Last April I was lucky enough to be able to go to Carolyn Anderson's workshop in New Harmony, Indiana. I wasn't crazy about the long drive from Arlington Heights to this place, but, in the end it was worth it. I'd do it again next year if I can secure a spot. I probably listened to the same songs from different CD (within my reach while driving) about 10 times each, I listened to various kind of radio stations along the way which made me thankful that I had access to NPR, I listened to nothing but my own breathing (which was pretty boring, unless your breathing can play a Chopin's composition), I made phone calls when my GPS took me through back roads that didn't want to end (I've seen enough cornfield now) and I still felt that the 7 hour drive was too long.
The workshop was wonderful. Carolyn was a good teacher although at times I couldn't really understand what she meant (I probably day dreamed a lot, too).
Here are some of the pictures from the first day demo:
Setting up the light, which was very important. Carolyn used professional photographer's lighting Camlight/Socanland which has 3200K-5600K color temperature with dimmer etc (all the bells & whistles which comes with the high price). The background was a simple black fabric.
The first half hour of the demo Carolyn made lots of markings for the features' placement on canvas. She used linen mounted on foam board (about 12x16).
Voila! after almost 3 hours of demo.
I will post more about this workshop when I have time.
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