San Francisco Full Moon Night Photography Workshop
with Tim Baskerville and special Guest Lecturers

Dates: Friday May 8, Saturday May 9, Sunday May 10, and Sat'dy May 16, 2009
Times: 7pm until late, each night
Tuition: $450 - due by April 1, 2009
Instructors: Tim Baskerville and special guest lecturers (see Gallery for examples of their work)
Location: Fort Mason Center, The Presidio of San Francisco, Marin Headlands

Curriculum
This comprehensive 4-night course is held at locations in Fort Mason Center, the historic Presidio of San Francisco, and in the Marin Headlands - all in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The first meeting is held on Friday May 8 at Fort Mason and includes an overview of recently published "night work," as well as classic reference texts, and hard to find out-of-print monographs. This session also features a slide show outlining the long history of Night Photography, focusing on famous practioners, as well as equally important, though lesser-known, pioneers of this exciting genre of photography, and a discussion of "Why you photograph at night?"

In addition to these areas of general interest, there is a lengthy discussion of technical considerations, and students are encouraged to bring previous work done nocturnally for evaluation. Tim will also discuss in depth some images of his on display - to aid participants in their immediate 'foray' into the dark, with emphasis on the "mixed" lighting situations that one finds while working at night, as well as tips to "mixing" your own varied light sources, and the in-camera "dodging" technique of controlling the overall contrast of a night scene on film, or with digital cameras.

Finally, several hours (or as late as participants want to stay out photographing) will be spent shooting the architecture, rolling hills, and waterfront areas around Fort Mason.

Saturday night will be spent photographing in San Francisco's newest National Park, the historic Presidio of San Francisco. The third night we photograph on location in the Marin Headlands, mostly under the illumination of the Full Moon. Students will continue working on their self-assigned projects (if using film - to at least finish the roll of film in their cameras) and return for a critique within one week - or by arrangement - to discuss and critique their work. A special Guest Lecturer will present work - a very popular part of the workshop - at this time.

Emphasis will be on evaluating existing lighting situations and exposing accordingly. Supplemental lighting possibilities will be discussed and demonstrated. Transparency, b/w, color negative films, as well as digital, will be discussed and compared. This is an intensive workshop limited to 10 participants who will be closely supervised on location.

Students will provide their own equipment and are expected to be familiar with basic photographic techniques. An equipment and film list will be provided upon receipt of deposit. Accommodation assistance and tourist information is available.

Please print all pages of this form, fill them out and mail or fax to:

Full Moon Night Photography Workshops
The Nocturnes
PO Box 29074
Presidio of
San Francisco, CA 94129
Phone: (707) 645-9860
FAX (707) 644-4073

For additional information email us at workshop [at] thenocturnes [dot] com

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