Photography - Digital Media for Summer 2012
Photographing Whales - Jessie Mechling
June 20-22
Wednesday lecture
Thursday & Friday Whale Watches
Times will vary
3 Sessions
Off Site
$275 (includes 2 boat trips)
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Castle Hill, in partnership with the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, invites nature photographers to explore Cape Cod for a two-day marine and coastal photography workshop. The lifeblood of Cape Cod is the connection between our communities and the surrounding coastal and marine environments. The Cape’s magnificent light, unfettered landscapes and wondrous wildlife has inspired people and artists for generations. In this two-day workshop, we will photograph whales, seals, and the coastal environment of Outer Cape Cod. Participants will learn how to shoot unique landscape images and take quintessential Cape Cod photographs. Participants will also learn about local marine life, and learn techniques for capturing intimate and active portraits of these animals. The workshop includes two water-based whale watches, and a hike to a local seal haul out (weather permitting) and a potential sunrise/sunset shoot at one of the Cape’s iconic lighthouses. 
Jesse Mechling is an award winning photographer, naturalist and educator specializing in travel and nature photography. Jesse grew up on a farm along the Chesapeake Bay, while spending summers on Cape Cod. He has been photographing the landscape and wildlife of Cape Cod for more than fifteen years, and despite having traveled to over 30 countries and 43 states, regards Cape Cod as one of his favorite places to photograph, continually finding new destinations and subjects. Jesse has exhibited his work in both group and solo shows throughout the country, and locally at art festivals and businesses. His work has appeared in numerous calendars, Lonely Planet guidebooks, Nature Photographer Magazine, the New York Times, Condenet, Yahoo, Geoplaneta, and American Express. He has led a summer photography workshop for the Cape Cod National Seashore since 2008, and currently works as the Director of Marine Education at the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies. He lives in Eastham.
The Art of Directing - Kevin Liddy
June 25 – 29
Monday – Friday
9am – 12pm
5 Sessions
Castle Hill
$380
The course will cover the many roles and functions of a director, from preproduction to script development, from working with actors to the interdisciplinary nature of directing. Kevin will also show his award winning shorts “Horse” and “A Soldiers Song” and discuss on-set procedure.
Kevin Liddy graduated from the DIT film program and won scriot awards from the Arts Council of Ireland and Filmbase for his short script "Horse" which he went on to direct. The award-winning "Horse" won Best Short at the Galway Film Fleadh and Best European Short at the Premiers Plan Festival in Angers, France. Kevin won the Irish Film Board/RTÉ script award for his second short "A Soldier's Song" which won Best Irish Short at the Cork Film Festival, Best of the Fest at the Edinburgh Film Festival, was Irish Times' critic's choice for best Irish short of the year, won a Galway Film Fleadh, and Best Short at the Wine Country Film Festival in L.A. Kevin wrote and directed his debut feature "Country" which went on to win the Galway Film Festival, Best European film in Verona, Italy, the San Francisco Film Fest, was nominated in the Best Director category in San Sebastian as well as prizes at the Brussels International Film Festival, Koln Conference, and others. Kevin was lead director on the On Home Ground series, a prime time drama series produced by Little Bird for RTÉ. He directed the first two TV hours.
Self Promotion with Photoshop and InDesign - Irving Grunbaum
July 9-13
Monday-Friday
9am-12pm
5 Sessions
Castle Hill
$380
Whether you have a good deal of experience with design work on a Mac, or very little, this class will show you how to design a professional quality printed piece. We will discuss how to start a job and take it through all levels of production, using Adobe Creative Suite InDesign and Photoshop. We will review how to email Acrobat PDFs, adding links, retouching of photographs and printing, using your own or an outside printer. I will explain basic attachments. Utilizing the design elements of concept, color, typography and formatting, you will make a project or projects of your choice in class – a flyer, poster, business card, logo, stationary, CD cover or brochure. Part of this process is learning how to find your sense of style with each project.
Irving Grunbaum is a graphic designer and art director, developing concepts and designs for promotional materials, packaging, advertisements, and logos, as well as websites, for diverse clients, from Broadband Communities to Aqua Masters Watches. Mr. Grunbaum was the Graphics Director for Jacob & Co., Design Director at Wall Street Reporter Publications where he redesigned three business and science & technology magazines. He was Senior Art Director of Marketing, Advertising and Packaging at Coty, Art Director for Condé Nast marketing and Promotion Art Director for Mademoiselle Magazine. Irving Grunbaum graduated from Parsons School of Design.
Animate Your Art: Make it Move (Animation for Artists) - Jennifer Moller
July 16-20
Monday – Friday
9am -12pm
5 Sessions
Pamet Crossing
$380
This is an interdisciplinary class that is designed to stimulate your relationship to your artwork by making it move. Animation is a contemporary fine art medium and any art can be used in the making of animation. Designers, graphic artists, musicians, painters, performers, photographers, printers, and sculptors will be given the opportunity to explore the possibilities of bringing new life to their chosen traditional mediums. Experienced animators and filmmakers will gain the opportunity of collaborating with artists from a variety of other artistic disciplines. We will be working in Photoshop and will explore some other relevant programs. Some basic animation, film, video, or computer skills are suggested but not required.
Jennifer Moller is an accomplished artist who has worked as a freelance editorial and advertising photographer and videographer. Her education includes an MFA from Maine College of Art in 2003. She has spent many hours creating and teaching in two very magical places, Cape Cod, MA and Santa Fe, NM. She taught for six years at the Art Institute of Boston and has conducted photography workshops at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Cape Cod Photographic Workshops, and Castle Hill. Most recently she was chosen to spend a year as an artist in residence by the New Media department at the Institute of American Indian Art for the Fall 2010-Spring 2011 in Santa Fe. Her video installation, “seas” and handmade book is in the collection of the Hood Museum at Dartmouth. She is currently on staff at Castle Hill. For more about Jennifer and her work visit www.jennmoller.com and her blog: jmoller.wordpress.com.
Alternative Process in Photography – Dana Dunham
July 16-20
Monday – Friday
1-4pm
5 Sessions
Castle Hill
$380
Liquid emulsion is a light sensitive material used in the darkroom to produce one-of-a-kind photographic images. Using traditional black and white film and the wet process of the darkroom, you will experience the unique creative expression of painting and photography wrapped into one. Students will experience basic darkroom photography from developing film, enlarging images and printing with complete artistic expression. This workshop is suitable for all ages, young and old, and allows the student to explore a very unique aspect of black and white photography.
Dana Dunham aspires to make a difference through the use of the photographic image. He is committed to the traditional process of black-and-white film photography and the darkroom print. Dana is a recent graduate of the MFA program at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and is currently living in Providence, RI.
Intro to Fine Art Dog Portraiture - Jesse Freidin
July 30-August 3
Monday-Friday
1-4pm
5 Sessions
Castle Hill
$380
The bond between dog and human is an undeniable force for good, and artists have been compelled to document that bond for centuries. This class will open your eyes to a new way of seeing your animal companion, and guide you through the process of creating an intimate and emotional series of fine art dog portraits. Through an exploration of portraiture fundamentals, camera basics, and key dog handling techniques, each student will learn to articulate the mysterious and timeless symbiotic relationship between dog and human through their own photography. Students will learn how to become part of their subject’s world and beautifully control chaotic moments, as well as familiarize themselves with aperture, shutter speed, and film speed basics. This class will emphasize patience, passion, and the practice of the decisive moment. Each student will receive one-on-one attention from instructor in both the classroom and out in the field, as well as during group critiques. Students are expected to bring a love for animals, and digital camera of your choice (you must have at least a basic understanding of this camera). We'll use digital files for class workshops. You do not have to be a dog owner, but you must have a dog you can work with consistently throughout the course.
Jesse Freidin is an American fine art photographer working exclusively with analog and instant films and processes. He was awarded the 2010 and 2011 Best Dog Photographer in the Bay Area for his fine-art pet portraiture, and is also the creator of the Doggie Gaga Project, an overnight media sensation linked online by Entertainment Weekly, MTV, TMZ, and The Sundance Channel, and featured on ABC’s Live! with Regis & Kelly. As a body of work, Jesse’s dog portraits offer a rare view into contemporary American households. By placing the dog as the subject in his work, he is invited deeply into the lives of the families he works with and presented with a glimpse of their domestic dynamic, free of censorship. Freidin's photography is in over 60 private collections throughout the Unites States, and has been exhibited in San Francisco and New York.
Wordpress Websites for Artists and Writers - Sarah Anne Johnson
July 30 – August 3
Monday-Friday
1 – 4pm
5 Sessions
Pamet Crossing
$380
In this workshop you’ll create a website using Wordpress - an easy-to-use, online software that anyone can use to build and maintain a website. Wordpress offers a lot of cool features for artists and writers, including great designs, the ability to up date content on your own, image slide shows with captions, and blogs. While building your website, we’ll talk about design strategies to help you make your website work harder. This includes understanding your audience and what they want, defining your “call-to-action,” writing for the web, optimizing for search engine visibility, and maintaining a clean, user-friendly design. You’ll leave the class with a fully functional Wordpress website that can grow and evolve as you continue to showcase your creative work online.
Sarah Anne Johnson is the author of The Very Telling, The Art of the Author Interview, and Conversations with American Women Writers. Her interviews appear in The Writer's Chronicle, Glimmertrain Stories, Provincetown Arts, and The Writer where she is a contributing editor. Her fiction has appeared in Other Voices, and she is the recipient of residencies in fiction from Jentel Artists' Residency Program and Vermont Studio Center. She has taught the Art of the Author Interview Workshop at Bennington College Writing Seminars MFA Program, Leseley University MFA Program, and at literary conferences nationwide.
Pin Hole for All Ages - Martin R. Anderson
August 20-24
9am-12pm
Monday-Friday
5 Sessions
Castle Hill
$360
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A fun photography class for all ages! Cameras will be created from everyday objects like tin cans and then loaded with photographic paper on which to record images which will come to life using basic darkroom techniques. This is a simple, hands-on way to understand photography that can produce surprisingly dynamic and beautiful images. No previous photographic experience is necessary (although experienced photographers may relish the opportunity to explore and play outside the usual boundaries.) Experimentation will be nurtured and encouraged! This is an ideal class for parents and kids to take together.
Martin R. Anderson has worked extensively with alternative photography over the past seven years, with over 40 pinhole cameras of his own making. In July of 2005, Martin received a fellowship for a three-week Artist-In- Residency at C-Scape dune shack in Provincetown where he created a portfolio of pinhole landscapes and self-portraits.
Photography Lens Baby Workshop - Judy Rolfe
August 27-21
Monday-Friday
9am-12pm
5 Sessions
$380
In this workshop, Judy Rolfe will demonstrate the Lensbaby, a photographic system of new lenses and attachments. Think of the Lensbaby as a whole camera bag of new lenses and options for creative imagery. Judy will lecture on the use and options of the Lensbaby system and help you achieve correct exposures to make compositions and more. The most fun part will be experimenting with the lenses under Judy's watchful eye in nearby Truro and Provincetown. This Castle Hill photography workshop is a great opportunity to understand and use the Lensbaby you may have sitting in the camera bag or have been intrigued by. See in a new way!
If you have wanted to try a Lensbaby but did not want to purchase one, this is the workshop for you. You can try one out for free. Just bring your camera; Lensbaby will be providing a few loaners for Nikon and Canon Mounts.
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Workshops Summer 2012
This year over a hundred workshops are being offered in all disciplines.
About Us
A location, nestled in the dunes of Truro and within walking distance to Cape Cod bay, provides an inspirational and meditative backdrop that enhances the workshop experience.
A distinguished faculty that consists of prominent artists in the fields of painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, jewelry and writing.
A student body consists of both working artists and art students who hail from all over the US and Canada. Today Castle Hill celebrates its 40th year Anniversary.