Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2010-2014 | Page 37

Angie Buckley, Horse

Suzanne Opton, Caxton (detail)

Kate Leonard, Shallow Water #6

June 21 - 25

June 21 - 25

June 28 - July 2

Suzanne Opton   

an archeological approach to
text and image

Skill Level: II - III

Kate Leonard   

Getting Started with the
Digital SLR 
Angie Buckley   
Skill Level: I
Concept: Don’t let the technical side of digital
photography intimidate you. Use digital media
with confidence: from beginning to end, capture to file management. Nurture your creative
side while you take technical control of your
digital SLR camera. Learn to set ISO, shutters and apertures, coupled with a tripod and
specialized filters. Then explore simple postproduction techniques to realize your artistic
vision. We emphasize technical skills, creative
picture making, editing and evaluating images.
Media & Techniques: Image capture uses digital SLR cameras, tripods, multiple lenses, neutral density and polarizing filters. Basic digital
processing is taught using Adobe Lightroom
and/or Adobe Photoshop.

Confronting the Portrait 

Concept: Think like a director by creating situations–commonplace or outrageous–in which
your subjects are free to reveal themselves, or
not. We confront the many subtle aspects of
portrait photography in theory and in practice.
We address issues of approaching strangers,
setting the stage, developing collaboration and
directing the subject. We examine body language and gesture, the psychological implications of light and the structure of the frame.
Media & Techniques: Students shoot with digital cameras and project images for initial edits.
Final editing is done from digital prints made
during class time.

Activities: Daily lectures as well as hands-on
technical demonstrations, address digital camera and lens functions, shooting, downloading
and editing. Practice every day on shooting
field trips in the magnificent Colorado landscape, then sum up your experience with
group discussion and critique.

Activities:  Students photograph, edit and
write about their work. We begin with a portfolio review and discuss each student’s project
for the week. Each day students photograph
and present rough edits. We work together to
define our focus and present a cohesive group
of images. Slide shows present historical and
contemporary fine art and editorial portraiture.
Discussions center on work that lies at the
intersection of documentary and fine art.

Faculty:  Angie Buckley received her MFA in
Photography from Arizona State University.
Her work has been exhibited nationally and
internationally, including the Savannah College
of Art and Design, New York University, Rhode
Island School of Design and Clos de L’Abbye
Gallerie in Paris, France. Buckley teaches in
the Department of Art at the University of Colorado Denver.

Faculty:  Suzanne Opton is the recipient of a
2009 Guggenheim Fellowship and grants from
the National Endowment for the Arts, and the
New York Foundation for the Arts. Her work is in
the permanent collections of the Austin Museum
of Art, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France
and the Brooklyn Art Museum. Opton teaches
at the International Center of Photography.
www.suzanneopton.com

Tuition: $1145 / Studio Support Cost: $1345
Studio Fee: $75  Code: P0304  Enrollment Limit: 12

Tuition: $1145 / Studio Support Cost: $1345
Studio Fee: $75  Code: P0305  Enrollment Limit: 10

Painting & Photography:



Skill Level: Open to all
Concept: This workshop lies at the intersection
of photography and painting. Investigate new
transfer techniques to integrate photographic
images and text directly onto painted surfaces.
We use traditional collage and photomontage
with new processes that allow for opaque and
translucent layers. Reductive methods such as
sanding and scraping reveal the history of earlier photographic layers and suggest an archeological approach to image development.
Media & Techniques: We use traditional collage
with photogra