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New Mexico - The Land Of Enchantment
Location: Alamogordo & Abiqui, New Mexico
Dates: Sep 19 - 24, 2021
Tuition: $2,500
Registration: Register Now!
Class Size: Limited
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Enrollment,
- Student enrollment for studio workshops is limited to 12.
- Student enrollment for field workshops is limited to 14.
- Space is reserved on a first-come first-served basis.
- Reservations are not confirmed until a deposit is received.
Waiting List
- Be the first to hear about it.
- We schedule workshops more flexibly than other programs and if there's significant demand for a workshop we'll make it happen.
- Sign up for our waiting lists to receive special advance notice when...
- Space becomes available in a sold out workshop.
- Alternate dates for a scheduled workshop are determined.
- Dates for an unscheduled workshop are determined.
Tuition & Payment
- Pricing is for tuition only and does not include transportation, lodging or food.
- There are no additional fees.
- We require a non-refundable, transferable deposit of $350 to hold your place in the workshop. Reservations are not confirmed until a deposit is received.
- If you are on a waiting list, you will not be charged a deposit fee or tuition until space becomes available for you and you confirm your desire to register.
- Participants will be billed full tuition 60 days prior to the start of the workshop.
- We accept cash, check, money orders and major credit cards.
Discounts
- Early registrants (8 weeks prior to the start of the workshop) receive a $100 discount.
- Returning students (alumni) receive a $100 discount, regardless of time of registration. This discount is not cumulative with the early registration discount or transferable.
- You will receive a $100 discount for every workshop participant referral you make. This discount is cumulative and transferable.
Cancellation and Transfer Policy for Caponigro Arts Workshops
- All payments made are non-refundable.
- Funds paid are transferable if you cancel more than 60 days before the start of your workshop.
- Caponigro Arts reserves the right to cancel a reservation if full payment has not been received by 30 days before the workshop begins.
- Caponigro Arts is not responsible for cancellations due to medical emergencies. We highly recommend purchasing travel insurance. We recommend you purchase travel insurance through Travelex.
- In the event that Caponigro Arts must cancel a workshop, all fees and deposits are refunded in full or may be transferred to another workshop.
THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS TO OUR CANCELLATION AND TRANSFER POLICY.
Equipment
- Participants need to bring their own computers. While we recommend you bring your own software, we can provide software for use during the week. Digital cameras are required for field courses only. Our studio equipment (printers, scanners, spectrophotometers, etc) is available for participant use during each workshop.
- In special cases, we may be able rent you a computer for a workshop. An additional lab fee will be charged. Please inquire about availability when you register.
- PC users should have few concerns about compatibility, as courses are Adobe-centric.
- Paper and ink is provided at no extra charge. We use Epson media. If you would like to print on alternate substrates feel free to bring your preferred media.
Location
- All Caponigro Arts workshops are held at John Paul's private studio in Cushing, Maine. (See Studio for more details.) Workships typically run from 9am - 5pm. Studio courses offer one early (5-7) and one late evening (5-9) lab session.
- Studio workshops are held primarily indoors. Short field trips are scheduled by request only.
- Field workshops involve some travel and substantial time on location. Preliminary and final sessions are held in studio.
- Maine is beautiful! You may want to photograph in the area before or after class. You may also want to arrive or depart a day or two early or late and experience some of the gems of the area. See Maine Destinations for recommendations.
- For workshops at other venues contact that specific venue for information regarding their policies.
How to Prepare
How should you prepare for my workshops?
- Bring your portable computer loaded with your software to work on. We do not provide computers/monitors. In special cases, on a very limited basis, we may be able to provide equipment for you. We are able to provide the latest version of Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom for your use during the week. We provide all printers and media - Epson. If you have a special kind of paper or substrate you wish to use, bring it.
- Bring removable media. You'll save valuable time if you bring your own portable hardrive. We also provide CDs and DVDs.
- Bring your images. We can look at images in any form: prints, reproductions, electronic slideshows, websites. Prints or individual electronic files that can be browsed in Adobe Bridge are ideal for portfolio reviews.
- Bring a camera. The single biggest mistake I make is not bringing my camera with me everywhere I go. You're bound to find something beautiful during our time together, so be ready to make images at a moment's notice.
- Bring something to take notes with. For some a computer keyboard is enough. Some like pen and paper. Others like audio recorders.
- Write down a clear statement of what you hope to accomplish during the workshop.
- Write a well defined set of questions you need answers to.
- Read resources relevant to your needs provided in my online Library.
- Optionally, read the first section (Input to Output) of my book Adobe Photoshop Master Class. Give some consideration to the second (Translating Tradition) and third (Compositing for Classicists) sections. Browse the fourth (Alterations), fifth (Atmospheric Effects), and sixth (Montage) sections for ideas.
- In coming to a workshop, you're setting out on a journey. Make the most of it by taking some time to reflect on what you are about to do before you leave and what you have done when you return. Joseph Dispenza's book The Way of the Traveler has excellent food for thought.
- Expect to meet interesting peers, share similar passions, and see things from new perspectives.
- Come with an open mind.
- My hope is that the workshop will exceed your expectations.
Make your vision drive exposure, composition, and processing, not the other way around.
Grow your visual voice by developing a personal project.
Do it your way.
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Space Is Limited
Destination
Join me for a magnificent adventure in "the land of enchantment" New Mexico.
In this unique workshop, you'll travel through the finest highlights of New Mexico's high deserts.
The first half of this workshop is based in Alamogordo home to one of the most beautiful dune fields in the world - White Sands. You won't believe the variety of dunes you'll find or the number of colors they present as the light changes throughout the day. It's exquisite!
The second half of this workshop is based in O'Keeffe country - Abiqui.
We'll visit the O'Keeffe Museum and her private residence at Ghost Ranch and the beautiful landscapes that inspired her that are sure to inspire you – Red Rocks, Echo Amphitheater, White Place and more.
With a long history in the arts, Santa Fe is the third largest art market in the country, home of PhotoEye, and countless other galleries. You'll not only make great photographs, but you'll also see many more as well.
I was raised in New Mexico so it feels like coming home to me.
Learn more about Santa Fe here.
Learn more about Ghost Ranch here.
Learn more about Tent Rocks here.
Learn more about Great Sand Dunes here.
Learn more about White Sands here.


Vision
Limited class size offers individual guidance while stimulating an active dialog amid a diverse group of participants.
My workshops offer an unparalleled opportunity to develop your personal vision at exotic locations in a supportive community. Demonstrations, exercises, and feedback will help you grow your existing skills and talents revealing new ways of seeing and thinking that will energize and strengthen your authentic creative voice. You'll leave more versatile, focused, and inspired.
Explore multi-shot techniques to overcome technical limitations and expand possibilities.
Learn image selection and sequencing strategies.
Deepen your understanding of composition.
Learn post-processing tools that will enhance your distinctive style.
Find your story and tell it in your way.
The many resources I provide will help you prepare to make the most of your workshop experience and continue developing long afterward.
Read what alumni have to say about my workshops here.
"Life changing experience! I am so grateful...to have had this experience of learning, camaraderie, and self-discovery."
– Jerry Wyman, California

