People in Context

This workshop focuses on the techniques and insights needed to make meaningful images of people. It is ideal for photographers that want to capture the variety, psychology, and social interaction of people on film. You will learn a variety of ways to photograph individuals, including friends, family, and strangers, in such diverse settings as the home, the street, and the workplace. The workshop also explores ways of organizing environmental elements to make persuasive statements of and about people.

Key topics include the following:

- Ways of capturing character on film
- Methods of approaching and photographing strangers
- The use of light (both natural and flash) as an expressive and aesthetic element of the photograph
- Techniques of posing and interacting with subjects

The workshop will be presented in lectures, demonstrations, and photographic field trips to various local areas around Santa Barbara.

About the Instructor

Harvey Stein is well known for photographing people in the studio, on location, and on the streets. Recognized as a dedicated teacher, Stein has taught at most of the major workshops in the United States and more than a dozen workshops in Europe and Mexico. Currently, he teaches at the International Center of Photography. He is a former instructor of the following institutions: the New School University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Drew University, Bridgeport University, and Jersey City State College.

Stein has had more than 70 one-person exhibits and has participated in more than 135 group shows. His photographs have been published in such periodicals as The New Yorker, Time, Life, Esquire, Smithsonian, The New York Times, Reader's Digest, Glamour, Forbes, Psychology Today, Playboy, Connoisseur, People, and many more.

His photographs are in more than 45 public collections including The Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and The New Orleans Museum of Art. He has also published several books most recently, Movimento: Glimpses of Italian Street Life, which represents 10 years of photographing in Italy.

For more information regarding his work, please visit http://www.harveysteinphoto.com.

Recommended experience: Beginner Intermediate level photography.

Instructor: Harvey Stein
9 AM to 5 PM

Cost: $399, includes catered lunch