Private Photography Workshops with Kim and Zach Weston
Do you want to photograph the nude figure, learn how to shoot with film, develop negatives, and print black and white photographs? Or perhaps you want to make digital negatives and learn how to print beautiful platinum/palladium photographs? Broaden your photographic horizons with us, the opportunities are endless!
Kim Weston
Kim Weston is a third-generation fine art photographer from one of the most influential and creative families in American history. His recognition as a singularly creative artist and photographer continues a family legacy that traces its roots back to his grandfather Edward Weston, his uncle Brett, and his father Cole.
In a career spanning four decades, Kim has come to be recognized in his own right as one of the most insightful and accomplished practitioners of figurative/nude photography, producing an extensive and masterful portfolio of work that draws deeply, yet expands upon the traditions and canon of the nude in classical and modern European art. Learn more about Kim Weston >>
Nude Photography Workshop with Kim Weston
This highly personalized one-on-one nude photography workshop will focus on developing your voice as an artist by strengthening all aspects of your photographic process. Your workshop will begin with a portfolio review to give Kim an idea of your artistic voice, style, and primary focus(es). From there, you will receive meaningful instruction on everything from effectively collaborating with a nude model to composing a photograph with purpose. Expect to leave this workshop inspired, with heightened awareness and honed technical skills.
The professional fine-art models at Wildcat Nude Photography Workshops are respected colleagues with whom Kim and Gina have worked for many years. Kim and Gina greatly value the relationships they have maintained with their models and will cover the importance of mutually respectful interactions to all workshop participants. Click to learn more about Weston Workshop models >>
Wildcat Hill is located on California's infamous Highway 1 between the charming coastal village, Carmel-by-the-Sea, and Big Sur, known for its seaside cliffs and views of the often-misty coastline. For more than seventy years, photographers, artists, writers, poets, and their admirers have come to Wildcat Hill. Names like Ansel Adams, Ruth Bernhardt, Imogen Cunningham, Minor White, and Beaumont Newhall have admired its beauty and connection to the Weston family for nearly a century.
Weston Workshop participants are invited to photograph in multiple areas on the property including Kim Weston's studio, Bodie House, and the main house where Edward lived with his last wife, Charis Wilson. Participants may also photograph outdoors as weather permits.
Workshop Package Examples:
1 Day: Work with Kim photographing a model in his studio
2 Days: Photograph a model with film (medium or large format), develop negatives and print black and white photographs
2 Days: Photograph a model with digital, make digital negatives and print platinum/palladium photographs
*Photographing & Printing requires a minimum 2-day workshop
*Platinum/palladium material fee: $150/day per photographer
Workshop Tuition:
One photographer: $775* per day
Two photographers: $1225* per day
*Does not include:
$400/day model fee (4 hrs of Shooting)
“Kim is a patient and a non-assuming individual. He is always there to help and at least for me, because there are I things I should know, basically kick me in the butt to see things and think harder. Remember what I forgot. Work better. I’ve done three workshops with him thus far and it has been worth every minute. Obviously these are what his workshops are for: Learning to up your game, to help you see light and shadow and to enrich your life with creativity. You don’t have to be a working professional. I recommend these workshops to anyone with interest in photography who wants to learn more and to expand their mind. ”
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Landscape Photography Workshop with Zach Weston
Some of Edward Weston's most iconic photographs are of the natural wonders found at Point Lobos, a few miles north of his former home on Wildcat Hill. It was there that he learned to fine-tune his photographic vision to match the visual space of his 8x10 view camera. In this one-on-one workshop, you will have the opportunity to visit the park and, with Zach’s guidance, learn to photograph the breathtaking coastal scenery with purpose, clarity, and depth.
This highly personalized one-on-one landscape photography workshop will focus on developing your voice as an artist by strengthening all aspects of your photographic process. Your workshop will begin with a portfolio review to give Zach an idea of your artistic voice, style, and primary focus(es).
Workshop Package Examples:
1 Day: Work with Zach photographing the landscape
2 Days: Photograph the landscape with film (medium or large format), develop negatives and print black and white photographs
2 Days: Photograph the landscape with digital, make digital negatives and print platinum/palladium photographs
*Printing & Photographing requires a minimum 2-day workshop
*Platinum/palladium material fee: $150/day per photographer
Workshop Tuition:
One photographer: $750.00* per day
Two photographers: $1000.00* per day
Zach Weston, The Photographer
Zach Weston is a fourth-generation fine-art film photographer from one of American photographic history's most influential and creative families. His relatives include his great-grandfather, Edward Weston, great-uncle Brett Weston, grandfather Cole Weston, and his father, Kim Weston. Weston's photography focuses on the human figure, landscapes, and abstracts. Weston usually photographs with black and white film using a Mamiya RB 6x7, Wista 4x5, and a Pentax 67.
Zach Weston is also the Executive Director and primary educator at the Weston Collective. He has been the Director since 2017 and is responsible for establishing the headquarters at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School of the Arts (MLK SOA) in Seaside, California. His goal is to give students the ability to express themselves artistically through photography. Weston's passion is to keep the tradition of darkroom photography alive, and he sees no better avenue than through the local youth.
Darkroom Workshop
If you are thinking about embarking on the journey of traditional photography processes and need assistance getting started in the darkroom, you're in the right place. At Weston Photography, we specialize in medium to large format analog photography and traditional darkroom printing offering private tutorials to get you started or take you to the next level in your photography.
In the field/studio you will learn:
How to correctly compose an image
How to correctly expose a negative
How to use natural light
How pick the best lenses and filters for the scene
In the darkroom you will learn:
How to set-up a traditional darkroom
About different types of photographic paper
About photographic chemicals
How to develop photographic film
How to use different grades to achieve different print tones
How to make a test print
How to dodge and burn a print
How to successfully print a traditional silver gelatin photograph
Join Kim and/or Zach Weston, from one of the most accomplished and well recognized black and white film photography families of all time time, in their darkroom on Wildcat Hill where Edward Weston lived and worked from 1938 until 1958.