Description
Creative Coastal Photography with John Tunney
Dates: July 31 4pm – August 2, 2024
Times: Varied
Fee: Non-member $575 / Member $550
Come learn the art of creative fine-art photography while exploring the beaches, dunes and harbors of the Lower and Outer Cape and the Cape Cod National Seashore. In this workshop, photographer John Tunney will take you to some of the Cape’s most beautiful locations and show you how to “see” a scene, discover its creative potential and produce a creative and expressive fine-art image. We’ll cover daytime long exposures, intentional camera movement, night photography, traditional landscape/scenic techniques and processing. We’ll go on field shoots in the mornings and late afternoon into evening and at least one night time Milky Way shoot, and have midday classroom sessions for editing and reviewing pictures.
What you’l learn:
– How to create impressionistic images using long exposures, camera motion, depth of field and multiple exposures
– How to photograph water, boats and lighthouses
– The creative use of wide angle and telephoto lenses
– How to see and use the elements of design in composing your images
– Low-light photography tips
– Night photography
– Planning field shoots with phone apps
– Processing tips to fine-tune your compositions for added expressiveness, dimensionality and finish.
Schedule: The schedule and itinerary will depend on the weahter and other factors, but the basic plan is:
– Wednesday meet at 4pm on the 31st for intro/class, grab a quick supper and the head out for a field session that goes past sunset and possibly beyond.
– Thursday sunrise/early morning field session. Breakfast. Late morning field session. Break on your own. Reconvene at 2:30pm for class/editing/image review. Then a quick supper and out for field shoots through sunset and possibly beyond.
– Friday sunrise/early morning field session. Breakfast. Late morning field session. Grab a bag lunch and return to CCAC for class/editing/image review. Wrap up around 1pm.
What to bring:
– DSLR or mirrorless equivalent
– Wide angle and telephoto lens
– Neutral density filter – 8-10 stop (optional, but recommended)
– Polarizing filter (optional, but recommended)
– Sturdy tripod
– Remote shutter release
– Flashlight
– PhotoPills App (optional)
– Computer loaded with Lightroom, Photoshop or equivalent software
Instructor Bio:
John Tunney is a fine-art photographer, photography educator and author. He specializes in fine-art coastal imagery, including impressionistic seascapes, traditional landscapes/scenics and night photography. As an instructor, he has led classes and workshops for many years on the Cape and in Maine, Iceland and other locations. A frequent exhibitor in art shows and festivals, John’s award-winning work has been featured in a solo exhibition at the Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, and in many solo and group shows in galleries and other exhibition centers. He is the author of The Four Seasons of Cape Cod and is a contributing writer to Petapixel.com. You can see his work at www.jtunney.com or on Instagram at @johntunneyphotography.
What students say:
I thought the workshop was great. I learned a lot. Especially when your presentation focused (no pun intended) on your explanation of hyperfocal distance and composition considerations. I’ve been to many workshops that have tried to address these topics but yours was by far the best. At the various locations we set up I felt your presence was very constructive. You offered good advice and suggestions of how to visualize the scene and use shutter speed and camera movement to capture the elements. – Howard F.
Thank you John for an outstanding experience – Owen C.
Many thanks for a great learning experience this week. Good group and great venues. Kudos for pulling it off in this crazy environment. And we even got to go to PB Boulangerie for breakfast – Ken C.
Thanks for a great workshop, for being so patient… – J.K.
Grateful for new ways of looking at the world – K.Neal