Photographing Portraits & Nudes

Master artist Greg Gorman will be joining us in the Berkshires to teach an intensive workshop on portraiture as well as figure study. His class will focus on teaching students how to see and interpret light as well as how to best communicate with the talent in front of their lens. The class will begin with a personal but open-ended forum critiquing each student’s work to give not only each student a better understanding of their approach to their imagery but also to give the class an opportunity to view each other’s work in an open sharing environment. Greg will present his career work as well as his latest projects.

Workshop days will start with lectures and critiques. Every afternoon the class will photograph models at different locations in the beautiful Berkshires. Greg will demonstrate his lighting techniques on location utilizing natural light in conjunction with LEDS/light modifiers and silks. Each day’s locations will vary and provide a myriad of different opportunities to offer the most varied possibilities. The class will be broken up into 2-3 small groups with a model assigned to each group. The models will rotate through the day and the workshop so each student has the opportunity to work with various models. One student will shoot at a time and the other members of the group will assist the person shooting. At the close of each day, Greg would like each student to produce 10-12 images of their choice from the day’s work to be critiqued the following morning in class prior to the day’s shoot. Greg is not looking for retouched images but more for content, tone and cropping that the students best feels represents their image. Greg will show how to best enhance the image in Lightroom. He is interested not only in the images you feel are most successful but also those that gave you trouble and that you feel you need help with.

Portraiture and figure study will both be focused on, but on different days.  At the close of the last day, Greg will hold a final discussion and review of the workshop answering any questions and sharing any additional information that you wish to discuss. The class will have an informal rather than overly structured atmosphere to allow all of you to provide input to Greg as to where you wish your week to go in case you want to push more in any specific direction. The week should prove to not only enhance your work ethic and skills but drive your passion. Greg is open to speaking with any of you personally should you have any questions prior to signing up for his class.

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Blenheim Park Maine Master Class

Last fall, I taught a Master Class which sold out in 36 hours in mid-coast Maine at Blenheim Park. This year, we’ve added an additional day to give us a full 5 days shooting experience. We will be adding several new locations to this year’s venue for all of you returning students. Our hosts, Justin Stailey and Kerry Payne, offer up their tremendous hospitality on this stunning property. The luxury of a sprawling 16-acre estate will afford us the opportunity of learning and sharing. Situated on a beautiful lake with neighboring meadows and woods, there will be an abundance of photographic opportunities, including different houses as well as a fully equipped photographic studio. California Sunbounce and Rotolight’s latest gear will be on hand for your use throughout the week as will be Fujifilm’s latest cameras and lenses (my camera of choice these days). Justin Stailey of Fujifilm will be on hand to help you with any questions. Wonderful food and wine and a few outside trips will round out the week. This Master Class proved to be a real home run last year, and this year should prove to be even better.

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