ZEN PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP with DAVID BUTOW (scroll down on right for info)
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MAY 6-7, and TUESDAY MAY 9, 2017
The weekend workshop is designed as a two-day project, and Tuesday May 9th is an optional add-on or may be taken separately.
From architecture to calligraphy to painting, visual aesthetics have been an integral part of Zen philosophy and expression. This workshop fuses concepts of clarity of mind with photography to help those at all levels find heightened ways of seeing and communicating with the camera.
Through personalized discussion, editing and a simplified approach when photographing, we work on refining each photographer's own vision and style.
SCHEDULE:
SATURDAY MAY 6 (limited to 8 participants)
10am Slide show and group discussion led by David followed by one-on-one discussion with David about the individual photographer's interests and goals
Lunch Break
3pm-5:30pm Photography as a group at the Gardens at Lake Merritt, Oakland. Participants may work individually or with the group. David will be on site to answer questions
5:30 Optional group dinner nearby
SUNDAY MAY 7
8:30am-1pm Morning editing session with staggered arrivals
20 minute one-on-one editing session with David
1pm-2:30pm Group slide show and discussion of the previous day's work
3:30-5pm The group visits the Berkeley Botanical Gardens or other location in the Bay Area with David
TUESDAY MAY 9 (optional add-on or singe day, limited to four participants)
10:30-12:00 Photography with David at the Japanese Tea Garden at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco
12:00-1:00 Lunch and discussion at the cafe at the De Young Museum next door.
1:00-3:00 Visiting museum exhibitions
Tea Break
3:30-4:45pm Discussion and photography in park or nearby garden.
There will be an optional follow-up slide show of the participants' work at an evening event within 2-3 weeks of the workshop. It will be open to the public, and participants may invite friends and family.
The weekend workshop fee is $375.
The May 9 fee is $275. Admission to the garden and museum are included.
Participants who sign up for all three days receive a $50 discount for a total of $600.
The workshop is led by photojournalist David Butow who has worked on assignments in dozens of countries around the world, primarily in Asia and the Middle East.
His most recent project, Seeing Buddha, contains photographs from over 10 countries including Bhutan, Burma, India, Japan and Sri Lanka, and has been published in The New York Times, National Geographic and Tricycle Magazine. In 2015, he presented the series as a guest lecturer at Stanford University's Ho Center for Buddhist Studies.
Assisting the weekend workshop will be Andrew Andrawes, a former Zen Workshop student who holds a Post-Baccalaueate in photography from the San Francisco Art Institute, and has broad experience in the field as a freelance photographer, customer rep at a camera store and studio manager.
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO RESERVE A PLACE AT THE WORKSHOP PLEASE EMAIL zenphotoworkshop@gmail.com or call David at 323-646-3947