"In whatever one does, there must be a relationship between the eye and the heart. With the one eye that is closed, one looks within. With the eye that is open, one looks without."
-Henri Cartier Bresson
CAPTURING THE LIGHT WORKSHOPS
These workshops are designed for individuals who want to move into digital picture taking and have no working knowledge of digital cameras.
- WORKSHOP I : Designed for beginners to digital photography. Participants learn about basic camera settings, shooting modes, histograms, memory cards, image resolution, downloading and storing images.
Saturday June 14th 9:30am - 4:30pm
Saturday, July 19th 9:30am - 4:30pm
Saturday, August 9th, 9:30 - 4:30pm
Cost- $80.00 - WORKSHOP II: From Capture to Print : Participants learn to enhance and print their photographs as well as how to resize images for email and web applications using Adobe Photoshop Elements program.
CIRCLING – A creative consciousness group experience
This workshop is based on a group program, "Circling," by educator and lecturer, Jan Phillips. It is designed for people who wish to move to the next level in their creativity and consciousness. The workshop utilizes music, poetry, mystical writings, images and storytelling. It is offered in 10 sessions- 2 hours a week or modified as a weekend program.
ON THE BORDERLINE PROJECT
This 6- week workshop is designed for adolescent girls in middle school. The project aims at strengthening self-esteem at a crucial time in adolescent development by giving young girls tools for visual and artistic expression. The project teaches girls basic photographic and compositional skills to use in exploring their changing view of themselves and their world. The girls journal about the process and exhibit their work in a major Madison, Wisconsin venue at the end of the program.
SEEING THROUGH THE SADNESS – A Grief Program for Teens
This 8- week photography program is designed for teens whose mothers have been diagnosed with cancer or are currently in treatment. The photographic process acts as a creative vehicle for teens to identify and express personal issues of grief, loss and fear while at the same time developing a sense of personal power, hope and purpose. The program provides instruction in basic photography and composition as well as the opportunity to journal. The goal of the program is to build assets within teens that empower them, transform them and bring about healing and holistic change.
At the end of the project each teen will have a choice of exhibiting their photographs, making a bound book or creating a digital slideshow complete with their favorite music.