I’ll be teaching a documentary course and a couple of one day workshops at the University of Victoria. Sign up here http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca Courses are: Documentary Photography: Creating the Personal Project In this course you will learn how to use the techniques of documentary work to create a personal photo project. Participants will examine the work of other documentary photographers and see how and why …
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Don Denton – New Photography Course at the University of Victoria
I’ll be teaching a new course starting September 25th at the University of Victoria. Expose Yourself: Showing Your Photographs to the World Are you tired of your photographs living only on your desktop? Learn how you can display or have your photos presented online. Find out how you can place your images into a gallery exhibition or create a book or magazine featuring those pictures. …
UVic Documentary Photography Course Done
I’ve just finished up the documentary project class I was teaching as part of the University of Victoria’s Continuing Education program. The first time for continuing ed and it was a great experience. A small class but enthusiastic and everyone ended up working on a great project of their choice. The best part of teaching for me is watching the students’ confidence and skill improve …
Punk Rock Rising Vancouver 77/78 Show Opening
Had the opening for my show of images of Vancouver punk rockers at Talk I Cheap Gallery in Victoria last night. A good turnout including the members of the Dishrags which was excellent. Hanging the show Jason Flower and Tiemen Kuipers sort through Vancouver punk singles. The Dishrags, Scout, Jade and Dale, with a photo of their younger selves Friends chat during the opening
Talking To …… Esquimalt Photography Club and Western Academy Of Photography
A busy week for talks with a presentation Monday night on documentary photography to the good folks at the Esquimalt Photography Club and a Tuesday Q & A with students in the written Images class at the Western Academy of Photography. Both were a lot of fun for me and hopefully everyone got a little photo info to think about. Tonight after work I checked …
Mike Andrew McLean – Range: Mountain Park Photographs & Kickstarter
I’ve heard of photographers using crowd sourcing as a source of funding but only third hand. Yesterday I received this email from photographer Mike Andrew McLean and thought I’d pass it along. It’s an interesting concept, using Kickstarter, for an interesting project and with even just a $10 donation you get a print: I am pleased to announce that Range, the photo project I’ve been …
Luz Gallery – Quinton Gordon and Diana Millar
We are working hard to create a place where people can engage with photography
Grant Writing Workshop With Donald Weber
Spent Saturday learning about the ins and outs of the world of grants in another Luz Gallery sponsored workshop with Donald Weber. It was all interesting and it was a busy and intense day with a great deal of information being offered. The bottom line though, is that like most things in life, there’s a lot of work and time involved in the process. Anyone …
Donald Weber – Workshop – Chernobyl, Russia and the VII Photo Agency
Last weekend I attended a two day workshop presented by Luz Gallery with Toronto photographer Don Weber, a member of the VII agency. We had a diverse group of twelve workshoppers (if that’s a word). There was the legally blind Anglican minister, the woman who’d had Ansel Adams drop by her house when she was a child and critique her photos, a philosophy professor who …
Creating Art Is More Than Just Technique
I mentioned a few posts back that I’d attended a show opening and artist’s talk with Thomas Bartlett at Luz Gallery. All the images posted here are from the show. Bartlett talked a bit about how he creates his images, he uses a digital camera and long exposures and focuses on common objects often in his house or in motel rooms when he travels. He …
Thomas Bartlett – Transformations
The Luz Gallery had an artist’s talk and opening for the work of Saskatchewan photographer Thomas Bartlett tonight. Bartlett works with digital cameras creating his abstract images, images that he likens to colour field paintings.
Wilf Schmidt and The Little Photo Shop – Photographers’ Work Spaces and Studios
The World’s Smallest Photography Supply Store
Second Western Academy of Photography Faculty Show – i2i
The opening for the second i2i show, an exhibition of photographs by faculty from the Western Academy of Photography opened in Victoria at the Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria gallery.