Santa Fe Workshops

In this new online program, Gabriel Isak shares his complete post-production workflow for creating surreal fine art photographs in Adobe Photoshop. Using two different images as case studies, he demonstrates how compositing, retouching, and color grading work together to create imagery that is minimal and graphic in aesthetic, yet rich in symbolism and emotion.

Here's what you'll learn:
+ Technical and artistic considerations to create successful composites
+ An updated overview of Photoshop's tools and best use cases
+ How to achieve consistent light, shadows, perspective, and depth of field when photographing for composites
+ Color grading techniques
+ The importance of organization and non-destructive workflows
+ How to maximize image quality in support of your storytelling

Each session concludes with a live Q&A.

Visit the link below to learn more and register for this SFW Online Perspectives program:
➡️ bit.ly/isak26

Image Credit: Gabriel Isak

This in-person workshop in Santa Fe led by experienced printmaking instructor and photographer Christine Alexander is designed for photographers at all levels who use an iPhone and want to learn best practices to great fine-art quality prints of their images.

Here's what you'll learn and experience:
🖨 Strategies for photographing on your iPhone with final print quality in mind
🖨 How to process your images in apps such as Lightroom and Photoshop Mobile
🖨 Considerations when editing an iPhone image for print
🖨 The mechanics and functionality of fine-art inkjet printers

Visit the link below to learn more and register for this in-person winter workshop:
➡️ bit.ly/alexander-iphone

Image Credit: Christine Alexander

Revitalize your photography while exploring your relationship to your subject, your camera, and yourself with fine-art photographer Douglas Beasley in the beautiful colonial city of San Miguel de Allende.

Here's what you'll learn and experience:
+ Exercises to deepen your visual awareness while clarifying your approach
+ How to identify and integrate a spiritual practice with your photographic practice
+ Site-specific assignments that foster both internal and external experiences and growth
+ Daily photographic adventures

Visit the link below to learn more information and register:
➡️ bit.ly/sfw-sma-beasley

Image Credit: Douglas Beasley

In this five-session online workshop, photographer Andrew Southam guides participants through a series of discussions, presentations, thoughtfully designed assignments, and in-depth critiques to grow your artistry and cultivate the ability to make portraits that resonate with empathy.

Here's what you'll learn:
+ How to create portraits with greater intentionality
+ Best practices for communicating with subjects to foster presence and comfort
+ How environment, respect, and the mood of a photoshoot shape the portraits you make

No matter your camera of choice—iPhone, DSLR, or film camera—this is a workshop designed to deepen not just your photographic practice, but your experience as a human being attuned to the world and the people within it.

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

Image Credit: Andrew Southam

In this inspiring new online program, multidisciplinary artist Linda Plaisted shares her creative renaissance after tragedy and the journey back to artistic expression through photography, collage, and mixed media arts.

Here's what you'll learn:
+ How to reconnect with your artistic purpose and rediscover the “why” behind your work
+ Ways to move through fear, perfectionism, and self-doubt, while embracing play and vulnerability as necessary parts of the creative process
+ How mixed media can expand visual storytelling and conceptually deepen a body of work

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

Image Credit: Linda Plaisted

Join fine-art photographers Patricia Beary and Sandra Carrion for this free artist talk where they reflect on the work that first drew them to photography, the projects they're creating today, how their ideas have evolved over time, and what continues to inspire them. Shared curiosity and the spirit of experimentation have shaped both their individual practices and their creative partnership, leading them to constantly discover new possibilities within the realm of photography.

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

Image Credit: Patricia Beary & Sandra Carrion

This five-week online workshop with photographic artist and curator Gina Costa explores questions in pursuit of how objects or certain subject matter are tied to memory and how the choice to photograph these, consciously or subconsciously, is essentially an exercise in the search for meaning.

Here's what you'll learn:
+ How an awareness of and meditation on memory can lead to more impactful images
+Why particular objects or subjects are full of meaning for us and why we feel compelled to photograph them
+Discussions, assignments, and image reviews to put what you learn into practice

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

Image Credit: Gina Costa

Every ending carries a quiet beauty, capturing the New Mexico light into a single, unforgettable glow that was the 2026 summer season. Xuan-Hui Ng and Pei Ketron guided students through a week of learning, creativity, and memories. While Xuan led participants through the captivating high-desert landscape, Pei demonstrated how to take professional images using the iPhone.

We extend so much gratitude and appreciation to our two incredible instructors Xuan and Pei for wrapping up our summer of amazing workshops. And, of course, none of this would’ve been possible without course coordinators Sophia Wasteneys , Jordan Mount , work studies Jack Conley .conley, along with production assistant Andrew Michael Joseph , production managers Christine Alexander , and Leah Woodruff .

The week’s student experience was captured by our talented media coordinator Lindsey Chambley , with a special thank you to participant Shanda Akin , scholarship recipients Chantal Lesley and Mitch Korolev , as well as our wonderful models Garry Blackchild , Terra Wise .wise, Floretta Stewart

In this online workshop, Xuan-Hui Ng shares her approach to photographing nature and inspires new ways of seeing. Over four sessions, you expand your photographic toolkit as you embrace the unpredictability of nature.

Here's what you'll learn:
+ Xuan's philosophical approach to photography and explores the recurring themes in her work through her “STAR+” framework: Simplicity, Texture, Accent, Rhythm, and Plus
+ How to use nature’s toolkit—including sunlight, shadows, rain, snow, and mist—to create stronger visual narratives in camera
+ Editing and refining your images using some of Xuan's favorite Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop tools
+ Tips for photographing in the field, selecting images, and lessons Xuan has learned throughout her photographic journey

Visit the link before to learn more and register for this online workshop:
➡️ bit.ly/natures-toolkit

Image Credit: Xuan-Hui Ng

DON'T MISS OUT — During this three day, in-person workshop in New York City, fashion photographer Boe Marion leads participants in discovering the limitless possibilities of studio photography and how to harness their inner creativity while working commercially or on a personal project.

Visit the link below to register for this fall in-person workshop:
➡️ bit.ly/marion-25

Here's what you'll learn and experience:
+ The timeline of a shoot, from conceptualization to final output
+ Best business practices, client communication, and successful budget-building
+ Lighting essentials and world building in a contained space through hands-on exercises with industry-standard equipment
+ Ways to expand your directing skillset when working with models, clients, and other talents to craft dynamic and unique images
+ Creative post-processing considerations and techniques including printing, collaging, scanning, and combining digital and analog processes

Image Credit: Boe Marion