In July of this year, the participants in our Western Traditions: Powwow and Rodeo workshop with instructors William Albert Allard and Tony Rizzuto produced some very distinctive and intriguing images. Take a look and enjoy!
As you may know we teach photography to all different levels of skill and interest. Once in a while, a student will first experience our school via the Photo Weekends program and perhaps continue on with Workshops that fit their interests and style, all with the ultimate goal of making photography their career. This is [...]
An avid nature-lover, outdoor adventurist and family man, Ryan Day Thompson has also been an active professional photographer based in Denver, Colorado for the eight years since graduating from our Summer Intensive in 2003. His body of work expresses his passion for all things nature, family, friends and joy. His portfolio includes grand scenic, adventure [...]
Glacier National Park never looked better than through the lenses of our participants in July’s workshop there. Take a look for yourself!
Well, as much as we would love to, it’s not everyday that we have obvious occasion to do some outright bragging about our amazing students. So when good news comes our way about their achievements, you can bet we’re going to do our best to let the world know about them! As a participant in [...]
Lisa M. Kurtzhals will be exhibiting Passport to Adventure at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography Gallery in Missoula, MT September 2nd through November 28th, 2011. After graduating from RMSP’s Summer Intensive Program in 2010, Lisa began working with RMSP’s newly-formed Exhibition Mentorship Program. The 6-month, one-on-one course is facilitated by former RMSP Gallery director and instructor, Kerri Rosenstein and [...]
I am learning how the techniques for making better B&W film photographs have direct application to my digital B&W images as well, which is a great way to retain the heritage of previous knowledge as technology changes. Not surprising, though, since light is light regardless of the tools we use. For years I didn’t quite [...]
I was a newbie at documentary photography when I went to Nicaragua last December to shoot a project for coffee harvesters (please see last month’s blog article), so there was no way I could have anticipated what unfolded in front of my eyes the deeper we got into the project. What I didn’t know going [...]
I attended Billy Howard’s Documentary Photography workshop at RMSP in 2009 with the hope that one day I’d have the opportunity to put what I learned into practice. That day came this past December as I joined a team of researchers from the state of Washington and the University of Nicaragua (UNAN) to photograph and [...]
Being Candid I don’t do so well taking posed portraits whether it’s in a studio or not. Directing people, choosing backdrops, controlling lighting – not my strengths. But shooting candid shots, well, THAT gets my blood flowing. What could be better than capturing a spontaneous, unselfconscious look that tells a great story in and of [...]
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