Toying with Creativity: Plastic Cameras
(L2-4)
Saturday, January 23rd & Sunday, January 24th 10am-5pm
$175
Low-tech medium format cameras like the Holga and Diana are popular for the mysterious, dreamy images produced through their simple plastic lenses. In this class, you'll learn how giving up some technical control can result in wonderfully unique and unexpected images. Guided by toy camera guru Michelle Bates, students will learn how to shoot most successfully with plastic cameras, including how to use good old fashioned tape to manipulate light leaks, and how to modify cameras creatively.
A slide show, demos, and hands-on shooting time will give students a comprehensive look at the "plastic fantastic" in action. On the second class, you'll learn to work hands-on with your own images in the Newspace darkroom. One roll of film provided. Holgas will be available for $30 on the day of class.
Michelle has been a passionate photographer since she was young, and learned her way around a camera in 1991 at the Maine Photographic Workshops, where she first discovered the Holga. Since then, Michelle has shown work in solo exhibitions in the Pacific Northwest, Los Angeles and Israel, and in group shows around the US and in Italy. She has photographed for weekly newspapers, album covers, performers, artists, and many others. Michelle loves teaching, and has given lectures on plastic and toy cameras to groups all over the US, including the Society for Photographic Education, SF Camerawork, Powell's Books, and the Creative Center for Photography. She teaches at the Photographic Center Northwest, the Julia Dean Workshops (LA) and International Center of Photography in New York (among others). Her book,"Plastic Cameras: Toying with Creativity" was published in late 2006 by Focal Press. Michelle is a member of Freestyle Photographic Supply's Advisory Board of Photographic Professionals.
To register you can call 503-963-1935,
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