Out of the Ordinary: Photographing the Unusual
Lead instructor- Brian Goff
6-week course runs two times-
Session 4 meets: Mondays, February 28- April 4
Session 5 meets: Tuesdays, April 12- May 17
Do you love photography and want to push your creative limits? This class will combine Polaroid and 35 mm formats with special lens attachments and a love for detail to create a world of fantasy from the ordinary. Discover the beauty you can find when you look very closely at your subject. Remember those children's picture books where detailed close-ups make familiar subjects into magical abstractions? You'll take this idea further by using special equipment that enables your camera like a microscope to unveil patterns and structures unseen by the naked eye. Working with glass slides and tiny organic specimens you will create unique photographic images of fantastic miniature landscapes.
This course is open to students with knowledge of camera functions, processing and printing.
The Dream Factory: Surrealism in Photography
Lead instructor- Dror Yaron
This 6-week session 4 course meets: Tuesdays, March 1- April 5
Make your wildest, wackiest ideas come to life in the photo studio!
Take inspiration from the dreamlike worlds created by visiting artist, Maggie Taylor. Design your own special effects to make it all happen. You may choose to work with film or digital photography in this course. Learn advanced darkroom techniques or Adobe Photoshop tricks that will help bring your ideas to life.
Prerequisite- Basic knowledge of B&W photography.
Points of View
Instructor- Germaine Watkins
This 6-week runs two times.
Session 4 course meets: Wednesdays, March 2- April 6
No class March 24
Session 5 course meets: Thursdays, April 14- May 19
Have you ever thought about what a dog sees when he's walking down the street? How about a mouse or even a telephone? Every time a photographer establishes a camera angle to frame a subject, he makes a creative decision. Startling and memorable shots occur when you begin to look at life from a different perspective. Become a mouse for a day and take photographs from a new point of view. This course will introduce you to a variety of camera lenses and equipment that will help make your compositions believable, intriguing and anything but ordinary.
This course is open to all students.
True Lies: Creative Decision Making in Photojournalism
Lead instructor- Dror Yaron
This 6-week session 5 course meets : Wednesdays, April 13- May 18
Draw attention to an urgent issue by making a striking photograph. Construct a scene to present an idea or a point of view. Photographs can support a written story and can speak for themselves. This course will explore different approaches to photojournalism. We will visit the photography department of a local newspaper to get the inside scoop. Become paparazzi for 6 weeks and construct images that tell a story.
This course is open to students with a basic knowledge of B&W photography.
Still-Life Photography
Lead instructor- Kamila Sych
This 6-week course runs two times-
Session 4 meets: Thursdays, March 3- April 7
Session 5 meets: Mondays, April 11- May 16
A still life is an image an artist carefully constructs before photographing. Sometimes the objects in the composition have personal meaning to the artist. Often, they act as a metaphor or symbol for something else. In commercial photography, still life photographs tell a story that helps sell a product. In this course will learn to create and reveal the hidden stories behind still life photographs. Exploring a range of photographic processes you will be able to enhance the mysterious and persuasive powers of your images. This course is open to students with a basic knowledge of B&W photography.
Recipe for Success: Behind the Scenes of Food Photography
Lead instructor- Dror Yaron with guest artist, Chef Anna Kelly
12-week course meets: Fridays March 4- May 20
Every year US advertisers spend $8 billion on food marketing. Art professionals including photographers, lighting and tableware designers, food stylists, colorists, and writers play major roles in this industry. This 12-week journey behind the scenes of food photography will show you how skills learned in MCG studios come together in real-world, commercial art. You will meet a client and visit an ad agency to learn about creating the perfect food shot. A professional food stylist will introduce you to tricks of the trade like how to use paints to make a parboiled chicken appear impossibly plump and golden-roasted or the secrets of ice cream that won't melt under photo lights. Producing a one-page sample for a professional quality cook book will require team work, attention to detail and style. When you present your splash board at the conclusion of this course, you'll know what it feels like to be an advertising dynamo. Only 6-8 spots will be available in this course. Students who contribute diverse backgrounds and talents to the team and have maintained consistent enrollment and attendance will have priority.
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