PRIVATE PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS
with kim 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!
Nude Photography WorkshopS
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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 areas of focus. 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.
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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, the historic home of the Weston family. 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.
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
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Option 1: Figure Photography Workshop
Work with Kim photographing a model using digital or film (your choice). Duration: 1 day minimum, 2 days recommended for enhanced learning.Option 2: Figure Photography + Platinum Printing Workshop Photograph a model with Kim using digital capture, then learn the time-honored platinum printing process. Kim will create digital negatives and teach you platinum printing techniques. Duration: 2 days required. Finished platinum prints mailed to you.
Option 3: Figure Photography + Traditional Darkroom Workshop Photograph a model with Kim using film, then learn complete darkroom techniques including film development and printing. Duration: 2 days required. Finished prints mailed to you. Professional mounting and spotting available for additional charge.
All workshops include professional model fee and personalized instruction. Model gratuity not included.
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Option 1: Nude Photography Workshop
Single participant: $1,600 per day.
Two participants: $1,350 per day each ($2,700 total)Option 2: Nude Photography + Platinum Printing Workshop
Single participant: $1,800 per day (2-day minimum: $3,600 total).Option 3: Figure Photography + Traditional Darkroom Workshop
Single participant: $1,800 per day (2-day minimum: $3,600 total).
Professional mounting and spotting: [additional fee].Includes professional model fee, studio time, and personalized instruction. Model gratuity not included.
Darkroom Workshop
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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.
Join Kim Weston, from one of the most accomplished and well recognized black and white film photography families of all time, in his darkroom on Wildcat Hill where Edward Weston lived and worked from 1938 until 1958.
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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
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Single participant: $1,500 per day (2-day minimum: $3,000 total).
Professional mounting and spotting: [additional fee].Includes studio time, personalized instruction, and darkroom materials.