Elizabeth Opalenik

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The Human Form: Exploring the Sensual Image. April 27-30, 2023 San Francisco Bay Area Details

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Artists throughout history have been compelled to make art using the human figure as a subject. The intent of this workshop, led by fine-art photographer Elizabeth Opalenik, is to investigate this time-honored tradition and build new skills by working with the graceful forms of dancers and the sensual quality of male and...

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The Art of Seeing June 26-30, 2023, Rockport ME

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Perception and creativity are the cornerstones of photographic style. What is interesting is not the subject, but one’s point of view that makes a great photograph. Our goal in this workshop is to create images that communicate to others with emotional resonance as we raise our visual aesthetic to interpret and abstractly visualize in...

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The Beauty of Mordançage July 17 - 21, 2023 Santa Fe

Details Santa Fe Workshops

Mordançage is a process that alters silver gelatin photographs to give them wonderful elegant or degraded effects. The mordançage solution works by chemically bleaching the print so that it can be redeveloped, lifting the black areas of the emulsion away from the paper which can give the appearance of veils. Saving the veils is...

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The Sensual Image, San Miguel de Allende Sept 20-26, 2023

Details Santa Fe Workshops

Artists throughout history have been compelled to make art using the human figure as a subject, and San Miguel de Allende, with its inspiring colonial charm, provides an inviting backdrop to explore the sensual qualities of the human form while expressing your intuitive creative soul.

Gracious figure and dance models share their...

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Mordançage, Unveiling the Beauty October 5-7 SOLD OUT. ADDED October 10-12, 2023, Australia

Details through Gold Street Studios, Australia ADDED CLASS

Details Please email me for details on private classes in Oakland CA

Mordançage is a process that alters silver gelatin photographs to give them wonderful elegant or degraded effects. The mordançage solution works by chemically bleaching...

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Movement and Dance 2023 Oakland CA

Movement and Dance 2 day workshops

Oakland, CA

As a child I always wanted to be a dancer. Today, I live through the beauty and grace of the many different dancers that I have come to know. Join me in this special workshop of photographing dancers as they move through a studio or beautiful location. Our last location was the Old Oakland Train Station.

Limited to 6 people, these sell out fast. Lectures on movement and working...

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Learning to embrace yourself and dream.

I have been a photographic artist and educator for 44 years. I am now looking back at years of wonderful students that enriched my life, but also looking forward to "Me" time to continue my work in carbon and mordançage. Many workshops will never be run again. I've gone from teaching on six continents as many as 20-30 weeks a year to about 6 weeks in 2023, my final season. I have been blessed with the many connections I have made. I can't...

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