Mastering the magic of art photography

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1 IMPRESSIONS PLUS 2019 WORKSHOP Mastering the magic of art photography IMAGE: DOMINIQUE PAPOUTSOU Images by October 2018 New Zealand workshop participants, Carol Pearce, Keri Kahotea and John Duffield. A guided three day creative workshop in pristine Hastings Point: near the Gold Coast Airport Four expert tutors Free welcome dinner Guided field trips

2 Meet your expert tutors coming together from Australia and New Zealand KEN BALL is an international award-winning veteran photographer of 50 years global experience. He has written 15 books about photography and staged 46 exhibitions from North America to Hong Kong. He is based in Australia and has been teaching for 25 years. One of his recent Vellum overlay images > WENDY VERITY won an Emerging Creative Photographer Scholarship in 2015 and her career has blossomed since her inaugural exhibition Inception two years ago. She then made a decision to pursue workshop lecturing and private teaching in Australia and New Zealand. She comes from NSW. One of her recent layered abstract images > MURRAY NOBLE has achieved wide recognition in NZ for his exhibitions and teaching. He is renowned for his double and multiple exposure images. He comes from Auckland and is a senior tutor at this workshop. One of his recent multiple exposure images > DOMINIQUE PAPOUTSOU was a regular participant in our annual New Zealand workshops and became a guest speaker last year on the theme what I do and how I do it because of her unique style of images. She is travelling from Nelson, NZ to be a tutor. One of her recent layered and multiple exposure images >

3 The workshops Like this scene from last October s New Zealand workshop, you will find our teaching to be full of tutored hands-on practical studio work and field trips enabling you and likeminded participants to master new techniques. This year the recently re-furbished on-site conference room in Hastings Point will be the centre of our workshop activities For a glimpse of what we achieve at the last workshop, open the preview book from our October 2018 session below: 6th-annual-pushing-boundariesworkshop-2018 The 2019 location and venue For our May 2019 workshop, we are returning to beautiful Hastings Point and the awardwinning North Star Holiday Resort, the same venue for our 2014 and 2015 workshops. This year however, we will be catering for slightly more advanced photographers who are keen to learn new techniques to give their work an edge of visual difference! Our workshop venue boasts a newly refurbished conference room with ample studio space. The resort offers a range of accommodation options to suit all budgets from apartments, villas, cabins and powered sites. For those participants who wish to stay on-site and make the most of the beach location and the lovely Tweed Coast at 1 Tweed Coast Road, Hastings Point, phone Ripples is an on-site licenced cafe, the venue for our free welcome dinner on the night before the workshop starts (drinks are optional). Ripples is also ideally located for your breakfasts, lunches and dinners.or just a coffee and a snack.

4 The programme (Friday May 3 rd : 6pm welcome dinner at Ripples) Day 1 Saturday May 4 th 10am Start 10am-10.45am Wendy Verity, 2016 Emerging Photographer Award winner and workshop co-host What the workshop is all about Welcome and an outline of what lies ahead for the workshop weekend, including specialized boutique courses such as Encaustics and Cyanotypes. An informal review of your favourite images by tutors will take place now by way of introductions am-11.15am Ken Ball, workshop host, international award winner, veteran photographer and mentor The Challenge of Photography In its history of only 183 years, the practice of photography has emerged more that our forefathers could have ever imagined. From the early days when cameras were only for the very rich and processing was very rudimentary, we progressed to the Box Brownie which popularised family photography and picture albums to the social media of today where 633 million pictures EACH DAY are uploaded to Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat am-11.45am MORNING TEA 11.45am-12.45pm Murray Noble, guest speaker from New Zealand Getting the most from Multiple Exposures Multiple exposure provides a pathway to explore any genre of photography in a different way. It can add complexity, reinforce impressionism, and add meaning to your creativity. In this course we will be looking at several ways of achieving multiple exposures, from in camera technology, post production techniques and layering images using light boxes pm-1.45pm LUNCH

5 1.45pm-4.30pm Field trip and studio work on more multiple image techniques Field work with Murray to experiment further with your double exposures and/or practice with Ken, Wendy and Dominique experimenting on light box overlays using any of your chosen images. 4.30pm day ends Day 2 Sunday May 5th 10am start Ahead today and tomorrow: Murray Noble on using colour and shapes; (centre) Dominique Papoutsou on awakening the creative spirit; and (right) Wendy Verity s example of something from nothing am-11.15am Dominique Papoutsou, guest speaker from New Zealand Awakening the creative spirit Everyone one of us is creative. My talk is about exploring the creative mind from ideas and experiences, gathering knowledge and information from all areas whilst enjoying the process. My passion for photography has led me on a wonderful journey. By learning to be creative with my camera and being able to allow myself the freedom to use the camera as a creative tool, has resulted in me being able to fully express my artisitic freedom am-11.45am MORNING TEA 11.45pm 1.00pm Murray Noble Using colour and shapes as your dominant features In this session we will be focusing on making colour the dominant tool of expression in largely abstract images constructed in class. Using coloured board or painted sheets we will be building up works that will reflect the members own preferences and creativity. Studio work will follow.

6 1.00pm -2.30pm Field trip to the sunflowers If Nature is kind to us, we are planning a field trip to Farm & Co, in Cudgen, to photograph their beds of superb sunflowers. An optional light lunch will be available at their new restaurant. (If the sunflowers aren t blooming, or the weather adverse, an alternative location will be selected the field trip and your lunch). 3.00pm-4.30pm Download your three best images of the day and your tutors and fellow participants will constructively review them. 4.30pm day ends (please wear your old clothes tomorrow for studio work) Day 3 Monday May 6 th - 10am start 10.00am-10.45am Wendy Verity Example of Wendy Verity s abstracts from her presentation at 10am today. Something from nothing In today s presentation I will share some of the varied techniques and paraphernalia I collect, compose and entwine into my images. Learn to advance your visual perception as you go about your everyday life, exploring and enhancing your creative thinking and artistic methodology.

7 10.45am-12.00pm Field trip with a model We are taking our model over the road to a glade and the beach for a really different field trip. Tutors will be with you to guide you and answer questions pm-1.00pm LUNCH 1.00pm-2.00pm Download before studio time Download for your favourite three images from the workshop so far and we re off to the studio. Studio time 2pm-5.00pm Our studio time today will cover several tutor guided genres, including: Vellum paper, overhead projector film, mixed media, collage and hand painted layering. Experimenting with photo Encaustics finishes. The power of light and darkroom chemicals; creating with Cyanotypes. Layered images and abstracts using Wendy s found and supplied items and Murray s coloured board and painted sheets. Some classes will need to be kept in small numbers because of the tutor s time, space and the use of chemicals. But it is our earnest hope that you try every technique of interest. Please indicate your preferences when you book to allow us to prioritise the afternoon. 5pm Select your favourite three images from the entire workshop for the production of our workshop book Mastering the magic of art photography. The book will be available from Blurb in two weeks for you to preview free of charge or purchase direct from them. 5.30pm Workshop ends.

8 Bookings THE WORKSHOP BOOKINGS: We ve made it as easy as possible! Just send us a copy of the form with this brochure, or the same details. The workshop has strictly limited availability and places are issued on a first-come basis. Your will receive a confirmation promptly. THE ON-SITE ACCOMMODATION BOOKINGS: Participants who need accommodation are entitled to an uncapped 10% discount off their stay with a three nights minimum stay. You can book directly with the venue online at and use the discount PHOTO2019 or phone reception on and quote the same discount code. You will need one full night as a deposit and the balance is due three weeks prior. Costs can be saved by sharing with a friend(s). What they said about the last workshop: Here s just some of the feedback from our October 2018 workshop in New Zealand: I have never been to a workshop like Pushing Boundaries and I have come away feeling inspired with my photography again. I had not played with my camera for some time. But shall have a lot of fun finding my passion again. I have had a lot feedback from photos I have taken from friends, far and wide, as I shared some on Facebook. The Batch was a great spot for our meet and greet, and what a spot for a photoshoot. I regret to say that the bottle of wine I won, which was Thomas 2017 Pinot Gris has not made it to my cellar. Thoroughly enjoyed Please pass on my thanks also to the other tutors Diane, Wendy and Murray. You all make quite a team! - Vicki Beveridge Well, I m home safe and sound and a changed person! I wanted to thank you all for such a fantastic workshop. You all so generous and patient with your time and experience. It was so fantastic to devote time to our creativity and to meet others who are likewise inspired. I ve already ordered a light-box and I m checking out a Lensbaby! Richard has offered to remind me when to eat and bring me cups of tea if I get too obsessed --- hahaha - Jo Immig Just a quick but very big thank you for all the effort and love you brought to this wonderful and, at least to me, very demanding workshop. Really great for me to meet you, and all the others --- this is one meeting I will always treasure. And, of course, the richness of all learned and seen will be woven into my thinking. Also important for me is the re-discovery of very creative people from all walks of life. It was amazing. Thank you very much. I believe you can look back to a very successful workshop delivered, and what an effort it was too! - Roland Seibertz

9 Thank you so much for a great and inspirational workshop. Such a nice atmosphere too, everyone so friendly and helpful. I now look forward to seeing the workshop book too. - Nancye Gault Just a note to say THANK-YOU for a great weekend. I thoroughly enjoyed the entire weekend! Hope you had a good trip back and a good rest when you got home. - Sally Hill I really enjoyed this course Ken...the best one yet for me, thank you both so much. - Carol Pearce FULL WORKSHOP DETAILS FROM KEN BALL at IMPRESSIONS PLUS impressionsplus@hotmail.com phone: Removable booking form below:

10 << CUT THIS PAGE OUT AND KEEP YOUR PROGRAME BOOK Workshop booking form Bookings are confirmed promptly but accepted on a first-come first-served basis until the workshop is full. Complete this form for mail bookings or just the following details to: impressionsplus@hotmail.com Post to: Ken Ball, Impressions Plus, P.O. Box 217 Cabarita Beach 2488 Australia Your name.. Address.. Phone.. Your preference for the creative studio session.. Are you entitled to a 5% discount for camera club members? Y/N and/or concession card holders? Y/N and/or Mentoring Newsletter subscribers? Y/N and/or a returning student? Y/N Will you be attending the free welcome dinner at 6pm on Friday May 3 rd? Y/N (the on-site dinner venue Ripples is licensed -- drinks are at your own cost) The workshop cost of $485 (less discounts) can be paid before April 1 st to: IN AUSTRALIA: NAB, BSB ACCOUNT , ACCOUNT NAME: IMPRESSIONS PLUS IN NEW ZEALAND: BNZ, ACCOUNT SUFFIX 097 ACCOUNT NAME: KEN BALL Please be sure to include your name in the bank transfer