iPhone Artistry

Overview

The way we use our iPhones to photograph is constantly changing and improving. This five day workshop brings you up to speed with new ways to shoot, edit and stylize your photos, taking you from casual captures to serious artwork. Your every iPhone Artistic urge will have time to flex and stretch, learning the latest skills that empower you to craft images that you’ll be proud to share and exhibit. Your instructor, Dan Burkholder, is a widely recognized expert in digital photography and hybrid printing processes.

No longer limited to working with jpegs, we'll plunge into the flexible world of Raw files from our iPhones and iPads. From detailed landscapes, to motion studies, to window light, learn how your iPhone excels at photo assignments that only a heavy DSLR could tackle in the days of old. And, yes, learn when it is time to pick up a larger camera for specific tasks.

SPRING 2025 - April 22 - 26
This workshop is balanced between photographing in the field and classroom processing to prepare your photos for printing. Early Spring in Yosemite is a spectacular time. Not only fun and educational, this workshop will be visually spectacular and inspiring. 

Workshop Details

During this five-day workshop, you will:

• Learn the benefits of shooting both jpegs and Raw files. There’s no right or wrong in this workshop but you need to know which is right for you!
• From perfectly straight landscapes to painterly effects, learn how to steer your iPhone images in a direction that mirrors your personal vision.
• And if you like to shoot with a “bigger” camera, learn how easy it is to move your images to your iPhone/iPad for editing and sharing. Your travel photography will never be the same!  
• Discover the best way to convert color images to tonally rich black and white.
• Explore advanced editing techniques that help you develop your personal iPhoneography style.
• Explore exciting and affordable hardware options like auxiliary lenses and pocket-size light sources!

With exciting location shoots in the field and informative lectures and demonstrations in the classroom, you learn how to take your iPhone Photography in new, creative directions. You’ll leave this class with a visual bandolier of techniques to elevate your iPhone images above the ocean of filter effects and borders.

About the Instructor

Dan Burkholder has a long history of looking beyond the photographic horizon to see, explore, teach and exhibit the next great thing in imaging. His book, iPhone Artistry (Pixiq Press, 2012), is the universe’s most comprehensive and fun how-to book for iPhone photographers. His poignant monograph, The Color of Loss (University of Texas Press, 2008), intimately documented the flooded interiors of post-Katrina New Orleans and is the first coffee-table book shot entirely using HDR (high dynamic range) methods. Dan’s award-winning book, Making Digital Negatives for Contact Printing, has become a standard resource in the fine-art photography community.

Dan earned his B.A. and Master’s degrees in Photography from Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California. His platinum/palladium and inkjet prints are included in private and public collections internationally.

Dan’s website is www.DanBurkholder.com.

Workshop FAQ

Find answers to your questions about our Photography Workshops in our FAQ. Please do not hesitate to reach out if you need additional help. You can reach us by email at photoed@anseladams.com or by phone (650) 692-3495. 

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Physical Limitations Statement

This workshop may involve some walking and hiking around uneven, hilly, and rocky locations that may present a challenge to some attendees. The gallery workshop team requests your individual judgment to abstain from workshop activities that may be beyond your capabilities. 

Although the workshop instructors will try to accommodate all attendees, please be advised that the gallery relies on your abstinence should you feel that a site location may not be safe for you.

Cancellation Policy

The Ansel Adams Gallery Multiple Day Workshop Cancellation Policy: We rely on your confirmed attendance to make important arrangements for the workshop. If you need to cancel, please inform a gallery representative in writing no fewer than 60 days prior to the first day of your scheduled workshop for a partial refund of your tuition that reflects the 10% non-refundable administration charge. Refunds cannot be made for cancellations initiated within 60 days of the first day of the scheduled workshop, or for no-shows, for any reason.

If you are concerned with the possibility of cancellation, please consider purchasing travel insurance.

Workshop registration is NOT transferable.

In the extremely rare event that The Ansel Adams Gallery needs to cancel a workshop, the gallery will refund your full tuition. However, The Ansel Adams Gallery will not be responsible for non-refundable airline tickets, car rentals charges, lodging reservations, or any other expense outside of the workshop tuition.

Lodging reservations made through Yosemite Hospitality - Aramark are fully refundable 14 days in advance of the scheduled first day of check in.

It is recommended not to purchase airline tickets or make non-refundable deposits on lodging that cannot be canceled 14 days prior to the initiation of the workshop event.

The Ansel Adams Gallery highly recommends travel insurance to help with an unfortunate travel event.

This pre-workshop information may be emailed to the education coordinator at photoed@anseladams.com.