Island Photography ~ Ann Ehringhaus
A long-time resident of Ocracoke Island, Ann Ehringhaus still loves photography after 30 years of shooting everything from whales to weddings to CD covers! Her book, "Ocracoke Portrait" is a classic, capturing the beauty, humor, and drama of island life. Ann's artwork has been exhibited throughout the Southeast and is in numerous collections, public and private. She taught for ten years in NC’s Artist in Schools program. Her most recent exhibitions have been in Fairhope, Alabama, and Jacksonville, Florida. She was also invited to partipate in "Nine Principles of Spirit", a group exhibition of various media, on a farm outside Hillsborough, NC. In this island workshop we will use film as well as digital cameras on field trips, and will work with composition, editing, and clear seeing.
Course Description for 2011
Class Assignments:
Please bring with you: as 4x6 prints or larger
1) 1 picture you find captivating ( from any source)
2) 1 picture you find boring
3) 1 picture you took in the last year that you really like
Please be sure you know about basic camera operation of YOUR camera. I will be spending more time on creative options, composition, lighting, and other questions you have.
Shooting Assignments: YOU make these shots***
Please bring these new images to class as 4x6 prints or on a disc as digital files. One shot for each assignment.
1) One image about water
2) One image about mystery
3) One image about a feeling
4) Find a shot you like – take it, and then move 1-2 steps closer and shoot again, for a total of 2 images
5) Please bring 3 objects you really like the shape or color of, and we will be creating some still life shots with these.
Class schedule: island orientation on Monday morning, and meet at Oscar’s House on Monday afternoon.
Tuesday: I HOPE we will travel to Portsmouth Island. Please bring a sweater and/or parka for riding in the boat and walking in the village.
Wed and Thurs, shoot, edit, critique, field trips to other classes and to other sites on the island. We will discuss how to make our final image presentation to the whole school and do something new.
Please bring one poem or quote you really like.**
Friday – All School gathering to share and display from classes.
Materials: you need one digital camera with battery and card for shooting.
You need one flash drive for storage. I will provide CD’s.
Please bring a laptop for editing images if you know how to do this.
We will work in pairs to edit images for critique.
Fees: $20. for Portsmouth Island boat trip. $10. For printing class images
~~~~~ Please email me with anything specific you would like to cover in this class. aeocracoke@gmail.com 252-928-1311 Ann Ehringhaus
Eye exercises: sit on sofa or comfortable chair. Roll both eyes upward and stretch
Eye muscles. Then roll eyes to right and do the same. Then roll downward
And then to the left. Do this several times. Then reverse the order, beginning
At the top, then to the left, then down, then to the right. This exercise is from
The Bates Method for strengthening the eyes. Keep eyes open as you do this.
Next: from Chi Kung: hold your fingertips about 6 inches from your eyes and let your eyes be
Soft focused. Begin moving your fingertips in unison gently in small circles around
To the right, 18x, pause and then 18x circles around to the left.
Please do these exercises for the week BEFORE the workshop and notice anything you feel.
Thanks for signing up! See you in October**** Ann E.
***** Please contact me with anything specific you hope to learn in this class.
Ann Ehringhaus.
Contact
ocracokeoscar@yahoo.com
252-928-3411
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