T. JOHN HUGHES, FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHER

T. John Hughes, a Denver based freelance photographer, is probably best known for his Cityscape Panorama Project, an ongoing documentation of the changes in Downtown Denver photographed every five years. As an architectural photographer he photographs exteriors and interiors for architects, ad agencies, interior designers, hotels and other corporations. He is on the faculties of the Art Institute of Colorado and the University of Colorado Graduate School of Architecture and Planning.
Two of T. John Hughes's recent self-generated projects include photo illustrations which combine realism with painterly surroundings and "Architectural Apparitions" which show older buildings ghosted against the new buildings that occupy their former locations. He has also produced a documentary film on people with non-mainstream beliefs, entitled "The Walk Among Us" and shown at the Denver Inernational Film Festival, and co-hosted a skeptical radio program entitled "Prove It!"

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CLASSES & WORKSHOPS WITH T. JOHN HUGHES

ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Architecture defines where and how we live in our surroundings. Skillful architectural photographs convey a perception and vision of that experience, and this will be your goal in our exciting new workshop with T. John Hughes. We'll ask you to use photography to define an appreciation of our built environment, working in Denver and in Belmar, the contemporary urban development that is home for our school. 

Our workshop topics include: Recognizing and using light with optimal perspective; Revealing and defining form within structure; Applying or capturing color and composition; Lenses and gear; Supplemental lighting; and digital production using Adobe Photoshop. Emphasis will be on exteriors with a strong focus on understanding daylight in all its variety.  Compositional choices, logistics and the opportunity for digital “post production” will all be addressed, and methods of approaching interiors with or without supplemental lighting will be discussed. As part of the class, a shooting tour in downtown Denver will concentrate on four significant movements in architecture—Neo Classicism, Modernism, Post Modernism and Deconstructionism.

DATES | TIMES | LOCATION:
8/11-8/13/06 Fri 7-9PM, Sat 2PM-8PM, Sun 10AM-4PM
TUITION: $165
WHAT TO BRING: Digital cameras recommended, laptop with Adobe Photoshop, plenty of memory cards; tripod. If you are using film, please let us know so we can try to arrange processing services for critiques.

AGENDA

8/11 Friday evening 7-9
Lighting and Composition for exteriors.
Presentation of a variety of photographic subjects and styles

8/12 Saturday 2-8pm
Tour of Significant Downtown Denver Architecture
Shooting session based on various styles and juxtaposition of styles.
Brief discussion of Cityscape Panoramas.

Evening shooting session. 
Description, demonstration and finding direction.

8/13 Sunday 10am-4pm
Critique of Saturday’s photography.
Interiors—with and without extra lighting.  Visits to a few interiors within the neighborhood.
Digital post production solutions for architectural photography.
Ten significant contemporary architects around the world.
Open ended question and answer session