Organ Pipe Basalt, Owens Gorge, California

Covid-19 is proving to be more insidious than initially understood, with many who contracted the virus experiencing serious long-term problems after they felt they had overcome the worst of it. To create the safest workshop environment in a face-to-face workshop, I’ll have to request proof of vaccination, whether it’s the two-shot variety (Pfizer or Moderna), or any of the single shot varieties now approved (or those to be approved in the future). (I’ve been fully vaccinated with the Moderna vaccine.) This is an unfortunate requirement, but one that cannot be avoided to maintain the highest levels of safety possible. Let’s acknowledge that nobody can be 100% safe from the virus, but let’s make sure we’re as close to 100% as possible. Due to continuing uncertainties caused by the Covid pandemic, should you or I be forced to cancel out of this workshop, you will be refunded all payments you had made up to the time of cancellation, with no questions asked. Hence, there is no financial risk in arranging any personal workshop.

Since 2006, I’ve been offering "on demand," personalized workshops for individual photographers, or up to as many as four photographers per workshop. These personalized workshops are offered again, whether you seek help with digital or traditional approaches. You design your own "personal workshop" with one of the most acclaimed photographers and teachers in the world, as seen by Bruce’s latest edition of his textbook,  The Art of Photography, and his recently released The Essence of Photography.

Together with me we’ll jointly select the time of year, the location, the length of the workshop, as well as your workshop preference: a field workshop (including instruction in light, composition, proper exposure for film or digital captures, camera placement for best compositional purposes, relationships of objects within the scene, etc.); traditional darkroom instruction (including printing demonstrations by Bruce, evaluation of your negatives, making of contact proof prints, enlarging your negatives with burning, dodging, multi-contrast printing, selective bleaching, and masking—and hands-on printing by you with with Bruce overseeing you throughout); or help with digital workflows and post-processing approaches, for with color or b&w imagery.

These will be specialized workshops designed by you to meet your specific goals. You can do it as a solo workshop or together with as many as three other participants (let’s face it, with more than 4 participants, it’s no longer “personal”). It can be planned for a single day, or as long as you want it to be.

The price of the workshop will be determined by the location, duration, and number of participants. For an individual student, the basic price is $1,000/day + Bruce’s expenses. To date, all workshops have been individual, but there can be more than one person, with the benefit being the cost per person drops. Previous workshops have run from 1 to 3 1/2 days, and they can be longer (but not shorter than a full day).

If there is more than one person for a personalized workshop, the cost per person per day changes as follows:
For 2 participants: $750/day per person.
For 3 participants: $600/day per person.
For 4 participants: $500/day per person. 

Contact Bruce by email, mail, or telephone. Your personalized workshop will be mutually arranged to suit your needs.

Telephone contact: (360) 691-4105
Mail contact: P.O.Box 1791, Granite Falls, WA 98252
E-mail contact: barnbaum@aol.com.