Laurie Klein Photography: Finding your visual voice workshop at Peters Valley

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Finding your visual voice workshop at Peters Valley

WOW, I don't even know where to begin. What an incredible workshop. The students went way above and beyond. I asked a lot from all of them and the work they produced was amazing. I am hoping to post some of their images soon. Nicole was with me and of course such a huge asset. She is so brilliant on both sides of the camera. The wisdom she brings is amazing. I can't thank everyone at Peters Valley enough for making this such an fabulous workshop for all.

We learned method acting and after a scenario model Nicole Cudzilo,Jackly Scott and Bryce Perler look on.
Kate Lipsky's camera

Yes we were serenaded while we were photographing!!!!

Nicole modeling for the group. This was our first shoot, of course we had to start with a glamour session.

We found this incredible place, where the famous metalsmith Marie Zimmermann, lived and the curator lets us photograph in her house. One of my students let me turn the camera on her. Lizz Codner. What a wonderful model.

The question of the century...does Nicole Cudzilo like being a model or the photographer more? I do know the answer to that...BOTH. She proves that in these self portraits!

I can't thank her enough for all she did to help make our workshop such a successful one! Love you girl.

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The other day, Laurie, her son Bryce, and I had a photo shoot; Laurie was going to photograph us, and I wanted to see what a model experiences when he or she is photographed for art. This would be different from portraiture because I hadn’t told Laurie what look I was after; it was more Laurie telling me how to fulfill her vision. But artists rarely have a vision without the materials in front of them. So when I asked Laurie what she had in mind, she didn’t have specifics formulated, but knew she was after something “edgy”. I realized that art simply starts with a general idea, and the models, props, etc. are transformed into making this idea work. Here, seaweed, sand, mud, and water became our natural props. Luckily nature can be transformed very easily, all depending on placement and amount. On the other hand, models are transformed through emotion, something a bit more difficult. So when Laurie wanted me to express anger, my immediate response was to laugh instead. After I had let go of myself, I was surprised by how in tune I got with feelings that weren’t existent before. The feelings weren’t necessarily anger because I need to work on this whole modeling bit, but I definitely noticed a difference in my attitude after visualizing what ambiance the photos needed to excrete. This experience showed me that when I photograph, I have the power to transform an environment into something completely different in order to express what I want. All I need are props and emotions. And before those two things, I just need one word, one adjective, to describe a vision: edgy.

Adeline de Leon