Wet Plate ll, my first advanced workshop for wetheads

Behind the scenes at the one day Advanced Wet Plate Collodion Workshop on August 10th, 2013 at the Julia Dean Photography Workshops in Los Angeles, California.

 

I have been teaching two day workshops in the wet plate collodion process at Julia Dean Photography Workshops in Los Angeles since December 2007. On August 10th, we held our first one day advanced workshop, which is essentially a big playday. August is a tough time for photography workshops as many people seem to be busy winding down their summer, but five students attended (an ideal number) and some beautiful plates were made. The parking lot behind the workshops was so buzzing with activity that spectators began to gather outside the fence. One on one tutoring is also available at my studio/residence near downtown Los Angeles and of course, my next two-day workshop for beginners is September 21-22.
Next workshop at Julia Dean Photography Workshops

Three things that have made my life infinitely richer: Photography, my second language (Spanish) and teaching. This summer I got to combine all of them, and teach photography classes in Spanish to students from Panama at the New York Film Academy in Burbank Ca. At the beginning of July, my students got their certificates and exhibited their work at a gallery space on 5th and Main. There was a lot of singing, smiling, laughing, celebrating and a few tears. The experience in some ways felt like the summer camp counseling job of my college years that led me to a career in education, except of course my students and I were all a bit older...
 Adios, mis Panameños, I am so lucky.