Davin Ellicson Photography

Bucharest: Exploring Your Vision
Join photographer Davin Ellicson for an intensive street photography workshop in Bucharest, Romania, one of Europe’s least known capitals.
Next date: 8-9 October.
The city is a beguiling place which still suffers from outdated Communist-era stereotypes. Well off the tourist track, there is a raw energy to Bucharest that has to be experienced to be believed. Globalization has yet to run its course here and a curious blend of old and new Europe exists side by side.
Davin will be working closely with workshop participants and providing daily critiques. The goal of this workshop is to perfect one’s street shooting skills and the art of spontaneous photography by exploring Bucharest as well as how to edit — select and sequence your photographs — intuitively. It’s a workshop open to amateurs and professionals alike.
Through group as well as one on one discussions of the best work, participants will see their picture making skills improve each day. Technical, theoretical and aesthetic issues will be discussed as attendees work towards honing their individual visions.
The workshop will begin with individual portfolio reviews and Davin will show his own photography as well as the work of classic masters. We will then discuss the principles of street photography before we head out to explore the streets of Bucharest.
On Sunday morning Davin will review saturday's work as well as give a tutorial on the archiving and image manipulation software called Adobe Lightroom that he highly recommends.
The workshop is limited to 12 students.
DATES: 8-9 October
WORKSHOP LOCATION: Davin's studio in central Bucharest.
WORKSHOP FEE: €200
Accommodation, transportation, meals, and other expenses are not included.
ACCOMMODATION: Contact me for suggestions.
REGISTRATION: The workshop is open to any professional or committed amateur who has knowledge of digital cameras and editing software. Participants must come with their own camera, laptop and editing software. All ages welcome!
Helpful links:
Bucharest In Your Pocket
Bios:
Davin is a freelance photographer based between New York and Bucharest, Romania.
He worked at National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry's studio in New York and studied with photographers Eugene Richards, Ken Light, Constantine Manos, George Tice and Paul Lowe. In 2006 Davin completed an MA in documentary photography at The London College of Communication.
He has completed assignments for such publications as The International Herald Tribune, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Courrier Japon, Bloomberg News. Davin's work has appeared in The New York Times and Der Spiegel and the book This Day of Change, among others. The recipient of the 2009 Portfolio Award at The Phodar Photography Biennial in Bulgaria, he has also won an honorable mention in Jen Bekman´s Hey! Hot Shot Contest in both 2008 and 2009. Davin has worked for various NGOs such as Leslie Hawke's Ovidiu Rom in Bucharest and The International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX).