Workshop Weekend: Tuscany

Italy 2012

Wine Country Travel Photography

Location: Rome, Tuscany & Umbria, Italy
Dates: September 30 – October 6, 2012
Cost: $3450 (Dual Occupancy) Single supplement: $550
Please contact our office for itinerary and travel information.

• Six days and nights in gorgeous Italian wine country
• Explore travel photography in a stress free, beautiful environment
• Stay in authentic villas and farmhouses with hospitable caretakers
• Travel easily throughout the region with the support of our instructors, guides and translators
• Capture breathtaking sunrise and sunset photography in historic Siena
• Get behind-the-scenes access to the annual grape harvest & winemaking at the famous Villa Vignamaggio
• Experience the succulent dishes of the region with specially prepared meals
• Celebrate the Feast of St. Francis with the locals in ancient Assisi
• Discover Florence’s hidden marketplaces and bustling cafes
• Meander through ancient cities in search of the perfect light
• Get personalized editing and coaching from our staff

About the Program

La Bella Italia is calling you for this magnificent photography experience through the gorgeous hillsides of Tuscany and Central Italy. Private tours of family-run wineries, historic villages with bustling street life and twilight dinners at rustic villas will set the scene for your images to shine. This exciting documentary travel workshop will teach you how to take beautiful travel photographs in a stress-free, fun-filled environment.

For More Information

Please email our offices for further information at info@momentaworkshops.com. You may also reach Director of Workshops  or any of our staffers between the hours of 9 a.m – 5 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday at our offices at 202.688.1448. Please call or email to set up a weekend or evening appointment.

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International Travel Tips for Journalists (lecture)

WPOW’s Mentorship Committee joins the Corcoran for an evening of programming at the Corcoran on Friday, September 9th.

A variation of Mentorship’s Ten Tips Tuesday events will begin at 5:30 p.m. featuring Jamie Rose and Chris Anderson of Momenta Workshops. The duo will offer tips on the topic of “Skills in the Field: Visual Journalists on Best Practices for Working in International Settings.” Attendees will also learn more about WPOW and how to apply for the next six-month session of its Mentorship Committee.

At 7 p.m. the Corcoran will host a lecture called “Grace Before Dying: Connecting Communities Inside and Outside Prison Walls,”  by photographer Lori Waselchuk on her photographic documentary that will be on exhibit. A book signing and reception will follow Waselchuk’s talk.

The event is free but atteendess must pre-register.

Find out more here: https://getinvolved.corcoran.org/gracebeforedying

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Jamie’s Charities: NPR

Hey everyone!

As most of us are in the media, I would like to strongly suggest support NPR with your membership. As you may agree, I think NPR is one of the greatest supporters of multimedia and quality journalism both online and on air. I give in monthly installments which makes it a lot easier than one huge lump sum. WAMU’s annual membership campaign is going on and all membership fees are tax deductible. So give early, give often. Keep the programs alive! :)

http://wamu.org/support/membership/campaign/

cheers, Jamie

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want to learn audio? need better photo stories? live in DC?

Hey everyone:

The WPOW mentorship committee has extended their deadline for the Spring 209 Mentorship Program since it proved to be so popular. If you are a seasoned professional wanting to learn a new skill, a student who wants some portfolio help or even retired and interested in brushing up on some new ways to present your work, WPOW wants you to sign up today

We will be teaming folks up to learn and perfect skills through this month. If you not a member yet, sign up now! We love getting new members. All you need to be in a woman, in DC, who specaliazes in photojournalism and wants to either SHARE YOUR SKILLS or LEARN SOME NEW SKILLS. It’s that easy!

It’s a once a month requirement and you can even do it over the phone or email if you want.
The deadline says tonight but if you get it in on Sunday and say you learned about it through Jamie’s list, it’ll probably be okay! ;)

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Do you…WPOW?

Hey everyone! As you may know, I have happily taken on the role of President of the Women Photojournalists of Washington (WPOW), a new DC nonprofit dedicated to educating people about the work of women photojournalists around the city and the world. This is a call for members and a way to get involved no matter your gender!

For anyone who is a documentary or news photojournalism professional (EDITORS, STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, VIDEOGRAPHERS, MULTIMEDIA, PRODUCERS ARE WELCOME TOO!) We want you to join us. Come see what we’re all about today by joining our ranks! Please pass this onto others who might be interested too.

Also, for all the MENFOLK and out of towners, we have a section of our nonprofit called Friends of WPOW for men and women from around the country who want to support our efforts. Both men and women can join WPOW in a support basis, no matter where you live or what your profession.

So please consider joining today or passing this onto someone who might not know about us yet. We are excited about the new programs we have to offer. Our mentoring program is kicking off this year as well as thriving happy hours (men are encouraged to come…(grin)…) and exciting quarterly meetings with local DC photographers talking about their latest projects. This coming year we hope to have more exciting exhibits of our work, lectures for the general public and scholarship and projects grants too!

So come one and come call and join this great group today at http://womenphotojournalists.org

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Dress for success.

Photographers are notoriously bad dressers at work and look like shlubs a lot of the time. Those who don’t are remembered for it and their appearance inspires confidence and professionalism (Stephen Crowley, Doug Mills, Dennis Brack, Susan Biddle, etc.). I struggle with how to balance all that gear and a suit often. However, if those guys above can do it so can we all I guess!

So if you’re having trouble figuring out what to wear or have a question about business expectations, check out these great tip sites:

http://sachinuppal.blogspot.com/2008/04/top-tips-in-business-dressing-for-men.html

http://www.advancedetiquette.com/newsletter/may04_issue.htm

http://www.foundlocally.com/London/Hr/Jobs-MensAttire.htm

http://health.learninginfo.org/womens-business-attire.htm

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WPOW celebrates its first gallery show. Opening: Sept. 25.

wpowexhibit

Women by Women: A Juried Exhibition of WPOW members

The women of the Women Photojournalists of Washington craft a visual

journey through the lives of women and girls around the world. From

the desperation of an emergency room in Haiti, to an ordered classroom

in China; from the bubble gum pink of a girls bathroom during a middle

school dance, to a whitewashed detention center on Mexico’s border–

moments of beauty, humor and darkness present themselves in their

rawest form.

Curated by Ken Geiger, National Geographic Senior Editor and

MaryAnne Golon, Time Magazine, Consulting Editor

at the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum

144 Constitution Ave, NE

Washington, DC 20002

Metro Union Station

Next to Hart Senate Office Bldg

Download the pdf of the exhibition postcard here!

http://www.womenphotojournalists.org/contest/wpowexhibit1p.pdf

Special thanks to National Geographic Photography Lab for printing the show, MaryAnne Golon and Ken Geiger for their time, and the WPOW exhibitions committee for all their hard work!

There will be a second opening of this show for Foto Week DC in Nov. which will include a print auction supporting WPOW.

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The greatest slideshow of all time.

(grin) Well, maybe not of all time but it’s pretty darned amazing!!!  This is a collection of the Women Photojournalists of Washington work that was created for the Look3 Festival of the Photograph. It has some amazing work in there. The theme was simply “women” and the photographs run the gamut of portraits to photojournalism to documentary to studio work. It’s really beautiful.

And since this is my blog and I’m a shameless self promoter, my pics are at the following times during the show: 7:20, 6:32, 3:42, 2:49, 2:44.

http://www.womenphotojournalists.org/look3slide/index.html

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