Fotoworkshop Lednice | South Moravia Photoworkshop http://www.smpw.cz/en Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:03:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Upcoming photo workshops during mardi gras Fašank festival 16. – 19. 2. 2012 http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/upcoming-photo-workshops-during-mardi-gras-fasank-festival-16-19-2-2012/ http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/upcoming-photo-workshops-during-mardi-gras-fasank-festival-16-19-2-2012/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:03:37 +0000 Jan Adámek http://www.smpw.cz/en/?p=172 Upcoming photo workshops during mardi gras Fašank festival 16. - 19. 2. 2012

]]> http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/upcoming-photo-workshops-during-mardi-gras-fasank-festival-16-19-2-2012/feed/ 0 Jiří Turek: Fashion and portrait with the smell of gun powder (29. 9. – 2. 10. 2011) http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/jiri-turek-fashion-and-portrait-with-the-smell-of-gun-powder-29-9-2-10-2011/ http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/jiri-turek-fashion-and-portrait-with-the-smell-of-gun-powder-29-9-2-10-2011/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:20:33 +0000 Jan Adámek http://www.smpw.cz/en/?p=170 Date
29. 9. – 2. 10. 2011

Price
12 000 CZK

Contents
Photographing fashion and portraits during a „par force“ hunt, while taking advantage of natural situations as a backdrop for arranged photography. Decadent portrait of an aristocratic lady amidst the spirit of hunting. Everything is going to take place in the area of Lednice Chateau and its park. Prepared will be an outstanding production including splendid costumes, props such as opulent hunting feasts and much more. You are going to be working under the leadership of a renowned photographer and teacher.

Hunting par force ( from French par force de chiens, meaning with the force of dogs).

This was an organized hunt when the nobility on horseback followed and tracked down a deer, previously released and then chased by a group of dogs aiming at exhausting the animal which was then killed with a dagger. Later on, the aim was just to exhaust the animal and, after that, return it into its natural environment.

There is only one type of light. It is down to us how we work with it. There are the same conditions for everyone – just the physics and the eye. Nothing more is needed. Actually, it is. It is essential to find out how to work with it, where to emphasise or where to suppress it. That should always happen with a humbleness to its strength and in a way so the subject of a photograph isn’t forgotten.

Jiří Turek will lead a workshop starting with the client assignment, through choosing the right models, location, taking your own photographs, working with the light (mainly the natural source of light but also with various artificial sources) to final retouching of a picture which is ready to be printed in a magazine.

Recommended equipment
Digital camera, laptop, memory card. Other props which could be incorporated into the photographed scene are welcome.
Detailed programme of the photo workshop will be published before the end of August.

This programme and its schedule as well as its topics can change according to the agreement between the lecturer and his students.

Contacts
Michaela Horáčková (assistent), +420 725 061 928

]]> http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/jiri-turek-fashion-and-portrait-with-the-smell-of-gun-powder-29-9-2-10-2011/feed/ 0 Antonín Kratochvíl: Portrait on the edge of light (1. – 7. 8. 2011) http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/antonin-kratochvil-portrait-on-the-edge-of-light/ http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/antonin-kratochvil-portrait-on-the-edge-of-light/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:31:30 +0000 Jan Adámek http://www.smpw.cz/en/?p=149 Contents
The workshop with Antonin Kratochvil will explore the human psyche and go under the surface of human emotions. Antonin will demonstrate how even in the difficult art of portraiture is possible to show unique style and interpretation. This course is designed to encourage students to photograph people in an entirely different way, to get a sense of movement and light in their work and to capture a moment that explores the unique and complicated nature of human being.

There will be daily discussions and reviews of work in progress, as well as one day of editing student’s work by the instructor. Participants should be confident working on their own with Antonin’s guidance. This workshop will be digital.

Antonin Kratochvil is a founder of the VII photo agency.

As a photojournalist Kratochvil has sunk his teeth into his fair share of upheaval and human catastrophes while passionately pursuing his documentation of the time in which he lives.

Kratochvil’s own refugee life has often mirrored what he has rendered on film. Kratochvil’s unique style of photography is the product of personal experience, intimate conditioning and not privileged voyeurism. He is the visual poet laureate of photojournalism,
Over the years his fluid and unconventional work has been sought by numerous publications stretching across widely differing interests. From shooting Mongolia’s street children for the magazine published by the Museum of Natural History to a portrait session with David Bowie for Detour, from covering the war in Iraq for Fortune Magazine to shooting Deborah Harry for a national advertising campaign for the American Civil Liberties Union. Kratochvil’s ability to see through and into his subjects and show immutable truth has made his pictures not facsimiles but uncensored visions.

And yet, what set his kind apart from the many is his consistency and struggle to carry on.

Antonin Kratochvil has received numerous awards, grants and honorable mentions dating back to 1975 including the Infinity Award: Photojournalist of the Year given by International Center of Photography, First Prize, World Press Photo Portrait Series, Medal from the City of Prague for Photography awarded by the Mayor of Prague, A Lucie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Photojournalism, A Golden Light Award for Best Documentary Book, Vanishing, and numerous others.

In addition, Kratochvil has published many innovative and creative books like Vanishing, a collection of natural and human phenomena that on the verge of extinction. What makes this book so innovative is the twenty years it has taken to produce, making it not only historical from the onset, but a labor of love and a commitment to one man’s conscience. This holds true of all of Kratochvil’s books in including this years, Moscow Nights.

Kratochvil’s photographs are in many public and private collections throughout the world.

Education
* Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, Gerrit Rietveltd Art Academy, Amsterdam, Holland.

Awards
* 1991 Infinity Award: Photojournalist of the Year, International Center of Photography, New York.
* 1994 Leica Medal of Excellence for outstanding achievement in documentary photography.
* 1994 Dorothy Lange Prize, Duke University Center of documentary Studies.
* 1995 Ernst Haas Award, Maine Photographic workshops.
* 1997 Gold Medal for Photography from Society of Publishing Designers, New York.
* 1997 First Prize, World Press Photo Portrait Series, Amsterdam.
* 1997 (Eissie) Alfred Eisenstadt Award for 3Eyewitness Essay2 Life Magazine.
* 2000 Gold ARC Award for Best Annual Report, NGO Category, for Rockefeller Foundation 1999 Annual Report.
* 2003 First Prize World Press Photo Amsterdam (2 awards same year)
* Medal from the City of Prague for Photography awarded by the Mayor of Prague
* 2005 Lucie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Photojournalism
* 2005 Golden Light Award for Best Documentary Book for the book Vanishing

Books
* Broken Dream: 20 Years of War in Eastern Europe
Monacelli Press, New York 1997.
* Antonin Kratochvil
Torst 2003
* Incognito
Arena Editions, USA 2001
* Supravvivere
Motta Editore, Italy 2001
* Vanishing
de.MO 2005
* Moscow Nights
2010

Date
1 – 7 August 2011

Price
35 000 CZK

Sunday afternoon, 31 July – recommended arrival so that you get a chance to settle in and meet other participants.

Price includes six nights in a twin room with breakfast. Students also have an opportunity to attend lectures of other lecturers.

Recommended equipment
Digital camera, laptop, memory card.

Time schedule
To be confirmed once agreed with the lecturer.

The photo-workshop will be held in English.

]]> http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/antonin-kratochvil-portrait-on-the-edge-of-light/feed/ 0 Petr Velkoborský: Large Format Photogrpahy (classical wet process) (1. – 7. 8. 2011) http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/petr-velkoborsky-large-format-photogrpahy-classical-wet-process/ http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/petr-velkoborsky-large-format-photogrpahy-classical-wet-process/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:20:45 +0000 Jan Adámek http://www.smpw.cz/en/?p=147 Contents
Work with a large format camera (Sinar, Cambo and so on), developing black and white flat films 4x5in and their direct copying onto photographic paper, scanning the negatives and editing them on a computer. Attention will be paid to photographing small products (Scheimpflug rule), portrait, landscape/architecture (linear academical perspective) and further in respect to individual specialization. Scanned negatives will always be shown with commentary and further discussion in the evening. As part of this workshop there will be a lecture on exponometric methods with respect to the zone system of an American photographer and scientist Ansel Adams.

Due to time and technical limitations, only flat films 4x5in 400ASA will be available and their processing will be, to begin with, done by an experienced assistant so there aren’t any unnecessary errors. Later on there will be an opportunity to do these film/process combinations individually. Which means that whoever is interested, can (according to our time schedule), try out their own films, developing and processing.

All participants will receive 12 flat films (included in the price of the workshop), other films can be purchased locally at a price of about 16 CZK per piece.

Own equipment (if you have available): light metre, laptop, flashcard and cable release. Large format camera 4×5 welcome.

Date
1 – 7 August 2011

Price
18 000 CZK

Price includes six nights in a twin room with breakfast, opening presentation of the lecturer, transport.

Time schedule
Time schedule in PDF format.

]]> http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/petr-velkoborsky-large-format-photogrpahy-classical-wet-process/feed/ 0 Jiří Turek: Fashion au Chateau (1. – 7. 8. 2011) http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/jiri-turek-fashion-au-chateau/ http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/jiri-turek-fashion-au-chateau/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:15:32 +0000 Jan Adámek http://www.smpw.cz/en/?p=145 Contents
You are going to take a photograph of the lady of the chateau in the surroundings of Lednice chateau and park. Outstanding production is ready for you including fantastic costumes, props and much more. You are going to work under the supervision of a famous photographer as well as a teacher.

This year we are going to embark on extravagant arrangements with a hint of chateau decadency.

Non-traditional view of photography categories. That’s what awaits us in the best studio in the heart of Europe, in the location surrounding Lednice. Here we’ll work with daylight – the best source of light you can get.

There is only one type of light. It is down to us how we work with it. Same conditions for everyone – just the physics and the eye. Nothing more is needed. Actually, it is. It is essential to find out how to work with it, where to emphasise or where to suppress it. That should always happen with a humbleness to its strength and in a way so the subject of a photograph isn’t forgotten.

Jiří Turek will lead a workshop starting with the client assignment, through choosing the right models, location, taking your own photographs, working with the light (mainly the natural source of light but also with various artificial sources) to final retouching of a picture which is ready to be printed in a magazine.

Date
1 – 7 August 2011

Price
25 000 CZK

Price includes six nights in a twin room with breakfast, models, make up artists, hairdressers, costumes, Lednice chateau premises, lighting equipment, opening presentation of the lecturer and services of an assistant. Students also have an opportunity to attend lectures of other lecturers.

Every evening you will have an opportunity to attend a presentation of one of the other lecturers or other colleagues from different workshops.

Recommended equipment
Digital camera, laptop, memory card. Other props which could be incorporated into the photographed scene are welcome.

Time schedule
Sunday, 31 July
Recommended arrival so that you get a chance to settle in and meet other participants.

Monday, 1 August
- 8:30 – 9:30 breakfast (included in the price)
- 10:00 – workshop opening, meeting the models, viewing the costumes, preparation
- dinner at about 18:00 in Moravian restaurant (95 CZK)

Tuesday, 2 August
- 8:30 – 9:30 breakfast (included in the price)
- viewing the locations, working with the equipment
- 18:00 – dinner (95 CZK)
- 20:00 – selection and evaluation of photographs

Wednesday, 3 August
-8:30 – 9:30 breakfast (included in the price)
- Lednice chateau, 2nd floor, ducal apartments
- 18:00 – dinner (95 CZK)
- 19:00 – presentation of Jiří Turek, Dyje function room, My Hotel
- 20:00 – selection and evaluation of photographs

Thursday, 4 August
- 8:30 – 9:30 breakfast (included in the price)
- romantic castle ruins of Janohrad, hunters’ room
- 18:00 – dinner (95 CZK)
- 20:00 – selection and evaluation

Friday, 5 August
- 8:30 – 9:30 breakfast (included in the price)
- free choice of subjects – fashion/nudity, Lednice chateau – inside/outside
- 18:00 – dinner (95 CZK)
- 20:00 – selection of photographs for final exhibition

Saturday, 6 August
- 8:30 – 9:30 breakfast (included in the price)
- horse carriages of Jiří Švásta, stables behind the hotel
- at about 11:00 – 12:00 workshop evaluation
- departure, free programme

Sunday, 7 August
- 8:30 – 9:30 breakfast (included in the price)
- at about 11:00 – 12:00 workshop evaluation
- departure, free programme

Note
During the photoworkshop its schedule as well as its topics can change based on the agreement between the lecturer and his students.

Contacts
Tomáš Solařík (assistant), +420 731 416 117
Michaela Horáčková (assistant), +420 725 061 928

]]> http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/jiri-turek-fashion-au-chateau/feed/ 0 Invitation to the exhibition of Women Antonín Kratochvíl http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/invitation-to-the-exhibition-of-women-antonin-kratochvil/ http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/invitation-to-the-exhibition-of-women-antonin-kratochvil/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:15:41 +0000 Jan Adámek http://www.smpw.cz/en/?p=137 Pozvánka na vernisáž Ženy Antonína Kratochvíla

]]> http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/invitation-to-the-exhibition-of-women-antonin-kratochvil/feed/ 0 Jiří Turek: Portrait in the studio and the technique of lighting hair http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/jiri-turek-portrait-in-the-studio-and-the-technique-of-lighting-hair/ http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/jiri-turek-portrait-in-the-studio-and-the-technique-of-lighting-hair/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:41:13 +0000 Jan Adámek http://www.smpw.cz/en/?p=99 Contents: We will go through and learn about different lighting props used in the studio, which can also be used in real locations. Furthermore, there will be more complicated lighting sets, which we will practise while doing fashion photography of hair. To demonstrate these different lighting methods, hair makes such suitable material to work with.

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Students will have the opportunity to work with a professional film lighting by brand ARRI. I tis German leader in the field.

Date
2 – 5 December 2010

Price
8 850 CZK

The price includes 3 night accommodation in double room with breakfast, opening presentation of the lecturer and transport.

Recommended equipment
Digital camera with rather longer objective, your own laptop and memory card.

Conjugation
Timing in PDF format to view by clicking on this text.

]]> http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/jiri-turek-portrait-in-the-studio-and-the-technique-of-lighting-hair/feed/ 0 Jan Pohribný: Moods of the Landscape http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/jan-pohribny-moods-of-the-landscape/ http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/jan-pohribny-moods-of-the-landscape/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:22:37 +0000 Jan Adámek http://www.smpw.cz/en/?p=73 What is there to capture for a photographer when the weather is unkind, trees and vineyards barren and daylight low? During our four-day workshop we’ll have a look at how to benefit from such disadvantages of autumnal weather. If the weather is nice we’ll see how we can make this season work for us. We’ll set off on a tropical expedition into the jungle of the Lednice Greenhouse. This setting, just like the area of Lednice, offers an outstanding opportunity for your installations, bodyart, scenes and other unobtrusive interventions of space. This workshop is all to do with capturing the mood around us, but also with portraying our feelings that are with us all the time.

Date: 2 – 5 December 2010

Price
6 550 CZK

The price includes a 3 night accommodation in double room with breakfast, opening presentation of the lecturer, transport.

Recommended equipment
Digital camera with a wide-angle zoom lens, possibly a standard camera (medium and larger format welcome). Tripod, cable release or a remote control, flash, powerful batteries and a choice of props.

Digital camera, your own laptop, memory card.

Conjugation
Timing in PDF format to view by clicking on this text.

]]> http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/jan-pohribny-moods-of-the-landscape/feed/ 1 Antonín Kratochvíl: Editing photos with Antonín Kratochvíl http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/antonin-kratochvil-editing-photos-with-antonin-kratochvil/ http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/antonin-kratochvil-editing-photos-with-antonin-kratochvil/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:20:35 +0000 Jan Adámek http://www.smpw.cz/en/?p=68 There comes a time when it is the duty of the artist to stop photographing and make sense of all of this effort and production. This is the function of the editing process.

This workshop is ideal for the photographer or photo-educator that has an existing collection of images and wishes to edit, sequence and arrange them in such a way as to clarify their content. Editing assays for magazine submission, book projects and portfolios. The end product of the workshop will be a digital file suitable for either the production of a hand-made artist book or presentation of a portfolio or telling a story. The skills learned in this workshop are an essential component of any artist’s professional development.

Date
2 – 5 December 2010

Price
10 550 CZK

The price includes a 3 night accommodation in double room with breakfast, opening presentation of the lecturer, transport.

Conjugation
Timing in PDF format to view by clicking on this text.

]]> http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/antonin-kratochvil-editing-photos-with-antonin-kratochvil/feed/ 0 Jan Pohribný: Searching for the light in the landscape http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/jan-pohribny-searching-for-the-light-in-the-landscape/ http://www.smpw.cz/en/post/jan-pohribny-searching-for-the-light-in-the-landscape/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:33:52 +0000 Jan Adámek http://www.smpw.cz/en/?p=64 Program (PDF, 365 KB).

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