Since 1990, more than 19,000 participants and instructors have worked with the Santa Fe Workshops to pursue their passion for photography.
Inspired by the experience of being On Location, The Workshops offer state-of-the-art photographic education in settings that encourages you to devote your full attention to sparking your creativity and expanding your technical skills.
Fine-art photographer Douglas Beasley provides a unique opportunity to rethink what it means to ‘see,’ guiding participants on cultivating simplicity, integrating (or perhaps finding) a spiritual practice with photography, and redefining the whole approach to image making.
World-traveling, iPhone photographer, Jennifer Spelman guides participants in developing the technical skills and creative mindset for capturing memorable photographs as you travel.
Join master color photographer, Arthur Meyerson, in this new and unique workshop designed to sharpen your eye, deepen your awareness, and help you create photographs that feel both spontaneous and intentional.
Guided by New Mexican native and photojournalist Gabriela Campos, explore the visual tapestry that is the living contemporary American West—the grit and ritual of rodeo and cowboy culture, a Northern New Mexico family deeply rooted in lowrider tradition, the creative worlds of local artisans, and more.
Fine-art and conceptual photographer Brooke Shaden guides students on a storytelling journey providing a roadmap for creating original, composited digital narratives and collages that resonate on a deeper level using Adobe Photoshop.
Guided by long-time instructor Rick Allred, participants delve into the essentials of digital photography, covering the photographic workflow in its entirety, mastering camera settings and the nuances of light as well as practicing core composition principles that allow you to cultivate your creative expression.
Brandon Soder guides participants in truly seeing light and how it behaves through its direction, quality, contrast, and color while at the same time emphasizing how to work with people on camera, helping subjects feel comfortable, natural, and present in their surroundings.
Join acclaimed photographer Todd Hido in exploring nighttime desert photography, how darkness, artificial light, and the night sky can be used to shape mood creating photographs that feel atmospheric, ambiguous, and emotionally charged.
With Stephanie Johnson’s guidance, learn to create individually expressive images using digital processes, such as Intentional Camera Movement (ICM), Multiple Exposure (ME), and creative processing techniques, while weaving handmade analog processes into the mix.
In this inspiring workshop, Pei Ketron guides students through the technical features of the iPhone camera, capturing images in a variety of environments, developing a streamlined editing workflow using Lightroom mobile app, and printing an image directly from the iPhone.
