Ariel Meyerowitz’s Top Five Influences
Ariel Meyerowitz shares 5 photographs that influenced his creative journey.
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New Photoshop Auto Masks … the part no one is talking about
See the improvements to AI auto masks in Photoshop work. Colin Smith compares old and new selections.
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Photoshop Solved Impossible Selections! (One-Click)
“In this video, we’ll explore how this new Selection and Masking technology makes it effortless to select complex objects like hair, fur, bicycle spokes, nets, and more. We’ll compare it to the old version, discuss the improvements, and see how the new Select Subject (Cloud) and Remove Background features handle selections that were impossible before! We’ll also go over the pros, cons, and potential concerns with this feature and test it across various subjects on both flat and busy backgrounds.”
00:00 Intro – Select Subject
01:30 How to Get This Feature?
02:06 Complex Object – Example 1
03:56 Complex Object – Example 2
05:24 Selecting Hair
07:14 Select Subject – Device vs Cloud
08:53 Concerns – Will Adobe Charge Extra For This?
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Free April 23 Online – Maine Media Workshops – Ekphrastic Adventures – Writing In Response To Photography
April 23 @ 2:30 EST
Humanitarian Medalist Poet Richard Blanco and I offer a free online workshop about creative writing in response to photography.
After sharing some classic examples, we’ll facilitate a series of writing prompts. We’ll feature photographers who teach at Maine Media and who have collaborated with writers in their photography books with publishers like Two Ponds Press.
We’ll finish with a lively Q&A session.
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Free Online May 1 – The International Photography Hall Of Fame – Ekphrastic Adventures – Writing in Response to Photography
May 1 @ 7 PM EST
I’m offering a free online workshop about creative writing in response to photography.
After sharing some classic writings, I’ll facilitate a series of writing prompts.
In this session, I’ll feature photographs by my late father, who was recently inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame.
We might even have time for a sneak peek of our new book Caponigro Conversations.
We’ll finish with a lively Q&A session.
Enjoy The 2025 Camden Festival Of Poetry
Jane Hirshfield
Keynote
The 2025 Camden Festival Of Poetry Is Coming!
It’s free and open to the public.
Enjoy all the pre-festival events!
April 3 – Thursday, 1:00-2:30 pm EST
Bates College
Ekphrastic Workshop – John Paul Caponigro & Myronn Hardy
April 23 – Wednesday, 2:30-4 pm EST – Online
Maine Media Workshops
Ekphrastic Workshop – Richard Blanco & John Paul Caponigro
Register here.
May 1 – Thursday, Online
The International Photography Hall Of Fame
Ekphrastic Workshop – John Paul Caponigro
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May 7 – Wednesday, 11-12:30 pm EST
The Farnsworth Museum Of Art
Ekphrastic Workshop – John Paul Caponigro – Reindigenizing Sacred Landscapes.
Register here.
May 9 – Friday, 11-12:30 pm EST
Colby College / Senior Exhibit
Ekphrastic Workshop – Richard Blanco & John Paul Caponigro
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May 13 – Tuesday, 6-8 pm EST
Public Reading – Camden Public
May 15 – Thursday, 7-9 pm EST
The Sonic Cafe: Singer-Songwriter Open Mic Hosted by Rory McBride
May 15 – Thursday, 6-6:45 pm EST
Portland Museum Of Art
Ekphrastic Workshop – John Paul Caponigro / Joe Sandman: Skin Deep
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May 16th – Friday, 2-4 pm EST – Online
Craft Talk – Jane Hirshfield – Information, Invitation, and Insight: Transitions
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May 16th – Friday, 7-9 pm EST
Open Mic
May 17 – Saturday
The Camden Festival Of Poetry
Register here.
10-11 am Morning Poems On Windows Walk
1-1:10 pm Welcome
1:10-2:10 pm Maine Poets & Musicians
2:15-3:45 pm Workshops
3:15-3:45 pm Book Fair
4-4:15 pm Awards.
4:15-5:15 pm Keynote – Living By Poetry – Jane Hirshfield
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It’s free and open to the public!
Ekphrastic Resources
Poems
Homer – The Iliad (Achilles Shield)
W H Auden – The Shield Of Achilles
John Keats – Ode To A Grecian Urn
Rainer Maria Rilke – Archaic Torso Of Apollo + The Story Behind The Poem
Anne Sexton – The Starry Night
Tiana Clark – 50 Lines After Figure (2002) By Glenn Ligon
Dean Rader – Before The Borderless: Dialogs With The Art Of Cy Twombly
Victoria Chang – With My Back To The World
Essays
Stephen Jay Gould – Illuminations
Literary Journals
Responses To My Art
12 Great Photographs By Stephen Shore
June 18 – Join us for a Conversation online with Santa Fe Workshops.
View 12 Great Photographs By Stephen Shore.
Read 13 Great Quotes By Photographer Stephen Shore.
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Explore The Essential Collection Of Quotes By Photographers.
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Photoshop Adds A New Feature To Hue/Saturation
“New Adjust Color tool in Photoshop. An in-depth look at Adjust Color and Hue Saturation in Photoshop. Colin Smith explains this new tool and shows the best way to change colors in Photoshop that works on all images.”
00:00 Intro, how to get access
00:39 Big Picture overview of Adjust Color and Hue Saturation
02:48 How to Enable “normal” mode
03:18 6 primary colors
04:28 What is HSL Hue, Saturation, Lightness (luminance), and why does it matter?
05:22 Colorize option and role of Lightness
07:06 Adjusting the Color Range, fine-tune.
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Single-image Denoise, Raw Details, and Super Resolution Technical Preview in Adobe Camera Raw
“In this video, Julieanne demonstrates the new non-destructive, re-editable, single-image Denoise, Raw Details, and Super Resolution technical preview in Adobe Camera Raw!”
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Stephen Shore On Photographs That Feel Like Seeing
One of the most influential photographers working today, Stephen Shore, speaks about his photographs.
June 18 – Join us for a Conversation online with Santa Fe Workshops.
View 12 Great Photographs By Stephen Shore.
Read 13 Great Quotes By Photographer Stephen Shore.
Explore Stephen Shore’s books here.
Visit Stephen Shore’s website.