Expressive Digital Balck and White Landscape:

Several years ago while working on a commercial photography assignment I was asked a question which has stuck with me ever since.  The question?   What’s in your tool kit?  In other words, what do you need to get the job done?  A camera is a tool, and a powerful one at that.  It’s not so much about the camera, but how it’s used.  Good photographs require the photographer to slow down, see, and personally express the world in front of them. 

Landscape photography is formed by the point of view of the photographer; it is a spiritual experience, the reflection of a culture. Historically, the great masters of black-and-white landscape used large-format cameras and traditional film processes. Now advances in digital technology have opened new opportunities for photographers who wish to explore the aesthetic and technical aspects of digital black-and-white landscapes. 

On location daily, we take the time to see and fully express the spirit of the black-and-white landscape as we discover a place and the secrets of its beauty. We consider the concept of landscape and how it is connected to the cultural, social, and geographical aspects of our environment.

In the classroom, we combine traditional Zone System methodology with new digital processes in Adobe Lightroom to forge a complete digital grayscale workflow. We learn to express in black and white our personal interpretations of landscape. Blending traditional, new, and emerging techniques and technologies, we discover the extraordinary possibilities of expressive digital black-and-white landscape work. 

Join us September 21-25 for Expressive  Black and White Landscape Photography.

be strong, be safe, Carlan