My Four Days at The ICP

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I just finished an intensive 4-day course in advanced portrait lighting at the International Center for Photography in NY.

The course was taught by Harvey Stein, an accomplished photographer in his own right.

Personally, I was most interested in the Avedon style lighting – I like his work a lot and I want to reproduce it for the silkscreen prints – but the course covered a whole range of lighting techniques.  All very interesting.

The school itself is great – the facilities are unbelievable – and it’s just down the street

I was delighted to learn that as a graduate (even after four days apparently), I get free access to the massive and incredibly well equippled studios. And there are a lot of them.

All in all I would recommend this to anyone who wants to improve their photographic skills.

Michael Rosenblum

For more than 35 years, Michael Rosenblum has been on the cutting edge of the digital video journalism revolution. During this time, he has lead a drive for video literacy, and the complete rethinking of how television is made and controlled. His work has included: The complete transitioning of The BBC's national network (UK) to a VJ-driven model, starting in 2002. The complete conversion of The Voice of America, the United State's Government's broadcasting agency, (and the largest broadcaster in the world), from short wave radio to television broadcasting and webcasting using the VJ paradigm (1998-present). The construction of NYT Television, a New York Times Company, and the largest producer of non-fiction television in the US. Rosenblum was both the founder and President of NYT TV, (all based on this paradigm (1996-1998). The President and Founder of Video News International, a global VJ-driven newsgathering company, with more than 100 journalists around the world. (1993-1996). Other clients include Spectrum News, Verizon and CBS News.

2 Comments
  • steve January 25, 2011

    michael,

    i invite you to take a look at http://www.themolokaidispatch.com , specifically the story about the passing of aunty ku’ulei- does the photographer’s name look familiar?

    • Michael Rosenblum January 25, 2011

      Ah, the great PF