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Greetings,
If you subscribe to this blog please know that my new word press website www.kimweston.com has replaced this blog. It was connected to my old website that is no longer up on the web. I hope to add some of my older posts to my new site. Please sign up with RSS feed to follow along with the new site. It is currently updated with lots of new and fun things that are going on.
Thanks Gina and Kim

Platinum Printing and Beyond using digital negatives

In May, Brian Pawlowski came to teach the Platinum Printing and Beyond using digital negative workshop.

Class picture with Kim's painted ballerinas in background

Large Format photographer Doug Busch and Martin Vargas-Garcia

We had a fun evening with guests
and Huntington Witherill was a guest speaker

Me and Brian

Brian making test strips

Martin in the darkroom making prints

Mission San Juan Bautista Workshop April 27 -30, 2010

The San Juan Batista Mission is the largest of the California Missions. It was founded in 1797 and is the fifteenth of the twenty one missions built in California. Rich with culture and history, the town of San Juan Batista is located in the heart of the noted San Juan Valley between the Gabilan Mountains and Flint Hills. 

The Mission San Juan Bautista Workshop was the first in our California Mission Workshop Series. During this workshop we had special access to the restricted areas not open to the public. Martin Vargas introduced us to Ruben Mendoza, an archaeologist, writer, and photographer who has explored the length and breadth of Mexico, Central America, Europe, and the US Southwest documenting both pre-Columbian and Colonial era sites and collections. A founding faculty member of the California State University, Monterey Bay, and Curator/Project Director of the Mission Conservation Program at San Juan Bautista. With Ruben's expert guidance we spent 3 days in and around the San Juan Mission. Participants submitted their images for a juried book project which Kim is designing as I write this blog. Stay tuned for this exciting new book and keep an eye out for next year's Mission Workshop!

Mission San Juan Bautista

Grounds behind the Mission

Rooster in the garden

Kim praying for forgiveness

Candles in the mission

Old museum pieces

Inside the museum

Hallway in mission

Class Picture

Kim and Martin Vargas

The boys at the workshop
Photos by Gina Weston and John Wrobleski

2010 Weston Workshops

Studio Nude Workshop April 11-13, 2010
This year's first workshop was by far one of the best workshops we have hosted so far. The participants were amazing and the models were superb. Our dear Kat came all the way from Greece to model for us! Larva came from LA and Katherine from the south bay. All of the models were so comfortable and fun to work with. It was amazing! Thanks to everyone that participated in the class!

Group Photo

Jim Kasson showing his work to the group. www.kasson.org

Jim Kasson and Huntington Witherill www.huntingtonwitherill.com

Dinner at Wildcat Hill

Dinner at Wildcat Hill

Photo by Mike Kirwan

Photo by Mike Kirwan

Visit to Carmel Foundation; Carmel Foundation Fundraiser for Weston Scholarship

For the past month we have been working with volunteer Gin from the Carmel Foundation's Photography Group. She is a wealth of information and she scheduled Kim's lecture "Growing up Weston" to be heard at the end of March. 

Al Harkin - Bud Miller - Dale Hekhuis - Kim Weston -
Chester Ng - Michael Humm
Front:
Fernando Batista - Arabella Colton - Barbara Moon 

We had a great turnout and a good lunch! Then Weston Scholarship took the Scholarship Portfolio (past winners) and showed it at the foundation. Gin put together a  fundraiser for the Weston scholarship and raised $400 towards this years scholarship.

20 CF photographers in Kim Weston's studio at Wildcat Hill next to Wildcat Creek in the Carmel Highlands.

Foreground counter-clockwise:
Chester Ng: kneeling / gray shirt
Jack Wasserbach: brown jacket
Gerry Mackenzie: bright red sweater
Bud Miller: dark red jacket
Stephan Ligas: light blue sleeve
Ron Glaze: kneeling with hand on chair
Richard Cannon: blue jeans
Kim Weston: back row - far left

We met a lot of really great people and we really appreciate all of their support!

Santa Monica College Visits Wildcat Hill & Platinum Printing and Beyond using digital negs.

Photographer and teacher, Ford Lowcock from the Santa Monica College, Santa Monica CA. brings a group of students up to the Central California coast every year for a photographic adventure. This year wasn't any different. He brings up large groups and visits as many different photographers and their studios that they can get in their schedule. This trip they brought over 60 students which we can't accommodate very well here at Wildcat Hill. For those of you that have been here know what I mean. So they paired it down to about 17 interested participants, a group of instructors and students. We gave them the tour of the house and Kim showed 3 generations of Weston Photographs to the group.

Kim also showed the group the digital negatives that we make in the workshop "Platinum Printing and beyond: Using Digital Negatives". May 14, 15 & 16, 2010. In this class you will learn how to make digital negatives from your digital files or scans and then learn how to print them in the time honored process of Platinum. This is a another wonderful way to use your digital files to make beautiful prints. If you would like more information about this workshop or if you would like to sign up just send me an email gina@kimweston.com or visit our website page.

First Workshop of the Season "Day with Kim Weston"

The first workshop of the season was a blast! We met a new group of people and reconnected with old friends too. One really cool thing was we met some new people from our community! The day started off with Kim giving his lecture "Growing up Weston".

We showed it in Kim's studio. We do need a new screen, so if you know anyone who has one let me know.

We moved into the gallery to view 3 generations of Weston Photography and of course Kim was his amusing self telling his stories while showing his family's work. He showed Edward, Brett, Cole and his own photographs.

Our friend Mathias Hesemans came to spend the day with us, it was great. He used to travel with Brett Weston, Kim's uncle and brought some pictures of his travels with Brett. He has over 500 images of Brett. WOW! to see some of them you can visit his site at DramaticLandscapes.com

Dinner was fun. Enjoyed by all. Then we had several guest photographers show their work, Ryuijie, Chuck Davis and  Huntington Witherill.

Ryuijie showed some of his new underwater platinum photographs!

Chuck Davis also brought his underwater images to share.

Tracy Morrison raffled off a copy of The Roots of California Photography.

We had a great time. Thanks to all that came to spend the day with us!