{"id":370,"date":"2009-10-14T00:01:23","date_gmt":"2009-10-14T05:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/14\/354-more-dave-trattles-soc-doc-workshop-photos\/"},"modified":"2022-05-29T08:20:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T13:20:23","slug":"354-more-dave-trattles-soc-doc-workshop-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/14\/354-more-dave-trattles-soc-doc-workshop-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"#354 More Dave Trattles Soc Doc Workshop Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today: more successes from David Trattles’<\/a> Social Documentary Workshop at HarryNowell.com<\/a> supported by Canadian Geographic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ross relates his experience on David Trattles’ workshop:<\/p>\n

“I got to know Dave Trattles a bit a few years ago.\u00a0 I was fascinated by his life and enthusiasm, and impressed by the personal involvement and empathy he has for his subjects.\u00a0 I think he is a brilliant social documentary photographer and one of the most genuine and committed people I have ever met.<\/em><\/p>\n

I have no inclination at all for journalistic photography. However, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to spend some time with David, so I signed up for the workshop. <\/em><\/p>\n

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It was very relaxed and just plain fun. David is such a hugely genuine mensch, and funny as heck too.\u00a0 The assignments were well designed I thought – not too specific so there was lots of opportunity to choose what we did, but with definite goals in mind. <\/em><\/p>\n

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I appreciated the small group, which allowed us to view each other’s work and learn from the comments that David gave. From my pre-workshop submissions he pointed out that my people photographs were contemplative and static. So in my three assignments I tried to relax and not attempt to frame everything perfectly – shoot from the hip he kept insisting, capture motion, get close in. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Despite Dave’s assurance that the workshop wasn’t about f-stops and
\ntechnical perfection, I think I used more different settings on my camera than I had ever done before in such a short time. It was all very unnatural for me, but I was amazed at the results. I really appreciated the challenge Dave gave me to see outside my photographic box. I feel a lot freer from my viewfinder, squaring images up and having everything in focus!” <\/em><\/p>\n

Nice work, Ross!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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