David Gibson Street Photography Workshop in Ireland

fret_wimp2

To make everyone aware, David Gibson, a well known and influential street photographer from the UK is scheduled to hold a workshop in Cork on the weekend of the 17th of October.

In my opinon its a great opportunity to get a chance to see how a renound and exceptionally skilled street photographer works, and question him on his thought processes, as these type of things usually skip across Ireland.

I went to sign up today but found there is very little interest, to the extent that the workshop could be cancelled. If this is down to genuine lack of interest, so be it, but if its simply down to people being unaware, well that would just be a shame so mentioning it up here in the hope enough people sign up to make the workshop worthwhile to host.

If its ok, im posting a link to the details here, mods, if this is against the rules, dont hesitate to remove it. Its not an advertisment, i have no affiliation with the studio, I just want the workshop to go ahead and so make sure as many people as possible are aware of it!

swingking

I honestly think he might get more interest if the workshop was in Dublin. I would love to attend this but it being in Cork is really not possible!

The other thing is 185 euro is a lot of money for some people.

fguihen

On the location, it would be more convenient for a lot of people, including me if it was in Dublin but nobody in Dublin thought of hosting him.

On the cost, I think it's quite reasonable. Go to any training course to further your career and it's min of 600 quid a day and probably closer to 1k. I don't see why just because it's more of an artistic pursuit should cost pennies. Remember the Chap is comming from the UK so has flights and accommodation to consider, along with making it worth his time to spend his weekend coaching people.

Tiriel

Looks like I'll be there

fret_wimp2

Cork_girl wrote: »

Looks like I'll be there

Assuming it goes ahead!

Tiriel

fret_wimp2 wrote: »

Assuming it goes ahead!

Well, there are 2 of us and we're trying to book a place - but no answer so far actually. So we'll see!

fret_wimp2

two more, excellent, this may go ahead after all!

Give them an email. I got a pretty quick response. I know the studio is pretty new so they may not have a receptionist or could be doing a shoot.

Tiriel

fret_wimp2 wrote: »

two more, excellent, this may go ahead after all!

Give them an email. I got a pretty quick response. I know the studio is pretty new so they may not have a receptionist or could be doing a shoot.

Ok we're in - they now have 8.. so need 2/4 more for it to go ahead.

steoc

I am Interested in this.
I would be traveling from Wexford and think it would be best to have an over night stay on the Saturday. Are any of ye planning the same?

Tiriel

steoc wrote: »

I am Interested in this.
I would be traveling from Wexford and think it would be best to have an over night stay on the Saturday. Are any of ye planning the same?

I'll be staying at home It'll be an hours drive but my budget dictates!

Would happily meet up for dinner or a couple of drinks though on the Saturday if anyone wants to.

pullandbang

steoc wrote: »

think it would be best to have an over night stay on the Saturday. Are any of ye planning the same?

Yep.......any particular hotel? The studio is smack bang in the middle of the city so parking will be expensive on Saturday.

fret_wimp2

Il be searching for a hotel once i get confirmation the event is still going forward.

Tiriel

Well, if it didn't go ahead we could do our own photowalk?

steoc

€99 for a single room in the Gersham Metropole on the 18th. The River lee is €122.
Id be up for meeting for dinner and a few drinks

Tiriel

I've heard great things about the Killarney Guest House on Western Road, especially that the breakfasts are amazing. Haven't stayed myself though!

Here's hoping it goes ahead

Saturday 18th October. 11am -5pm
In the morning David Gibson will introduce the workshop by showing an eclectic mix of the history and masters of street photography. This will include familiar names such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank and Elliott Erwitt but there will be a strong emphasis on lesser-known photographers too. All the photographs shown will be those that have particularly inspired David. In a second part, David will offer some suggestions for projects, from fellow In-Public photographers and himself. One of these projects will be an assignment for the workshop.
Lunch break
The afternoon will be spent taking photographs with David in Cork before returning to the studio at around 4.30 for a recap and any questions for the next day.

Sunday 19th October. 11am - 6 pm
Meeting again at the studio where for part of the morning David will continue his presentation which will include projects and different types of street photography.
Lunch
There will be a few hours out and about in Cork again taking photographs before returning to the studio at about 4pm for the final session. This session will be exclusively on giving feedback and discussing work old and new from all the participants. Participants are encouraged to bring older work to the workshop for consideration.

I really like the sound of that, time spent in and out of the studio and feedback too is always good.

pullandbang

I had to pull out of this as I didn't realise it clashed with another event we'd planned. Feicin ragin!

steoc

Im making payment tomorrow.
I still have to book a room for the night.
Looking forward to it

Tiriel

steoc wrote: »

Im making payment tomorrow.
I still have to book a room for the night.
Looking forward to it

The B&B I was to recommend - I had the wrong name, I meant to say the Garnish House! Worth checking out for sure.

pullandbang wrote: »

I had to pull out of this as I didn't realise it clashed with another event we'd planned. Feicin ragin!

Just saw this - what a pity!!

fret_wimp2

got the ambassador for 70 per night. Seems to be rated as average but 70 is not that bad for Cork. A bit farther to walk, but still only 15 mins to Patrick Street.

steoc

Booked into Garnish House 55e

Tiriel

Just checking - anyone else driving down to Cork tomorrow evening from Dublin?!

Tiriel

Such a brilliant weekend, buzzing a little this evening Really good workshop for me, learned a lot and looking forward to getting out more and putting it into practice.

A few from the weekend below (good mix of styles!), others are over on pix.ie











Could only recommend the workshop, hoping that more like it are run again.

fret_wimp2

allgood, particularly excellent 2nd shot of the lady and her child. I waited around for ages beside those blue & white line drawings of people waiting for people who mirrored them to walk by but got nothing!

steoc

Was a fantastic weekend.
You got some great images Cork girl. Well done.
Ill post a few of mine in the next day or so.

steoc

A selection of my images from David's work shop.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.878017672210657.1073741841.568947719784322&type=3

Tiriel

steoc wrote: »

A selection of my images from David's work shop.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.878017672210657.1073741841.568947719784322&type=3

Great shots Sir - well done! It's mad looking at them again and remembering his comments and critique - it has definitely made me think differently. It was surprising for me, not just for my own work but when looking at others work too - shots I loved he just flew over and the ones he stopped on were not what I would have paused on before! I can see now why though

secman

steoc wrote: »

A selection of my images from David's work shop.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.878017672210657.1073741841.568947719784322&type=3

Only on fb ! Not on fb, can you upload like corkgirl ?

thanks

secman

steoc wrote: »

A selection of my images from David's work shop.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.878017672210657.1073741841.568947719784322&type=3

Only on fb ! Not on fb, can you upload like corkgirl ?

thanks

fret_wimp2

As was mentioned already, I was taken aback by his analysis of shots, picking out ones I wouldnt give much time to and skipping across ones i initially thought very good. Some of that is experience, some just personal preference and i wouldnt take it that the ones that were skipped across were rubbish, they just grab David's attention.

It was my fav part of the weekend, seeing what everyone else got, as we were all out in the same city at the same time, yet the variety was brilliant. Really demonstrated how the same scene can look completely different through different eyes.

Below are some of what I got over the weekend. I usually would not post so many images but as it was a workshop and the aim was to take a decent sample, im going to post a few more than usual. I think I have one that I will still be happy with in 6 months, the rest will probably not stand up to my ruthless editing!

steoc

steoc

As requested for those that are not on facebook and can't follow my link above.

IamBlip

fret_wimp2 wrote: »

As was mentioned already, I was taken aback by his analysis of shots, picking out ones I wouldnt give much time to and skipping across ones i initially thought very good. Some of that is experience, some just personal preference and i wouldnt take it that the ones that were skipped across were rubbish, they just grab David's attention.

It was my fav part of the weekend, seeing what everyone else got, as we were all out in the same city at the same time, yet the variety was brilliant. Really demonstrated how the same scene can look completely different through different eyes.

Below are some of what I got over the weekend. I usually would not post so many images but as it was a workshop and the aim was to take a decent sample, im going to post a few more than usual. I think I have one that I will still be happy with in 6 months, the rest will probably not stand up to my ruthless

The Eircom Heads is classic, the steps decent is good too.