To bring together students and master instructors for the purpose of learning and practicing the art of image making.
Facility:Workshops are held at Calypso Imaging, Inc. in our photo/digital production facility in Santa Cruz, California. The class area is outfitted with new Macintosh networked computers, flat screen monitors, comfortable task chairs and digital projector. A 50" LightJet digital photographic printer and Epson 9600 giclee 44" printer are at the disposal of specific classes. In addition our Refrema dip and dunk E-6 processors provide fast turn around of film processing for field classes. This is a first class learning environment situated in a facility that specializes in providing imaging services for Wildlife, Fine Art, Landscape and Travel photographers from around the country. Some of the photographers whose images regularly pass through the lab are: Bill Atkinson, Charles Cramer, Frans Lanting, Galen Rowell’s Mountain Light, Vern Clevenger, and Jim Guthrie. The facility is open for educational instruction seven days a week through out the year.
Goals:
Our goal is for you to take away with you a practical set of skills with which to practice your craft. Every day is jam packed with information and hands on experience provided by some of the best image makers and technical experts in the field.
Classroom design:The digital lab is set up to facilitate a seminar like environment. Classes & workshops are designed to bring the student in contact with the instructor as much as possible. The design of the lab allows the instructor to see all monitor screens and so be able to provide individual instruction and interaction. Within the classroom is a gallery print viewing area for display and critiquing.
Application Information:
Registration and all enrollment is at the discretion of the instructor. (Each workshop or class listed
here will indicate the specific instructor and by what date). Prerequisites, and portfolios if required, will be discussed in the course description. A 30% deposit will be required when you register and payment in full must be received two weeks prior to the start of the workshop. Withdrawal from any workshop will result in loss of deposit and if less than two weeks of the start of the workshop, possible loss of tuition. Classroom workshops will have a maximum of sixteen students and a variable minimum. If the stated minimum of enrolled students is not met or in the event that an instructor is unable to conduct the workshop all fees and deposits will be refunded in full or may be transferred to another workshop within 12 months of the withdrawal. Only actual tuition or deposits paid will be refunded and for that reason we encourage you to investigate full travel insurance to cover any other costs incurred. Calypso Imaging, Inc. is easily accessible from San Francisco, San Jose and Monterey airports. Amtrak train stations are also nearby. (Please request meal, travel and accommodations packet from Calypso Imaging if you will be arriving from out of town).
Field Work:
Field workshops will be conducted in the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Area, a lushly photographic area of bays, ocean, river delta, mountains and valley environments. Class/lab work portion takes place at Calypso Imaging, Inc. 256 Potrero Street, Santa Cruz, CA. 95060
Lab Fees:
A lab fee of $30 per student will be added to some field workshops to cover same day or over night E6 film processingWorkshops that include LightJet or Epson prints for participants will require a lab fee of $50. Drum scans for enrolled students are $28.00 per 100Mbscan and/or 38.00 for scans up to 200Mb. Five total per student maximum.
Please see our workshop descriptions for detailed information.
General contact Information
Calypso Imaging, Inc.
256 Potrero Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
831/460-2260 Customer Service
831/460-9299 Fax
(800) 794-2755
customerservice@calypsoinc.com
About our Instructors
