2008 Summer Workshop:
Travel Photography in Tuscany (and the Palio)
Sponsored by Il Chiostro
When: June 28 - July 5, 2008
Where: Borgo San Fedele, Tuscany, Italy
Instructor: William Woolf
(this workshop was originally scheduled for Sardinia but moved to Tuscany by request)
Program Description:
This workshop is perfectly located for exploring the Tuscany area around Siena, the people, the atmosphere, the villages, and the landscape of Tuscany. Join an American photographer who lives in Italy and lived many years in Tuscany as you explore and make sense of this special place, Tuscany. You will have the opportunity to interact and photograph village residents, explore the local architecture, and discover intimate landscapes and grand vistas, this area famous for centuries the world over.
Travel photography is about story telling. This workshop will focus on how to develop and tell a story in 6 or 7 images (developing your storytelling in pictures). You will return home with many distinct stories as you learn about Tuscany. Participants will also take one of their visual stories, develop it further, and then print it as a small book (4 in. X 6 in.) that they will return home with.
Slide Show of week at San Fedele with Il Chiostro
Enjoy the flash slide show from the images of Andy, Marna, Linda, Lucy+1, and Bill.
Presentation by Nicolo Strub about Borgo San Fedele
(view with either QuickTime or You Tube)
youtube.com limits video to 10 minutes, so Nicolo's presentation is in four parts.
play QuickTime, size 160x90 pixels, 39.6 Mb, 36'52"
play YouTube, San Fedele part 1, 9'30"
play YouTube, San Fedele part 2, 9'39"
play YouTube, San Fedele part 3, 9'21"
play YouTube, San Fedele part 4, 8'21"
About William Woolf
I have been taking photographs and teaching digital photography courses and workshops in Italy since 2000. I first discovered Santu Lussurgiu and the Montiferru area of Sardinia in 2002, while still living and teaching in Florence, Italy. The Montiferru landscape was such perfect location to photograph that I bought a home in Santu Lussurgiu so I could return on semester breaks and for all the summer. I moved to Santu Lussurgiu full-time in 2005. I love this landscape, its culture, and its people. I know the land, its nuances, and the effect of seasonal changes on it. My affection and intimate knowledge of this area of Sardinia makes a difference in the photography workshops I lead here, including knowing both the secret and the not so secret locations for photographing this unique area.
I studied photography and art at The Ohio State University, The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, receiving an M.F.A. in Studio Art from Florida State University. I was the Dean of Students of an art institute in Florence, Italy before moving to Sardinia.
For more information please visit my web site or contact me at .