Environmental advocacy and conservation will continue as a prominent concern for years to come. Photography’s strength as a visual form of communication takes a vital role in advocacy. This workshop will cover various historical, philosophical, aesthetic and technical approaches to contemporary, expressive landscape photograph, while examining our own personal responses to the landscape and environmental concerns through our own photography.

This workshop delves into techniques for successfully blending images and text to create impactful narratives. We will explore text as part of an image or series of images (à la Barbara Kruger or Duane Michals), as well as text as a supplement to images through evocative titles and descriptions. For our final project, students will have the opportunity to create their own, unique compositions of images and text.

The Medium Format Experience is an event that allows photographers to get hands-on experience with every brand of medium format camera on the market today. Facilitated by Capture Integration, an Atlanta-based company specializing in medium format photography, participants will have the opportunity to work with a variety of cameras in a studio setting. Capture Integration will be providing cameras, lighting, and a model. Participants will have the opportunity to shoot with the latest Medium Format Cameras on the market, and to ask any questions they may have about working in the medium. If you have ever been interested in the increasingly accessible world of digital medium format photography, this is an excellent opportunity to experience the variety of medium format cameras first-hand. Location: APG Gallery.

Christina Price Washington received a Master of Fine Art in photography in 2012 and a Master of Arts degree in art history in 2014 from Georgia State University. Her work has been featured in the High Museum of Art, Slow Exposure and the Portfolio Show at the Atlanta Photography Group, and Works on Paper at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Taking the picture is just one step in the production of a great image. What to do with it next is always a question we find ourselves asking. Even after the image has been edited and processed, is it exactly what you wanted? Can I go back and change it a little more? How do I deal with all these pictures sitting in a folder on my computer? Capture One is the industry leading non-destructive RAW image manipulation software available today. With its advanced color rendering, editing tools, and powerful image processing, it’s a logical next step in taking your pictures from ok to awesome!

Travel photographer, Sony ambassador, represented worldwide by YellowKorner Gallery, Esteban Toro, shares his project: Aperture: A World of Stories. A documentary series created by Sony, where Toro meets two of the most remarkable figures of the photography world: Scott Gray, the CEO of the World Photography Organization, and Brent Lewis, a photo editor of The New York Times.