LVC Hosts Photography Workshop Based on Ansel Adams' Techniques

ANNVILLE, PA (09/02/2010)(readMedia)-- Nicki Stager, adjunct professor of art and art history at Lebanon Valley College, will conduct a photography workshop that highlights the photographic techniques of Ansel Adams on Sept. 18, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the College's Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery. Ansel Adams: Early Works is on display at the gallery through Oct. 17, 2010.

Workshop participants will learn basic techniques used by Adams and be asked to shoot their own work outdoors. The final portion of the workshop will include an overview of Photoshop toning, image altering, and a short discussion and critique of the photographs taken during the day. Participants are required to bring their own cameras; digital is preferred.

Pre-registration is required. Registration fee is $30 for the general public, $25 for gallery members, and $15 for students. For further information, please visit our website at www.lvc.edu/gallery or contact us at 717-867-6445; gallery@lvc.edu.

Stager is a graduate of Kutztown University where she earned a master's and bachelor's degrees in art education and a bachelor's degree in communication design. She completed a second master's degree in new media from Austria's Transart Institute at Danube University in August, 2010. Stager was the recipient of a Fulbright Teacher Exchange Scholarship in 2008 and spent a semester at England's Brixham College. She teaches photography at Nazareth High School and LVC.

Ansel Easton Adams (1902–1984) transformed the art of photography through his technical innovations and unprecedented use of light and atmospheric effects and became one of the most prominent nature photographers of the twentieth century. Ansel Adams: Early Works includes 50 silver gelatin prints predominantly from the first half of his career. They show the Sierra Mountains, Grand Tetons, Mt. McKinley, Acadia National Park, Yosemite National Park, and other natural sites that Adams photographed time and again, and that are now preserved national landmarks.

Gallery hours are Wednesdays from 5 to 8 p.m.; Thursdays and Fridays from 1 to 4:30 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and by appointment for groups. Schools and other organizations are encouraged to contact the Gallery for a guided visit.