Intermediate: Not Your Average Flower Pix
Wednesday
Photoworks Studio
5/6/26
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5/27/26
Date
7:00 PM
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9:30 PM
Time
Price
$350
Duration
4
About the Course
Learn to make studio-lit 'portraits' of flowers and plants – not passport pictures outdoors at high noon – with lighting guru and best-selling author Frank Van Riper. Record floral and plant life as you never have seen it with lighting he will provide. More info: gvr@gvrphoto.com. Minimum age 18.
Frank Van Riper used to hate being a judge at camera clubs when the topic was 'Flowers' because so many shots were identical--and identically boring. With the flower in the center of the frame, usually in closeup, and most often shot in bright sun, the flower did all of the work. All the photographer did was press the shutter release. Take this course and you will never shoot flowers like that again.
Your Instructor
Frank Van Riper
Frank is an award-winning documentary and fine art photographer, journalist and author whose work has been published internationally.
He has lectured widely, including at the Maine Photographic Workshops and the Smithsonian Resident Associate program. In 2007 he was awarded the Distinguished Achievement Award from the University of Maine at Machias for his “outstanding career in journalism and photography” and in 2011 was inducted into the City College of New York Communications Alumni Hall of Fame.
At Photoworks he teaches a myriad of classes, including: Lighting Basics, Glen Echo Park at Night, La Faccia - Photographing the Face, and Photographing Artwork.
Gvrphoto.com
"I teach the way I cook: hands-on. The manual will teach you the basics, but I am there to help you get the most out of your camera by showing you how it’s done. Then (here’s where the magic happens) you take control of your camera, newly confident, and make photos you never thought possible."