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.
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.
The great color photographer Ernst Haas once said, “Color is joy. One does not think joy. One is carried by it.” Ernst was an early mentor and then a lifelong friend to color photographer Arthur Meyerson, who continues to take inspiration from Ernst’s profound words and poetic images to master the use of color in […]
Discover San Miguel de Allende, a magical place of rich culture and vibrant colors, with renowned travel photographer Jennifer Spelman as your guide. Jennifer believes good travel photography incorporates cityscapes, landscapes, the culinary scene, architectural and garden details, as well as environmental portraiture to visually evoke a sense of place. Learning to be comfortable recording […]
Fine-art photographer Xuan-Hui Ng demonstrates how to deepen your understanding of the beauty and ephemera of the natural world, discussing themes such as “STAR+” that occur in her imagery and the use of Lightroom/Photoshop to direct the viewers’ gaze.
This hands-on workshop with photographic artist Norah Levine focuses on the exploration of encaustic materials and how they can interact with your photographic imagery using a range of surface techniques, from smooth finishes to more textured, sculptural approaches.
In this five-day workshop, Mary Virginia Swanson (AKA Swanee) shares real-world, practical, and timely insights with photographers who are interested in developing a photography practice and building a broader audience for their work.
Set in the evocative landscapes of Santa Fe, Shelley Vandegrift guides participants to move beyond documentation into interpretation, embracing emotion, imagination, and experimentation in this expressive photographic workshop.
