooting on location– working with natural light (using silver/white cards, etc.). The second day is the “Home Depot” Challenge. We will shoot in the studio using lights you find at a hardware store (flashlights, hand-held fluorescents, etc.). The third day will be spent shooting models on location, incorporating both lighting methods. On the first day of the workshop, there will be a few hours of conversation where I will show images and discuss your work. All students should bring 5-10 images that can be projected.”
Ockenfels will present his many year’s work for such magazines as Rolling Stone, Time, Entertainment Weekly, Us, Premiere, Esquire, New York Magazine and Spin as well as album covers for David Bowie, REM, Queen Latifah, Willie Nelson, Keb’ Mo’ Jackson Browne, Melissa Etheridge and others. Learn how Ockenfels invents the lighting methods on the fly to create unique and one-of-a-kind portraits that he’s known for.
Day One: Frank will show a selection of his work to the class. Student’s work will be reviewed by Ockenfels. Shooting on Location.
Day Two: All-day shooting in the studio.
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Day Three: Evaluation of work from Day two. Shooting at Korakia. Models will be available.
Day Four Wrap-up: Evaluation of work from Day Three.
Frank is known to be one of the most involved, forthcoming teachers at the festival. You’ll learn to see light differently – work with the impact of lighting and posing subjects. You’ll have lots of one-on-one hands-on time with Ockenfels. You’ll come to know how he thinks about photography and how that informs his decisions about his work – and apply these insights to your own photography. We promise you this — you’ll take away an invaluable learning experience from this class. Students will photograph themselves and several models as well.
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 to participants of this workshop. The A & I lab in Hollywood will process and proof films from this workshop at no charge. Click here for details.
Monday, March 29 – Wednesday March 31 9:00am – 4:00pm (plus Thursday 9:00am – 11:00am).
Price $900 (Includes model fees and all transportation) *
Read Interview With Frank Ockenfels by Robb Haggart
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BIOGRAPHY
Frank W. Ockenfels 3 is one of the most sought-after portrait photographers in America. His portraits of such diverse personalities as Drew Barrymore, Jerry Seinfeld, Hilary Clinton, Kurt Cobain, Tom Waits, Spike Lee and Martin Scorcese have appeared in leading magazines throughout the world. Ockenfels’ work is seen frequently in Rolling Stone, Time, Entertainment Weekly, Us, Premiere, Esquire, New York Magazine and Spin.
His work (including collaborations with artist Robert Longo) has appeared in galleries and museums in New York, Los Angeles and Berlin. His images are also featured in many award-winning publications including American Photography 9, S.P.D. 25th Anniversary Annual, Creative 21 and the 72nd edition of the Art Direction Annual.
Frank has also shot album covers for David Bowie, REM, Queen Latifah, Shawn Colvin, Willie Nelson, Jackson Browne, Robbie Robertson, Melissa Etheridge and Don Henley among others.
He has directed music videos for artists Blues Traveler, Better Than Ezra, Local H, Billy Mann, 1000 Mona Lisas, Chris Whitley and Alice in Chains, and has directed commercials for clients including Kodak, Champion, U.S. Robotics, Converse, Nike and K. Swiss. Frank has photographed movie posters including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Harry Potter 3, Vanity Fair, Chronicles of Riddick, Starsky & Hutch for studios such as Miramax, Paramount, Focus Features, and Warner Brothers. He has done TV campaigns for all the major networks including The WB, ABC, NBC, CBS, Lifetime, Showtime TNT and Fox.
Frank’s ability to adapt to unusual ten minute situations as well as staying away from the obvious seem to be his trademark. He believes in once meeting someone to then decide what the image will be, working with existing light and making light collaborate with the subject to create the moment. In many ways Frank is unconventional and believes that photography can still have moments of purity without being overly conceptualized or retouched.
WEBSITE
www.fwo3.com
