Timeline: 16 – 18 August
Location: Smida Jazz Festival and the surroundings
Maximum number of participants: 20
Participation conditions: Minimum age for participants is 18 years or with a companion for the younger attendees; We recommend that participants come with a personal camera, preferably a DSLR, but this is not mandatory (the organizers will have some backup appliances); Shoes suitable for light trekking.
Registration for the workshop: is based on sending an e-mail to the address mstruteanu@gmail.com with the topic- Photo workshop Smida and which must contain 3 nature pictures.
Facebook Event: put the event in your calendar!
The deadline for registration is 10 August 2019
Topics
Discovery and development of one’s artistic vision
Transforming artistic vision into photos
General aspects of post-processing and editing workflow.
The relation between the aperture, the shutter speed and the ISO
Suitable exposure versus correct exposure
The creative use of field depth (FoD)
Creating the perspective, depth and effect of "presence " in photos
Creating strong compositions versus subtle and fine compositions
Control of the viewer's attention through the composition of photos
Composition: Balance, tension and visual fluidity
Shooting in varied weather conditions
Shooting in varied and low light conditions
Planning a shooting and how to be in the right place at the right time
* The number of participants will be divided in 2 groups, each of 10 persons.
Friday 16th August:
10:00 – 11:30 – introductory discussion about the course (group 1 + group 2)
14:30 – 16:30 – light exploring of the festival surroundings, by group, with photo session: group 1 – Mircea and group 2 – Marius
5:30 – 6:30 – photo session at sunrise, by groups: Group 1-Mircea and Group 2 Marius
10:00 – 11:30 – discussion based on the previous session: Group 1-Mircea and Group 2-Marius
14:30 – 16:30 – light exploring of the festival surroundings, by group, with photo session: Group 1-Marius and Group 2-Mircea
5:30 – 6:30 – photo session at sunrise, by groups: Group 1-Marius and Group 2 Mircea
10:00 – 11:30 – discussion based on the previous session and final conclusions: Group 1-Marius and Group 2 Mircea
Lecturers: Mircea Struțeanu, Marius Vlad.
(n. 1984, Bucharest)
Graduated in Environmental Geography, University of Bucharest, master graduate in Sustainable Landscape Management, University of Bucharest.He is currently working on publishing an album (2019) on the Missing Home photographic documentation project (2016-2018).
Photo Lecturer for the Calea Victoriei Foundation, Bucharest, 2016.
Photo albums:
117 Scriitori Români (București, Ed. Publica 2013)
Divan – Concept artistic de Josef Trattner (Viena, Ed. Schlebrügge 2013)
Exhibitions:
2014 – Idle Hours – Street Delivery / Train Delivery Festival 2014, București
2013 – Roșia – Rusted Gold – Street Delivery / Train Delivery Festival 2013, București
2012 – Scriitori Români – Târgul Internațional de Carte Praga, Cehia; Scriitori Români – Târgul Internațional de Carte Torino: ilustrarea standului României, Torino, Italia; Scriitori Români – Galeria “La Gard” parcul Copou, Casa de Cultură Mihai Ursachi, Iasi;
2011 – Scriitori Români – Târgul Internațional de Carte Torino, ilustrarea standului României și colantarea unor autobuze și tramvaie din oraș; Scriitori Români – Institutul Cultural Român, București; Where Are You Aral Sea? – Muzeul Csíki Székely, Miercurea Ciuc;
2010 – Where Are You Aral Sea? – Secret City Festival, București; Where Are You Aral Sea? – Muzeul Țăranului Român, București; Lumea Largă, Asia – “Mihai Ursachi” Casa de Cultură, Iași; Lumea Largă, Asia – Galeria Triade, Timișoara
2009 – Lumea Largă, Asia – Muzeul Țăranului Român, București
2008 – Miscellaneous – Fundația Calea Victoriei, București
Collaborator for:
Institutul Cultural Român, Editura Bouquins (Paris, poză de copertă), Editura Humanitas, Editura Polirom, Think Outside the Box, Dilema Veche, Observator Cultural, KORRESPONDENZ – KULTURPOLITISCHE Magazine (Germania, poză de copertă), Quimera Magazine (Spania), FHM Magazine, Poesis International, Realitatea TV, Antena 3, Suplimentul de Cultură, Libertatea, Gandul, Decat o Revistă, WWF, Live Sight (Moscow Magazine), Hartcourt Trade Publishing , Wydawnictwo Czarne, Science Textbook, Marshall Cavendish Educational Publishing, Editura Liternet , Suplimentul de Cultură, Revista Tabu.
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