Weston Photography Newsletter - April 2008

Notice: FOTO 3 CONFERENCE

Due to low enrollment in The Environmental Figure Studies Workshop Kim Weston will not be traveling to the Foto 3 Conference to teach with Peter LeGrand.

We are very sorry for this inconvenience.
Sincerely Gina and Kim

Greetings!

April flowers are scattered on the hillsides here on the California coast. It is still chilly in the morning but it has been warming up beautifully during the day.

April Print of the Month - Nude in Robe 8x10 Silver Gelatin

Just in time for our Studio Nude I Workshop - this weekend April 19 & 20, 2008. We still have some space open if you are one of those last minute planners and want to join us. We have 2 wonderful models to work with. We will be going to Point Lobos to photograph (landscape) on Saturday and then have a full day of photographing the nude here at Wildcat Hill.

But if you can't make it this weekend we have one more space open for "Developing Your Photographic Style" Workshop with Kim and Huntington Witherill on May 9, 10 & 11th 2008. Many of you know Huntington and his work. He and his wife Tracy have been very generous to join us at most of our workshops. Huntington brings his  work to show and we have engaging photographic discussions.

In this workshop you will have the chance to work with both photographers in their respected fields. We will go out in the field with Huntington, photograph at the famous Point Lobos State Park and then meet at his home and go through his complete photographic process! You will also get to experience working along with Kim going through his process, from photographing the nude to the darkroom processes to the final print presentation. There will be print critiques - an important part of developing your photographic style. Being able to see and discuss a portfolio of your work will help Kim and Huntington to make suggestions which can help you to further develop and refine your approach. Sounds fun doesn't it? To see more of Huntington Witherill work please visit his website at www.huntingtonwitherill.com give me a call or send me an email to register.

Photographing - lots of it.
Kim has had the pleasure of working with Carrie Leigh here at Wildcat Hill. Carrie came up from LA for a few days to photograph with Kim. Besides working here we took her up to Mittledorf Preserve where the largest Redwood tree in Monterey County lives. It was quite impressive. Look for Kim in the Spring issue of Carrie Leigh's Nude Magazine with a interview and also be in the lookout for Kim & Carrie's works in the summer issue.

Tutorials
Kim has had the pleasure to work with Mac MacDonald on a 4 day nude photography tutorial. It was fun exploring the different ideas that Mac came up with. Kim got some really good work. Kim's work will be going up on the new work page soon.

Workshops
Randy Efros brought a group out from Phoenix for our first workshop of the year. We photographed (landscape), developed and Randy taught everyone a new process where you use Print out Paper. The participants all used their 4x5 camera's and made contact prints using this new method of printing. It was a fun weekend. A little chilly but a lot of fun. Thanks Randy and everyone who came.

Foto 3 Conference
Kim will be co teaching with Peter Le Grand in Fort Collins Co. The workshop will be during the week before the conference. As of now it the dates have been changed to Wednesday June 4 & Thursday June 5, 2008. Then on Saturday morning he will be on a panel with Peter discussing their work. The schedule on the website is incorrect, it will be updated soon! John Sexton will be the featured speaker at the conference. Please join us it will be fun.

The Artful Nude - The Center for Fine Art Photography
Kim will be returning to Fort Collins in August 1- 3, 2008 to teach a workshop and will be in attendance for The Artful Nude Exhibition July 11- August 9. We are really looking forward to visiting Fort Collins, seeing Larry Padgett again and seeing the new center.

Viewpoint Photographic Art Center is having its 2008 Fine Print Auction. Live May 3 - Online - ends May 1. to see the full auction you must go to the Browse link and select all open items.

Kim on Finearttv.com if you haven't had the chance to see these 3 videos on Kim check out this great new site. After viewing the first one just keep going to the next 2 to see all 3.

The Edward Weston y Kim Weston Fotografos Exhibition is traveling and is currently up in Puebla Mexico.

Exciting Weston Photography Scholarship News
The Winners will have a show!
May 23, 2008 we will be hosting the 2008 Scholarship Awards Ceremony and Reception at the Margery Evans Gallery 6pm-7pm (Sunset Center - 8th and Lincoln Carmel by the Sea)
The show will be up for a month for all to enjoy! Don't forget to turn in your portfolios on Friday May 2, 2008 between 3- 4pm at the MPC Darkroom IC105.

Bodie House
Come and stay for a relaxing vacation away from the hustle of city life. Why not book a tutorial and come stay on the grounds?

Coming in the fall: Pixels to Platinum with R Mac Holbert of Nash Editions. Learn how to make digital negatives and then learn how to print them in platinum. See last year's class. Images from Chris Wayland and Tod Loomis, made during the class. Sign up now!

Sorry I don't have the workshop images or visitors up on the site yet.
But I will soon!

Thanks for reading, supporting our photography and for keeping in touch, hope to see you soon!

Keep in touch,

Gina Kim and Zach