NEW WORKSHOP & PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENTS
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CREATIVE FINE ART ARCHITECTURE
Learn Simple and Powerful Editing Techniques
“Wow, what a workshop – just fantastic! For anyone who wants to progress and learn a lot of new things, you are in the right place. Thank you to John and David, they are just fabulous. They are very generous and share all their skills and tips to help us to improve our knowledge and create amazing images. Don’t hesitate to buy workshop or courses you won’t be disappointed.” CG
Due to popular demand, this dynamic collaboration between David Duchens and John Kosmopoulos is now available for purchase. In these tutorials, we explore what it means to imagine and develop creative fine art architectural photography using our own individual aesthetic styles and approaches. We impart our simple and powerful editing workflows, beginning with some theory and basics and then advancing to both standalone and intricate techniques using photoshop and other editing programs, to create meaningful impact in your images. The tutorials include 6 hours of content and exercise files. Please click HERE or on the image for purchase.
FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS
TORONTO: May 17th-19th, 2024 (ONLY 3 Participants) – SOLD OUT!
Join me in my fair city for a unique fine art photography workshop experience where we will be photographing many architectural icons using multiple expressive techniques and styles to represent Toronto’s vibrant urban landscape (e.g., abstractions, long and multiple exposures, series development and more). Emphasis will be placed on your evolution as a photographic artist. The workshop also includes a post-workshop image review and editing techniques. Please contact me through my website for more details.
PRIVATE & SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION AVAILABLE
There are also 1:1 or a small group workshop opportunities in Toronto, NYC, Chicago and other destinations by request during certain times of the year.
COME EXPLORE “THE WHY, THE WHY NOT & THE WOW” OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Here is what participants are saying about the workshops and mentoring services:
“John, I want to thank you for the terrific long exposure workshop this weekend. It was great. Your presentation on Friday in particular was one of the best explanations of any photo topic I have seen. I learned so much from that. Thanks for sharing your wonderful city of Toronto with us. It was delightful! Your calm and patient demeanor was very important to learning.” – Janet C.
“I have been on more than 12 photo workshops and yours has been the most organized and the most comprehensive. I am glad that I have met you.” Stephen R.
“Thank you so much for the great workshop, it was a real eye-opener of fine art BW photography, I will continue to improve my skills that I learned from this class.” Janice W.
“I attended John’s workshop in Dubai in 2015. When I saw that John was going there for a 2 day workshop, I immediately planned my trip! I only knew John through social networks. His photography is absolutely amazing and I didn`t want miss the chance to meet him and learn from him.
Besides his exceptional talent in photography, John is a great teacher too. He explained to all of us all the little tips that make a photo stand out from the rest. He talked about the “EAFA” [Eclectic Aesthetic Fine Art] philosophy and how to use it in a practical way when approaching any subject from composition to post-processing.
I was very happy,with my experience overall and not only because l learned a lot from him but equally because I had a chance to see what a wonderful person he is and how ready he always is to help you at any moment and gave you his best from his heart.
Thank you John for this workshop! This was the type of workshop that I dreamt of when I was flying to Dubai. I can’t recommend it enough!” ~ Solon Malkas, Pro Photographer, Athens, Greece
“I attended John’s workshop in Dubai and I was overwhelmed with his willingness to share his knowledge. He encouraged everyone to look at the world from a different perspective and welcomed everybody’s opinion and point of view. He combines the principles of design and aesthetics with a psychological approach to produce exquisite masterpieces of fine art. I learnt so much! Can’t recommend him enough.” ~ Marita D. R.
“What can I say, John’s workshop in Dubai was incredible!
I was lucky enough to enjoy both of the two days, and it has given my photography a new life. We started by discussing some of John’s work, and more broadly what makes Fine Art photography. I think that every photographer or artist would find this discussion fascinating, as everyone has a different opinion as to ‘what is art?’. This discussion progressed into a conversation about ‘Vision Drawing’ (please, read John’s website to find out more!), but needless to say this got everyone engaged and feeling creative.
The second half of the workshop progressed into practical post production techniques. I am a beginner with Photoshop, and I had only used it previously to crudely blend different exposures. However, John’s patience and teaching prowess has helped me fully grasp new features of the software, applying it first to a photograph he had taken, and then later onto my own images.
Thanks John!!” ~ Kit B.
“This was my first workshop for fine art black and white which I attended and it met and surpassed all my expectations and was an absolutely incredible experience. John is a great teacher and a great photographer. He puts a lot of effort into working with each member of the workshop individually giving tips and tricks to pull the best out of each person. I personally learnt so much and it was a bad luck we got in a bad weather during the workshop which held back our shooting experience. I highly recommend John to anyone! I hope to meet him again!” ~ Vineet S.
“I first stumbled onto John Kosmopoulos from the Topaz Labs Blog article on his ‘Oramagraphy’ or Vision Drawings. I was captivated by the lines, patterns and light so prominently displayed in his artwork. When I went to his website, I discovered his ‘Archistracts and Euclidian Jazz’ series and was promptly blown away. Conceptually coining the phrase ‘archistract’ as a photographic discipline (a conglomeration of the terms architecture and abstract ) his architectural abstract series is nothing short of amazing. The gallery features BGW (Black Gray White) images distinctly and geometrically euclidian – essential angles & arcs, lines & light, parallels & polygons – alluring, brilliant…compelling. In addition, John is willing to share his considerable knowledge with emerging photographers as colleague and mentor (by way of personal testimony, his technique and workflow tips have proven invaluable in the development of my own artistic vision). As an engineer I applaud his minimalist form and perspective; as an artist I appreciate what he is saying – and his work speaks volumes.” Frank V.
“I cannot speak highly enough of the weekend workshop in Long Exposure Architectural Photography that I took with John and Marc. They are both warm and approachable and humbly shared their wealth of knowledge with us over the weekend. It was obvious how passionate they are about photography, and this makes for the best kind of teacher! They spent a lot of time with each of us, committed to helping us apply the techniques we learned over the weekend. I came away from the weekend feeling charged up and inspired about my own photography. I look forward to their next workshop!” – Leslie G.
“I recently participated in the Long Exposure photography workshop in Toronto and it was a terrific experience. John is dedicated to the success of his students and has teaching styles that complement one another…a good balance of theoretical, practical and hands-on teaching — eager to share considerable talents, technical expertise and enthusiasm with participants. In a very full weekend, I learned the fundamentals of long exposure fine art photography, made some great images, and I’m now hooked!” – Ron C.