Workshop - FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY WITH GEORGE WRIGHT
Please join us for a 3 hour evening workshop learning the process of Flash Photography on Location around Levant and Geevor Tin Mines.
Although it is not possible to descend half a mile down a mine shaft, there is plenty of visual evidence of Cornwall's rich history of tin mining at surface level. To replicate the experience of photographing underground in almost total darkness, George proposes the challenge of producing images of a tin mine at night. Available light not being so available, we will experiment with the aid of tripods to enable long exposures and the use of portable flash to 'paint with light'. The inspiration for this sort of photography can be directly attributed to the work of photographers such as O. Winston Link and Weegee who used flash at night to illuminate the last of the great American steam engines and the lawless streets of New York respectively. And, for long exposures, Hiroshi Sugimoto who opened the shutter of his camera for the duration of the film to illuminate the interiors of classic American movie theatres.
We might be asking ourselves the question: 'Does the camera lie, or can it only tell its own truth?'
George Wright has been a freelance photographer since 1975 and his work has appeared in books and magazines world wide including the Independent, Telegraph and Observer magazines. He has exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum, New York and the Chicago Botanic Gardens as well as Bridport Arts Centre and Dorchester County Hospital. He has several photographs in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery and his photography has taken him all over the globe.
This workshop is for any level.
You will need a digital camera, Flash and Tripod (If the flash and tripod not available to you please let us know and we can provide)
Black clothing and a torch -
Car pool to Levant from Toner or meet at location.