Beyond Focus: Mastering The Art of Blur with Susan Burnstine (Online Learning – Five Sessions)
- Tuesday
January 7, 2025
9:45 am - 12:15 pm - Tuesday
January 14, 2025
9:45 am - 12:15 pm - Tuesday
January 21, 2025
9:45 am - 12:15 pm - Tuesday
January 28, 2025
9:45 am - 12:15 pm - Tuesday
February 4, 2025
9:45 am - 12:15 pm
In this workshop, students will explore a variety of ways to use blur in their imagery while being provided with essential tools to help understand how and why to use this aesthetic in their work.
Five Sessions
Tuition: $715 (Become a Member today and received up to 20% off!)
Limited to 10 students.
© Photo by Susan Burnstine
About
Online Learning Class via Zoom
Mark Twain famously said, “You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” In this workshop, students will explore a variety of ways to use blur in their imagery while being provided with essential tools to help understand how and why to use this aesthetic in their work.
Seeing the world indirectly reflects a philosophy that embraces the imperfections and ambiguities in art and life, suggesting that clarity and precision are not always necessary to create something meaningful or beautiful. During our five weeks together, we will explore in-camera methods in line with that belief such as, selective focus, tilt-shift, defocus, slow shutter speeds, panning, and close-up/macro. We will also discuss repurposing vintage lenses, free-lensing, Lensbaby, pinhole, zoneplate, DIY methods, intentional camera movement and multiple exposures.
Through weekly assignments, group critiques, and guest artist talks, students will be encouraged to survey various technical approaches and then consider which would best represent their own personal vision.
Susan Burnstine is an award-winning professional fine art and commercial photographer who builds homemade cameras and lenses using plastic, vintage camera parts, and random household objects. Susan is represented in galleries across the globe and widely published throughout the world. She frequently curates and serves on juries for exhibitions and has written for several photography magazines, including a monthly column for Black & White Photography (UK). Additionally, she teaches workshops across North America and is a regular portfolio reviewer at events across the country. Susan’s first monograph, Within Shadows, earned the Gold Award for PX3 Prix De La Photographie, Paris (Px3) in the Professional Fine Art Books category. She was also selected for Photo-Eye’s 2011 booklist. Her second monograph, Absence of Being, was published by Damiani Editore in Fall 2016 and has earned much critical praise.
Details
- Five Sessions
- Dates: Tuesdays, January 7 – February 4, 2025, 9:45 am – 12:15 pm
- Enrollment Limit: 10 students
- Skill/Experience Level: Open to all levels
- Tuition: $715 (Become a Member today and received up to 20% off!)
- Location: Online
A details email complete with the Zoom link will be sent to the attendees prior to the start date. If you have additional questions please email info@lacphoto.org.