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Around the World with Peter Turnley
Peter Turnley is rarely at home. When he’s not on assignment for Newsweek, LIFE, National Geographic, and other publications, the New York-based photojournalist is planning and conducting Maine Media destination workshops around the globe. Peter shares with students his expertise in international street photography and his experience of over 80 countries and cultures.
This Sunday evening, he and his students begin the fall Streets of Paris workshop, which is also offered in the spring. October 5 – 15, he travels to Prague and Budapest to lead The European Portfolio workshop. Roger Dunham, an alum of the 2007 class, 
wrote to Peter of the experience, “The cities are easily walked and every corner seems to look like a movie set. The ability to shoot every day, get feedback on your work, and still get back on the street to practice make Prague and Budapest ideal learning environments. It is impossible not to be inspired by the people and the feeling of a great history.”
Peter’s 2009 classes are already scheduled, beginning with the Rio-Brazil Carnival Workshop February 15 - 25. He'll also teach in Rome and Istanbul. For complete information on these and all Maine Media Destination workshops, please visit our website.
New Release from Rick Sammon October 1
Award-winning photographer and Workshops instructor, Rick “RAW Rules” Sammon, releases his latest book next month: Rick Sammon’s Exploring the Light.
His 30th book, Exploring the Light explains how to make simple adjustments to flash and natural light exposure settings to correct for harsh shadows and bright light, helping to ensure that cameras take the photos that we envision. He reminds readers, “Cameras don't take pictures, people do.”
Rick simplifies digital photography, making it accessible to a broad audience with his concise and clear explanations and anecdotal lessons. Exploring the Light contains hundreds of his full-color pictures of people and places from the Sub-Arctic to Antarctica—and many places in between. Each photo is carefully chosen to enhance his instructions on how to tackle a wide variety of shooting situations.
Rick is in Rockport October 12 – 18 leading his Digital From Start to Finish workshop.
Blurb Book Contest Adds People's Choice Award
Maine Media Workshops is a proud sponsor of Blurb’s competition Photography.Book.Now.
When Blurb first put out the call for entries, they anticipated hundreds of entries and ended up receiving upwards of 2,000. Judging for the listed awards for the competition is taking place now, with winners announced September 10, but because of the overwhelming enthusiasm and participation, Blurb has created an additional award – the People’s Choice Award, which will be selected by you.
The voting period starts now, and runs through September 10th. Blurb will announce the People’s Choice winner at the Awards Ceremony on September 19th in San Francisco. The prize itself will be a surprise as well. Visit Photography.Book.Now and vote today.
UFVA Conference Highlights
The University Film and Video Association held its annual conference in Colorado Springs earlier this month. Colorado College was host to the hundreds of film and video faculty from across the country who traveled for panels, screenings, and to network with colleagues in the academic film community.
The College’s stunning new (and green) arts facility was an ideal setting for the event, with the capability of conducting up to four screenings and five panels or workshops concurrently throughout the day.
An extensive list of panels included “Festivals, Conference, Centers: Opportunities for Documentary Film Teachers and Students,” “New Ways of Seeing: Teaching Concept Development,” and “Copyright, Fair Use, and Production Teaching: What You Need to Know,” featuring panelist Pat Aufderheide of the Center for Social Media at American University.
Industry sponsors were on hand in the exhibitors hall to discuss the latest in technology, software, and publications. We are grateful to our friends at B&H for giving space at their exhibitor table to display Workshops catalogs and new Maine Media College information.
Kodak awarded the 2008 Eastman Scholarships and Faculty Scholars Awards after a reception Wednesday evening.
Thursday evening, attendees were treated to a barbecue picnic and a private fireworks display - what a great way to kick-off the academic year! Our thanks to Colorado College Conference Host Tom Sanny and his team for running such a seamless show – and for providing us with a copy of the conference photo.
The 2009 UFVA conference will be held in New Orleans. For information on UFVA membership, news, events, job opportunities, and publications, visit the Association’s new website: www.ufva.org
Q&A With Russell Carpenter
Cinematographer Russell Carpenter was recently on campus leading the Director of Photography Master Class. The DP of films from Titanic to 21, sat down for a few minutes for an interview with Workshops summer staffer, Nicole Fuller:
NF: I understand that you started at the workshops as a student.
RC: (Yes.) This is my 4th time here. The first time was as a student, 24 years ago. I took a class in Film Lighting from Owen Roizman. (In 1998) I taught a class in Film Lighting, and then I took a class from Joyce Tenneson (2004) in Creating the Photographic Book. Now I'm teaching the master's class in cinematography. Most of the time I do cinematography, but I love photographing flowers and people.
NF: Is there something you can say about the contrast of being a student versus an instructor?
RC: The commonality is that every time I come to a workshop in Maine, I come away with fuel for growth. I learn either way, whether as a student or as a teacher. I usually come away with much more than I ever expected.
NF: Do you plan on returning to the Workshops as a student?
RC: I hope to come back as a student sometime. The first class I've thought about is Joyce Tenneson's Intimate Portrait. I'm just learning how to engage people during the photographic process, which is smaller and more intimate, than say, the process of working on a set, which is a completely different experience.
NF: Is photography a subject you would consider teaching?
RC: If I ever get good enough, sure. It is still very much a work in progress. And that's the great lesson, I think, about the Workshops. It's not so much about result and product, or the finished work, as it is about the attitude and the process of discovery.
You can view photographs Russell made in Rockport by visiting his blog.
Our next Director of Photography Master Class is held during the fall Masters Week, October 26 – November 1.
Workshops On Cover of Student Filmmakers Magazine
Maine Media film students grace the cover of Student Filmmakers magazine’s August issue. Workshops alumni and faculty will recognize their shoot location – the campus dining tent!
The industry publication’s Senior Editor, Jody Michelle Solis, contacted the Workshops for Q&A sessions with Film Program Director, Mimi Edmunds, and Film Technical Director, Ted Wachs, on the both the philosophical and technical aspects of our film curriculum.
Exerpt: SF: What is your teaching style or philosophy? What is important?
TW: Intensive, hands-on one week workshops is our specialty. We feel that a student should learn every piece of equipment that they will use.
The issue is available now and was on display at the Student Filmmakers exhibitor booth at the recent UFVA conference in Colorado Springs.
Click here to download the full issue, or just the MMW article.
R.Q. Lovett's sound bites for editors (and other film makers)
- Posted: 08/25/2008
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When a director is filming he’s not making a movie; he’s making the material from which a movie is going to be made, and it’s going to be made in the editing.
William Reynolds
Read all of R.Q. Lovett's sound bites for editors (and other film makers)
Work Study Portfolio Review
©Nicole Fuller
7 Week- Work Study exhibit their amazing portfolio work.
Welcome Shelby!
- Posted: 08/25/2008
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©Nicole Fuller
Shelby Lee Adams lectures his first class at the Workshops, Environmental Portraiture.
Art Nouveau at VoxPhotographs
Exhibition: September 2 - 30, Portland, Maine
Reception for artists: September 10, 4:30 - 7:30 PM
VoxPhotographs celebrates Maine photographs, including the work by eight contemporary photographers, including Maine Media Workshops alum Liv Kristin Robinson, Alum 99, of Camden and Belfast and David Brooks Stess, Alum 94, NYC and Machias.
All will be presenting new work and will be available at the reception to meet guests and talk about their photographs.
For an invitation to the reception, please call 207-323-1214 or send a note: info@voxphotographs.com