Day of the Dead Photography Workshop

Four Day Photography Workshop
October 30 to November 3

This workshop is about learning how to see:

We’ll spend our first day activating our artistic juices.  Preparing for the challenges of capturing action  on the streets of San Miguel, we’ll begin with a look at the principles and art of street photography. The first morning we’ll study the work of well known street photographers and discuss techniques to create great images. In the afternoon and evening we’ll share a meal together and then head out and shoot. On the 31st we’ll shoot again. Day of the Dead begins November 1.

This is a workshop to learn how to see, how to relate to your subjects with your camera, and, most importantly, how to see with a sense of open awareness. You will learn techniques of good composition, how to execute a dynamic image and specifically how to  improve your work. You will become familiar with how to use depth of field to create more interesting images and how to use light and shadows to increase impact. It doesn’t matter whether you are using an iPhone, a $12 plastic Holga or a $5000 Leica. Good tools may help, but they do not replace a good eye. No matter what your camera, you can produce an wonderful image.

A good photograph usually captures a moment in time and place that evokes an emotional response in the viewer. Great photographs intrigue and engage; it might be the light, the composition, or the dynamic tension between subject and background. In this workshop you will learn see the world as an image maker. I am confident every participant will go home a better photographer, with  great images to prove it. https://www.jamesgritzphotography.com/workshops