Street Photography in Boston with Essdras M. Suarez

Documenting Boston: The photojournalist’s approach
Instructor: Pulitzer Prize Winner Essdras M. Suarez

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Experience the thrill of seeing the City of Boston anew in a way you’ve never seen it before: through the eyes of photojournalist and Pulitzer Prize Winner Essdras M Suarez.

Essdras’ approach and teaching method on the how and what of documenting a city and its people is strictly hands on where the participants learn to deal with whatever lighting, weather, or any other situation as it might present itself in front of your lens.

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Learn from Essdras the meaning of the same mantra he uses when he is doing his job in the streets of Boston or far-flung places around the world: “Keep moving, keep shooting, keep adjusting.”

You will learn to react to what is in front of you and to make the most out of any given situation. “As a photojournalist I don’t have the luxury of doing much post production work on my images. Therefore I have to make it count when things are happening.”

Essdras will teach you how to assess a situation or subject when it matters the most: When things are happening or are right in front of your lens. “There’s a high degree of satisfaction when you successfully capture the essence of a moment or a place just by paying attention to the details.”

The day will start early at Hay Street Market with its produce, fruit and fish vendors and the many characters who come to this miasma of daily life.

From there we will walk through the North End, catch breakfast in one of the local coffee shops, document this classic Old-World neighborhood as it wakes up and as the tour groups start flooding the streets.

We will then make our way to the Beacon Hill area and photograph the quaint character of this world-renown slice of Boston. We will observe and document life around Downtown Crossing and we’ll end up at the Boston Common and Public Garden area.

We’ll stop for lunch at one of the many eateries around the Common and Garden area. We will finish our day photographing street life in the Back Bay area and the Christian Science Plaza area.

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Please keep in mind this schedule will remain flexible. Because this is a photojournalism-style photo workshop, flexibility and serendipity are key to its true nature and success.

Essdras Suarez Bio: Nationally Essdras Suarez has covered stories such as the Columbine shooting and space shuttle Columbia disaster for the Boston Globe. Internationally he has photographed in Sudan, Egypt, Laos, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, Venezuela, Brazil, Russia, Panama, Haiti, Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Spain, France, Israel, Iraq, Kuwait, China, Turkey, Norway and Belarus and Romania.

Link to Essdras' Photography: www.essdrasmsuarez.com (http://www.essdrasmsuarez.com/)

Who Should Attend: Any photographer with an interest in street photography and photojournalism. You should be able to walk for extended periods of time carrying your camera, but a tripod is not needed.

Price: $135. Food, parking and transportation is not included.

Rain Date: The following Saturday, Sept 14th. If we have to move the original date you are not obliged to participate and will receive a refund if you can't make the alternate date.

Refunds: No refunds after 6 days from purchase, or 4 weeks or less before the workshop starts. If you are not able to make it, you may find someone else to give your space to. Please let Amy know if someone else is coming in your place. Refund if we change the date.

Instructions on parking options and what to bring will be sent a week before the workshop starts. Tripods are not needed. DSLR's are preferred.

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Sunrise 6:15am Sunset 7:06pm