The Art of Installation
In this new online seminar, we consider the impact of installation strategies—placement, spacing, lighting, and architectural context—and how they shift the way art communicates.
Workshop Categories: Fine Art
Fine Art workshops focus on teaching the artist how to express one’s creative vision through the discipline of photography. Where Storytelling workshops teach students how to convey a visual narrative through an artistic lens, fine art workshops are foremost about the artist’s creative vision. If you have mastered the foundations of digital photography and want to use these skills to express your idea, come learn with the best fine art photographers on the planet here at Santa Fe Workshops.
The Fine Art of Collecting Photographs
Explore the most critical topics in collecting including: questions to ask before buying, the do’s and don’ts of navigating auctions, and the best places to acquire photographs—whether at photo fairs, galleries, online platforms, or directly from the artist.
Creative Collage: Techniques for Visual Storytelling
Fine-art photographer and collage artist Sarah Hadley guides participants through innovative techniques to blend imagery, textures, and materials in fresh and unexpected ways in this online workshop.
The Art of Abstract Photography: A Creative Retreat in San Miguel de Allende
Expanded to five days and taking place in the artful city of San Miguel de Allende, learn from leaders in the abstract movement, Renee Lynn, Stephanie Johnson, and Philip Sager plus guest presenters Valda Bailey and Shelley Vandegrift each take a unique approach to visual storytelling, turning everyday moments into impactful images to expand the palette of photographic art.
Explore the World in Blur
This immersive in-person workshop with Roxanne Bouché Overton promises a holistic learning experience, combining classroom education, practical sessions for making new images, technical demonstrations, image reviews, and cultural exploration.
Documentary Storytelling
Join famed documentary photographer Matt Black for a week in Santa Fe focusing on developing and sharpening your photographic storytelling skills in this workshop designed for photographers seeking to clarify vision and purpose within their documentary work.
Photographic Expressionism: Santa Fe and the Digital Darkroom
Join Shelley Vandegrift in the enchanting landscapes of Santa Fe for a deep dive into photographic expressionism, learning how to photograph intuitively and explore post-processing techniques that craft your vision.
Creative Cold Wax and Oil Painting for Photographers
Jill Skupin Burkholder leads participants in an technique incorporating inkjet printing on archival paper and painting with cold wax medium and oil paints, transforming photographic images into painterly fine art, rich with oil paint’s lush color and the tactile texture of beeswax.
The Expressive Black-and-White Digital Print
Investigate the possibilities that our tools offer us, from scale to tonality to contrast to the subtleties of monochromatic color and split toning as well as work with Adobe software (Lightroom and Photoshop), DxO plugins, and the ImagePrint Black RIP.
Metaphor and Emotion in Flower Photography
Kathleen Clemons leads this hands-on workshop that explores the myriad ways our images of flowers can convey meaning, evolve emotion, and can be used as symbols to convey a wide range of human experiences.
