Ibarionex Perello: From Taking Pictures to Making Photographs - A Personal Visual Language

Wednesday, May 29, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursday, May 30, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Discover how to use light and shadow, lines and shape, color and gesture to create exceptional photographs. In this intensive, two-day photo workshop, you will discover how to create strong and effective compositions while exploring the streets of the city. You will learn how to consider the setting and its relationship to your subject for not only making more effective photographs, but also telling a story.
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Jamie Rose: #PhotoBizSkills

Wednesday, May 29, 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Finding new clients, creating effective marketing campaigns, negotiating contracts…. These are just some of the necessary skills photographers need to thrive in today’s competitive marketplace. During this full day seminar, COO Jamie Rose will present Momenta Workshops’ highly popular #PhotoBizSkills presentations on marketing. The seminar includes in-depth presentations covering social media, websites, branding design, networking, presenting your work in person, interviewing, and much more. With plenty of audience participation and Q&A opportunities, Jamie will offer ways each attendee can make the most of their limited free time to find new and better paying clients, increase revenue, and grow your business every year. Laptops or paper for note taking are highly recommended. Workshop perks include coffee and donuts during the morning meet-n-greet, digital handouts, and a surprise guest speaker.

Xyza Cruz Bacani: Exploring Street and Documentary Photography

Thursday, May 30, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,

Learn how to capture the most decisive moments in street photography by using different elements of design and perspective with photographer Xyza Cruz Bacani. This hands-on workshop includes a discussion on various street composition techniques and how to apply them as solid foundations for pursuing documentary photography.

Photographers will explore how images can be used to enact social change, from visual aesthetics to ethics. The class will feature a photo walk to apply what you’ve learned. There will be a curation of the images taken by students after the photo walk, which will be sure to offer insight and direction.

Michael A. McCoy: Documentary Photography

Thursday, May 30, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Do you ever wonder what it takes to capture a great photograph? Look no further. In this workshop you will learn how to see and capture gesture and expression as you practice documentary photography in the same streets where the masters of the genre made their iconic images. Our workshop will be the perfect stage to fine tune your photographic story telling ability. Learn to see and frame details in which you can that make a place unique while thinking 'outside the postcard'.

Jamie Rose: Financing Personal Projects

Thursday, May 30, 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m

In this in-depth seminar, you will learn the ins-and-outs for funding your dream project. Jamie Rose on behalf of Wildfire Media, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to documentary storytelling, explains the 3 types of funding (Public, Private, Personal) you can use to fund your next photo or multimedia project. This full-day seminar will to help you decide which projects are worthy of doing a fundraising campaign and the approaches needed to go after each type of funding. From writing a grant or sponsorship proposal to writing thank you notes when you’re done, this day should set you on the path to funding success. If you have a personal project in mind but need an extra boost of financing, this is the workshop for you. Laptops or paper for note taking are highly recommended. Workshop perks include coffee and donuts during the morning meet-n-greet, digital handouts, and a surprise guest speaker.

Meet up at the White House with Kirth Bobb

Thursday, May 30, 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Find the extraordinary in the ordinary. Join Washington DC photographer Kirth Bobb on a photowalk around the nation’s capital to explore a new way of seeing and experiencing the world around you. This is an opportunity to hone in on your skills as a photographer, share and learn new ideas and experience DC through your camera’s viewfinder. The walk will focus on the sights and scenes around the White House and neighboring Lafayette Square. With all that's happening in the world, you'd be surprised what you'll find right outside the most important residence in the world.

Early Morning Meetup at the Tidal Basin with Angela B. Pan

Saturday, June 1, 6:00 a.m. - 9 a.m.

For those early risers, meet up with award-winning D.C. landscape photographer Angela B. Pan to photograph the tidal basin in the early morning, golden hour light. We'll email registrants with our meeting point the week before the meetup. (FYI, sunrise is at 5:44 a.m. -- feel free to get there early).

Brutalist Photowalk with Mark Alan Andre [Sold Out]

Saturday, June 1, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Brutalist Architecture has gained a reputation for being severe, stark, and boring. The growth of Washington, DC through the 1960s and 70s has lead to a dearth of examples of the style in the central core of the Capitol. The very same things that make Brutalism infamous make it a great subject for a photo walk around Washington, DC.

We’ll look at examples of buildings from architectural icons Gordon Bunshaft, Harry Weese, and Marcel Breuer along with some beautiful examples of the style from less well known designers. We’ll spend some time at each stop exploring the buildings, sharing tips, and garnering a new appreciation for the often maligned slice of architectural history.

Gulnara Samoilova

Gulnara is a street and fine art photographer and the founder of @WomenStreetPhotographers Instagram feed. She has more than 30 years combined experience as a documentary photographer, artist, photojournalist and photo editor for the Associated Press.

André Chung

André is an award-winning photojournalist and portrait photographer. His work appears frequently in the Washington Post. While at the Baltimore Sun, he was twice named the Times Mirror Journalist of the Year and he has also received the prestigious George Polk Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award.

Lauren Joseph

Lauren serves as photo editor at WIRED magazine in San Francisco, California. She previously worked as the assistant photo editor at Washingtonian magazine.

Kirsten Lewis

Kirsten is a documentary family photographer based in Denver, Colorado and founder of the Documentary Family Awards. It was teaching on Creative Live that really brought her approach to documentary family photography to the forefront as a desirable alternative to the traditional family portrait.

Gulnara Samoilova [Sold Out]

Gulnara is a street and fine art photographer and the founder of @WomenStreetPhotographers Instagram feed. She has more than 30 years combined experience as a documentary photographer, artist, photojournalist and photo editor for the Associated Press,

Svetlana Bachevanova

Svetlana is a long-time photojournalist and the publisher at FotoEvidence, a publishing house and activist organization that supports documentary photography focused on human rights and social justice.

Mallory Benedict [Sold Out]

Mallory is a photo editor for National Geographic where she works on original cross-platform storytelling on mobile, digital and print platforms. She is also the Managing Director of Women Photograph, an initiative designed to elevate the work of women and non-binary photographers.

Lauren Joseph

Lauren serves as photo editor at WIRED magazine in San Francisco, California. She previously worked as the assistant photo editor at Washingtonian magazine.

Michael A. McCoy

Michael is a Washington, D.C.-based photojournalist and street photographer whose work has appeared in the New York Times, TIME magazine and Rolling Stone, among others.