Authenticity is the single most important attribute a photographer can learn and possess. Not only is it a process of working from within, it can also eventually lead to the creation of the masterpiece. This workshop explores the perceptual and technical processes involved in authenticity. Typically, photographers practice their craft without giving enough thought to vision, awareness and the basic fundamental technical aspects that cause the effects they create. In contrast, the process of authenticity deals directly with the fundamentals of creating an image by enabling photographers to work directly from their unique nature, rather than photographing derivatively.

George starts by reviewing the fundamentals of “photographic seeing” and the skills necessary to accomplish it. Next, the class will examine the basic technical problems that hound photographers when they are making images both in photographing a subject and in post-processing. Lastly, the class will study and practice a way to free one’s self from the concepts and styles of other photographers.

The simple answer to a creative life in photography is emptying yourself of all unnecessary impediments and seeing the world as if only the wind had blown that way before. This four day intensive starts you toward accomplishing this goal by freeing you from entrenched rules of composition, foundational technical problems and unproductive behaviors.

George DeWolfe has been a photographer since 1964 and holds an MFA in Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology. He studied with Ansel Adams and Minor White in the 1970s and studied Perception with Dr. Richard Zakia. He taught Zone System and Perception at The New England School of Photography, The University of Idaho and Colorado Mountain College. He initiated the Appalachian Mountain Club Photography Workshop and teaches numerous workshops and seminars throughout the country. For more information about George, please visit his website at www.georgedewolfe.com.

This class takes place Monday-Thursday, October 12-15, from 10am-4pm.