Personal Vision comes from within yourself. It is the awareness of how to use your imagination to create an idea or concept that drives your visual expression. The clarity of your personal vision determines how successful you will be in creating photographs that are unique and expressive. The goal of this workshop is to help you identify what drives your visual curiosity and your impulsion to be visually expressive. It will explore how to integrate your personal vision in the mental and emotional experience and artistic craftsmanship of your photographic practice.

During the workshop, you will engage in self-examination of you personal psychology and sociology and how it determines your artistic expression. This will involve externalizing inner thoughts through questionaires, writing and sketching exercises. You will also do photographic assignments designed to develop and expand your personal vision and photographic expression.

Requirements

You are expected to have mastered the basic craft of photography, have a working knowledge and experience with computers and Photoshop or other image editing software. You must have at your disposition suitable photographic equipment and a computer with image editing software in order to prepare your images for presentation in class. Demo image editing software will be provided where required. If you wish to use conventional photographs, they must be scanned into a digital format.

Workshop Outline

	Photography Workshop Activities
Session 1	Defining Personal Vision    Inspiration    Creativity Looking Outward    Personal world view    Personality type    Personal Culture Looking Inward    What drives you    Sources of inspiration Your personal myth    Developing your inner narrative    The self-fulfilling dream
Session 2	Dimensions of Consciousness    Psychological influences    Sociological influences    World view    Parti pris    Past experience Self analysis of :    Your psychological influences    Your sociological influences    Your world view    Your parti pris
Session 3	Discussion of your self analysis Inside-the-Box: Photo assignment to explore, develop     and define what drives you to make the kind of images     you usually make and how you make your images.
Session 4	Discussion of the kind of images you usually make Personal Style    What makes expression original    Choice of subject    Attitude toward subject    Technique    Craftsmanship    Presentation Exercise: Anaylsis of previous photographic work     to identify how you express your personal style.
Session 5	Outside-the-Box: Photo assignment to explore and     develop new avenues of photographic expression and     new photographic style based on personal not traits     previously exploited.
Session 6	Presentation and group appreciation of images from     Outside-the-Box assignment. Discussion of new expression personal vision and     personal style.