Santa Fe Workshops

This new, five-week online workshop with photographer Deborah Samuel invites participants from beginner to intermediate to discover the art of landscape photography using the camera they carry every day—their iPhones.

Here's what you'll learn:
+ The essential elements of landscape photography, including observation, composition, natural light, weather, and thoughtful editing.
+A review of the iPhone’s camera, examining its basic controls and camera settings
+ Creative controls of the Hipstamatic app and learn how its lenses, films, and editing + Confidence in creating compelling images and discovering your own photographic style

Visit the link below to learn more and register for this online workshop:
➡️ bit.ly/samuel26

Image Credit: Deborah Samuel

Join photographer Thomas Jackson and curator Anne Kelly for a free artist talk as they reflect on the evolution of Thomas’ work, reflecting on how his creative journey, processes, and artistic vision shift over time. Thomas shares how his practice has shifted from staged images to ambitious outdoor installations that embrace unpredictability through usage of everyday manufactured materials to create large-scale sculptural forms that temporarily inhabit the landscape before being photographed on film. Together, they explore the realities of making this work and how the unexpected moments can lead to the strongest photographs.

The program concludes as Thomas and Anne engage in a live Q&A with the webinar audience. For those unable to attend live, a recording is available to all registered participants.

Visit the link below to learn more and register for this free online artist talk:
➡️ bit.ly/jackson-cc

Image Credit: Thomas Jackson
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DON'T MISS OUT — In this five-week online workshop, students explore the art of personal expression through landscape photography with Tsar Fedorsky, a fine-art photographer whose own work often draws on images found near home.

Here's what you'll learn:
+ How to develop the technical and creative skills needed to produce memorable personal landscape photographs.
+ Ways of working under a variety of different lighting and atmospheric conditions with weekly assignments
+ Light studies over a period of time to better understand how light affects the feel and mood of an image
+ Experimentation and discovery of what works best for your unique vision

Visit the link below to learn more and register for this online workshop:
➡️ bit.ly/personal-landscape

Image Credit: Tsar Fedorsky

In this live online webinar program, artisti, author, and educator Christina Z. Anderson is joined by Cotton Miller to reflect on the development of alternative process photography—an evolving field shaped by both traditional methods and contemporary digital-based photographic workflows.

Here's what you'll learn:
+ Insights into the expanding global community of practitioners working with alt-pro techniques
+ How contemporary tools intersect with historical processes
+ Ways of building a sustained, process-driven practice
+ How an image is shaped by the processes used to create it

Visit the link below to learn more and register for this online workshop:
➡️ bit.ly/alt-pro

Image Credit:
Christina Z. Anderson ()
Cotton Miller ()

DON'T MISS OUT — This photographic adventure with acclaimed British photographer Julian Calverley offers up to eight photographers the exclusive opportunity to advance their landscape photography skills against the dramatic backdrops of the Inner Hebrides and Highlands regions in Scotland.

Here's what you'll experience and learn:
+ Photographic opportunities on the wondrous Isle of Skye and in the Glencoe valley of the Scottish Highlands
+ Daily photo talks and group discussions led by Julian
+ One-on-one sessions in the field and during post-processing
+ New methods of approaching photography from both a technological and psychological point of view
+ How non-photographic influences can inspire your work

Visit the link below to learn more and register for this in-person 2026 workshop:
➡️ bit.ly/scotland-sfw

Image Credits: Julian Calverley

In this new online workshop, artist Alena Solomonova guides participants through approaching photography as a physical, expressive medium. What happens when you cut into a print, layer it with new materials, obscure parts of the image, or photograph it again? How does the meaning of a photograph shift when it is transformed by your hands?

Here's what you'll learn:
+ How material intervention can shape meaning, evoke emotion, and open creative possibilities that might not emerge through photography alone
+ Experimental approaches such as layering, collage, liquids, and other unexpected materials as well as exploration on how an image is experienced
+ How to view your photograph as a starting point for discovery—allowing experimentation, chance, and physical intervention to take the work in new directions
+ Demos, prompts, independent exploration, group discussion, and image reviews to practice new approaches with an emphasis on process rather than perfection

By the end of the workshop, you leave with a small body of experimental photographic work and the foundations for larger projects in addition to fresh approaches for expanding your photographic practice

Visit the link below to learn more and register for this online workshop with :
➡️ bit.ly/solomonova-26

this new online workshop with nicholas x bent explores the imperfect image… those moments that resist control and invite something unexpected. together, we consider photography not as a pursuit of perfection, but as an act of discovery, expression, and surrender.

Here's what you'll learn:
+ Photography insights on a global scale
+ Non-traditional photographic techniques
+ How to use newfound knowledge in the creation of a short series of images
+ Experience presenting your photographs in a mock gallery exhibition, complete with an artist statement

Visit the link below to learn more and register for this online workshop:
➡️ bit.ly/x-bent-26

Image Credit: nicholas x bent

It’s hard to believe that the SFW Summer Season 2026 has already come and gone—and what an amazing summer of creativity and community it was! As we wind down and prepare to head into fall we’d like to take a moment to extend the biggest thank you to everyone who took the time to model with us this summer! Getting to work with so many amazing individuals—models, artists, dancers, artisans, and more—is always a highlight of our year and we are so incredibly grateful for their tireless energy and hard work!

Join us in taking a look back at the summer with some of the phenomenal photographs, images, and composites created by our students this year!

Another heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us this summer—we already can’t wait for 2027! ☀️

Models Featured:
Alexandra ()
Jessica ()
Angel ()
Zea ()
Matthew ()
Romy ()
Darla (
Hope ()
Montana (*ttiestindian)
Mecca ()
Lucas ()
Kristy ()
Christy ()
Los Guys Lowriders ()
Chelsee ()
Jojo ()
Shelley and Kamus ()
Quang Minh Lion Dancers ()
Julia (._garcia)
Cassius (.x)
Gabrielle ()
Feliz ()
Floretta ()
Garry ()
Gaudry
Terra (.wise)
George ()
Choclo ()
Chimayo Weavers ()
O’Farrell Hat Company ()
Tamaya Rodeo ()
Rodeo de Santa Fe ()
Silver and Saddles ()

In this new online workshop with Nikon Ambassador Kristi Odom, we explore birds as a canvas for creativity, moving beyond documentation to create images that feel expressive, intentional, and artful. Along the way, we consider how curiosity, experimentation, and personal vision can transform the way we approach wildlife photography.

Here's what you'll learn:
+ Technical considerations such as lenses and camera settings to fit different scenarios
+ Creative decisions such as ICM, multiple exposures, and ways to approach composition
+ How utilizing motion, color, light, pattern, shape, and abstraction can transform an ordinary wildlife encounter into something unique and personal
+ An introduction to creative post-processing techniques
+ Assignments, demonstrations, and group critiques to put into practice what you learn and strengthen your bird photography

By the end of the workshop, you create images that reflect your own artistic vision while celebrating the beauty, character, and energy of birds.

Visit the link below to learn more and register for this online course:
➡️ bit.ly/odom26

Image Credit: Kristi Odom