Like Summer Camp for Photographers

So if I was a kid again and had one of those what-I-did-during-my-Summer essays, it would go something like this...

I spent a week in Rockport, ME at the Maine Media Workshops taking Joyce Tenneson's workshop on creating photographic books.

Joyce Tenneson is one of my all-time favorite photographers. She describes her work as beauty photography, but that's sort of like describing what Michael Phelps does as swimming quickly. I've been interested in taking one of her workshops for years and jumped at the chance this summer when a workshop came along at a time that fit into my schedule.

Joyce Tenneson, courtesy of Enid Bloch

The workshop was a hands-on week of learning, doing, eating and trying to sleep a little. Here's a photograph of me in front of my laptop by fellow student Enid Bloch.

the author by Enid Bloch

Enid caught me in a rare moment when I wasn't staring into the screen bleary-eyed. I credit three travel mugs worth of coffee and Enid's photographic expertise with my apparent alertness.

crit session courtesy of Don Albrecht

The week culminated in crit sessions of book mock-ups that we created in class. I'll probably have more to say more about that in a future post.

Friends have asked me what I thought of scenic Rockport, Maine. I'm guessing it's pretty nice but, to be honest, didn't see much of it except the classroom where we met every day. I did manage to sneak out for a couple of early-morning walks, though, and saw...

fog courtesy of Maine

... a lot of fog.