Toying with Creativity
with Michelle Bates
© Michelle Bates
Overwhelmed by complicated, expensive cameras? Want to reconnect with the simple joys of photography? Join Michelle Bates as she guides you into the wonderful world of the Holga camera. With this basic tool, we'll explore image-making with a twist, using this immensely popular medium-format film camera. The weekend will include a slide show of a wide range of toy camera photography, the chance to play with a variety of cameras, and complete how-to information about shooting with Holgas, from the basics to advanced techniques and camera modifications. Each student receives a Holga camera and access to Michelle's library of toy camera publications and broad knowledge of photography.
Students will shoot film on Saturday and have it processed overnight. On Sunday we will critique the results, discussing successes and problems. Open to all levels of photographers, this workshop is filled with information to get you oriented, or open you up, to new photographic paths.
Michelle Bates (www.michellebates.net) has been shooting with Holgas since 1991. She teaches and lectures around the country, including Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle, Academy of Art in San Francisco, and the International Center of Photography in New York. Her images have been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions internationally and published in several magazines and books and on many websites. She is the author of Plastic Cameras: Toying with Creativity, the first comprehensive guide to the plastic camera genre, published by Focal Press.
Students have the option of enrolling in both Toying with Creativity and Pinhole Photography for $400 (NOT INCLUDING PROCESSING AND MATERIAL FEES)
