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FW7 registration

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:47:18 +0000

Please join us for FW7 in 2009!

http://www.fworkshop.com/fw7.pdf

Skateboard Park-Dallas,Texas FW6

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:01:08 +0000

This was my first ever visit to America, for someone who hates flying this was a massive thing for me. Having arrived at Dallas FW I was immediately struck by how huge not only the airport was , but everything seemed so much larger than in the UK (especially my first meal of half a cow and fries).

My assignment was the Skateboard Park in Allen, a daunting place full of adolescent teenage boys, covered in tattoos and piercings, this really was not my comfort zone. After 2 days I befriended quite a few of the skaters and produced a slideshow for them which can be found here

Thanks to all the staff, team leaders and participants that made FW6 a truly memorable experience for me and I hope to see you all again next year

David
www.dpphotography.co.uk

FW6 Day 2

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:44:18 +0000

More images from the workshop. These are from Day 2. More to come!

Cheers,

Joe Dickie

Anna K.'s blog

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:10:26 +0000

Saw some cool images on Anna's blog. Check it out :

www.kuperblog.com

Huy

FW6 Day1

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:16:22 +0000

Well, I'm back home and trying to get back into my normal routine. I spent the week last week as one of the staff photographers for the FW6. What a great way to really see what goes on at this workshop. Ben Chrisman and I split up the assignments and spent a couple days driving around grabbing some photos of the attendees covering their assignments. I have to tell you, I went into some of the locations and I seriously don't know how these guys and gals were able to pull of the stories they captured. I watched their confidence levels rise from day one to day two. They all grew leaps and bounds and I grew watching them. I'm proud to call these people my friends and I'm so proud of what they did last week. I'm still trying to sort it all out in my head. Hopefully I'll be able to describe the experience a little better in my next post.

I'm going back to day one and posting a few of the photos I captured. I'll work on getting the day two photos up after I tend to a couple wedding clients from last weekend. Oh, remind me not to cover back to back weddings the two days after Foundation Workshop.

Cheers,

Joe Dickie

Day 3 Edit with G-Team

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:27:18 +0000

Here are a few pictures shot by Mary Gardella of the G-Team edting session on Wednesday night. Nice frames Mary!

To me, the marathon editing sessions are one of the best things about Foundation. The hours are long but it is so beneficial for the students to see how other photographers approach their assignment. It's also beneficial for the students to hear all of the criticism so that they can not only learn from their own mistakes, but also mistakes common to everyone.

Tina Carter

Brian Ng and Jennifer Domenick

Neil Cowley and Tina

Neil's feet:

Carter Rose

Greg Gibson and Brian Ng during an edit

Neil

Leigh Miller's Workshop assignment slideshow

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:40:41 +0000

Here's a show of images by California photographer Leigh Miller from her assignment. Love the way she sees Texas :)

http://www.fworkshop.com/miller.mov

a humbling experience

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:25:10 +0000

FW6 is a life changing experience for me. I came to FW6 with a preconception that i will learn about shooting techniques & style, but instead i learn how to be a person. What i took home was more than just techniques, I learnt how to listen and connect to my subjects, learning how to hear their voices and stories. Most importantly I learnt to love my subject, and by doing that I was able to tell their story in my own unique way. I took home a life changing lesson that no other workshop can offer. In addition, I gain a new family. At first I thought I would just expand my network, but I came home missing and longing to come back to the experience with my new family, and talk about what we enjoy most: capturing moments that will change people’s life.

I had the pleasure, or the pressure to have my slideshow go first on presentation night, and I was just overwhelmed with emotions and couldn’t even say anything. Well, if I were able to say it that night, the above paragraph is what I would’ve said. ^_^

Below are some teasers of my assignment, can you tell what they are? I’m sure I’ll post more pictures later when I finished looking through everything.

Be Blessed! ^_^

oscar setiawan

Finding Me

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:58:45 +0000

Much like the anticipation of having a first baby, one really never knows what they are getting themselves into. This was much like my first experience as a volunteer at FW6. I'm so glad that my initiation into Foundation was on these terms. I was able absorb amazing amounts of knowledge and inspiration as I fluttered from one editing room to the next, listening intently on the thoughts of the team leaders & members to their participants. Watching the images one by one on the screen, learning something about the photographer both as a person and artist. Feeling comfortable enough to present my own thoughts and feeling my own self grow as the creative doors opened in my mind. Seeing so much growth from each photographer after 2 days of shooting was amazing. And knowing that all that knowledge and creative energy will follow them out the Foundation door and into the world.

Sharing knowledge is a beautiful thing. It creates a bond and lifetime friendships.

Foundation Workshop is simply wonderful.

Thank you for the experience.

Mary Gardella

FW6 volunteer

Day 1 - Carnie Night

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:41:26 +0000

Brooks Whittington and I took our teams out for a shooting exercise at a local carnival in Dallas on Monday night. We wanted to get everyone warmed up for their Tuesday assignments.

Here are some of the fun pix!

The Slide Challenge (Tina Carter shot these)

L-R Brooks Whittington, Greg Gibson, Bill Holland

Bill Holland wins:

Brooks is such a cheater:Brooks,Tina Bill and Emilie(Greg Gibson shot the rest):Brooks and Bill on the Zero Gravity:
Shake 'em up!I'd say Zero Gravity doesn't agree with Brooks:
It was a great night to be out shooting:Allegra and Ande Aguilar:Neil Cowley, Ande on the left with Tem Juarez and Brooks on the right:
Posted by Greg Gibson

Back from Allen, TX...

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:22:26 +0000

.. seriously sleep deprived. All worth the pain after the most amazing workshop experience I've had in my life. For you photographers out there, do yourself a favor and RUN to sign up for Foundation Workshop 7 in 2009. It will change your life. Seriously.

I overcame personal challenges and became a better photographer and human being because of it. And made friends for life with all my truckstop subjects, participants, team leaders and staff. I miss you guys already. More to come on our 2-day assignments as the slideshows become available later. A little sneak peek here:

Ray Soemarsono

A P E R T U R A

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Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:10:21 +0000

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David's Slideshow

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:45:28 +0000

Thank you EVERYBODY for being such a great inspiration!!!
Here's my little contribution as a volunteer/observer; click here to watch the slideshow.

- David

Thank you all

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:40:18 +0000

Well I'm just blown away.

Last night's dinner was indescribably amazing. I loved it all. Annie picked me up at the airport at noon and I couldn't stop talking about the whole experience and just how talented you all are. We sat at my desk and watched Ben and Joe's slideshows and she was asking me who everyone was. A shot of Aga came up and I started talking about her first- and second-day experiences and just started breaking down. It's going to be weeks before I can regain my composure, I think. That's how much you all have affected me.

Blown away. Yup.

Can't wait 'till next year!

- Bill Holland

JOE'S SHOW

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:50:00 +0000

What an amazing workshop. So many cool people in one place. Thanks for making me a part of it. I'm a better person today than I was a week ago. Again, thank you all!

Here's a slideshow containing a few of the photos from the week. I have weddings today and tomorrow. I'll be posting more images in a few days.

Cheers,

Joe Dickie