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I am pleased to announce this upcoming Food Photography Workshop!

(photo courtesy of Tim Clinch)

I was honored to sit in and observe (okay, shot a little) a photography workshop with Tim Clinch during my travels in Gascony.  WOW!  Tim Clinch!!  Tim along with Kate Hill have put together a fabulous 3 day Natural Light Food Photography workshop in Gascony, France.  Gascony is the perfect setting for shooting beautiful photos as it is but one of the many food centered regions of France.  Tim and Kate work amazingly together – Tim is hands on when teaching how to shoot beautiful and delicious food photography by using the natural resourses that are right in front of you, from sunlight to food.  Kate, opens up her home, Camont, as a shooting studio.  It is a treasure trove filled with amazing items for styling and shooting.  As well Kate is outstanding at cooking Gascon cuisine and styling the beautiful food you will be shooting.

The workshop will take place over the course of three days.  Each day will be hands on, from shooting to editing.  There will be morning shoots with editing sessions as well as afternoon sessions with more editing.  Tim will spend individual time with you explaining and showing you hands-on tricks and tips on how to really make your photos pop before behind the camera and during the editing process.  At the end of each day’s session you will have a better idea of how to show-case your photographers voice.

Students will work with their own cameras.  Basic materials for classes (food, etc) are provided as well as lunch daily. Workshops are 6 hours per day and begin with cool morning light at 9 a.m. and end at the golden hour 7 p.m. (including a 4-hour break for French lunch, rest, high noon sun). Food photography isn’t only about recipes and ingredients. They will take you to their favorite farmers markets in picturesque French village and towns, meeting (and photographing) some of the artisanal food producers.

(photo courtesy of Denise Woodward – Chez Us)

Dates: July 17 – 19, 2010 (3 days)

Agenda:

Day 1- the French Market bounty of colorful seasonal fruit, vegetables & charcuterie provides the source for first day’s exploration of using Natural Light on location at Kate Hill’s Gascon Kitchen at Camont. Elemental exploration of a different perspective, using depth of field, reflectors & diffusers, defining location background. How to make natural light work for you. Afternoon shoot concludes with an ‘introduction to editing’ session using Lightroom and posting to our dedicated gallery.

Day 2- Using Kate as your personal food stylist in the Gascon Kitchen for styling tips on working from raw to finished recipe, how to build a story, how to make light your friend. Afternoon editing session includes working with RAW files, color correction and work flow management.

Day 3- On location at a local French food producer.  How to work on location to build a story, work with natural light at hand, handling difficult lighting, low light tricks. Afternoon return to Camont for more styling and editing the day’s work before posting your Natural Light Natural Food portfolio to the student gallery on www.clinch-hill.com .

As we like to keep the workshops intimate and hands-on based, this particular workshop will be limited to 8 people.  This will provide each participate exclusive hands-on and  one-on-one time with Tim as well as with Kate during the food styling portion as she works with natural food from the region.

Price: 1500 euros per person

Where: Camont, Gascony France

Price includes: Daily 6-hour workshop sessions, all material for photo assignments including external hard drive and software for processing images, lunch daily, Camont’s Gascon Kitchen location and tuition.

Does not include: your own camera, airfare or other transportation, accommodation ( we are happy to assist you in booking from a wide variety of lodging available- B&B’s to Chateau Hotel) and other meals.

Food bloggers welcome.

To book your space please email kitchen-at-camont (at) email.com