Further technical skills, develop personal style, and create a new body of work while surrounded by the beauty of Midcoast Maine. This workshop embraces photographic vision while addressing the multitude of technical digital approaches. Students work in the studio and embark upon many field trips to fishing villages, lakes, mountains, forests and the islands in the Bay. They also take advantage of these environments for hikes and swimming. 

In the digital darkroom, students learn advanced Photoshop techniques such as layering, color and collage, along with techniques for controlling contrast, image manipulation, retouching and the use of various papers and printers. Experimentation, creativity and working outside the box are encouraged. There are nighttime shooting assignments, lectures, demonstrations, and assigned lab time where students process digital files and prepare images for print. 

Critiques are held daily, both as a class and individually with the faculty. This workshop is for photographers who have intermediate Photoshop skills, or have completed the Young Digital Photographers workshop. Admission is by portfolio or the instructor's permission. 

About the Young Artists Program: Young Artists’ days are comprised of both classroom and field/location work: lectures and critique, demonstrations, shooting, editing, writing, computer workflow and/or darkroom work, depending on the workshop. All instructors are talented industry professionals as well as experienced educators, and each works with a teaching assistant, providing additional support for their class. The students are busy all day and into the mid-evening hours, attending presentations from visiting master faculty. 

All Young Artists reside at a nearby residence (a motel-style building, with four students to a room, gender specific, and private bath) located 3/4 of a mile from campus. The property is controlled by Maine Media Workshops and is used exclusively by students and their counselors. Students are shuttled to the main campus each morning for breakfast and to begin their day, and are driven back at the end of the each day, following their last class or other scheduled activity. All meals are taken together. Parents can indicate any special dietary needs upon registration. Counselors supervise the students 24 hours a day, and help make group decisions about weekend activities like swimming, bowling, and hiking. Coin laundry facilities are available on campus. A lobster dinner is served (there are other choices) on the last Friday night of each workshop, and all Workshops students gather for an evening presentation of highlights from the week’s work. Parents are welcome to attend and meal tickets may be purchased in the Registration Office.

We recommend students have access to $150 over the two-week period for incidentals, snacks, movies, field trips etc.  

Check-in is on Sunday, between 3 and 6 and departure is on Saturday morning.

A portfolio is required for this class.

Tuition Note: includes room and board

This class is part of a multi-course sequence and may qualify for a discounted tuition of 10%.  Contact registrar@mainemedia.edu for details.

Testimonials:

"The diverse backgrounds and personalities of the people we are surrounded with allows everyone to be themselves and focus on what we came to do and have fun"
- Ava Powchick, Croton-on-Hudson, NY

"MMW challenged me to grow & change as an artist. I'm so grateful to have been exposed (no pun intended) to such a creative space."
- Mya Elliot, Gardiner, ME

"I came here to gain better technical skills. Little did I know I'd make great friends & gain a deeper artistic eye."
- Simons Finnerty, Atlanta, GA

"This has been the best two weeks of my summer so far! I had so much fun."
- Laura Telischi, Miami, FL

"The program connected me with a group of kids who helped me understand more about myself and the world of art around me. To think I was losing hope in my own generation."
- Tess Gruenberg, New York, NY