Open to all – Students of any skill and knowledge level.

Level I – Students are new to photography and have no formal training. Digital students must have basic computer skills.

Level II – Students have a basic understanding of photography principles and technology and are comfortable using an SLR camera in manual mode. Digital students must have basic computer skills.

Level III – Students have some formal training and significant experience making, capturing and processing images. Students have a portfolio of their artwork. Digital students are comfortable using image-editing techniques in Adobe Photoshop.

Level IV – Students have advanced skill and knowledge of photography. Students are highly motivated and have multiple portfolios of their artwork. Digital students are comfortable using advanced image-editing techniques in Adobe Photoshop.

The Photography program offers Summer workshops, surrounded by the beauty of the Colorado mountains, in image capture, composition, lighting, digital and traditional darkroom processing and historic alternative processes. All workshops are rooted in the same idea: powerful art requires rigorous inquiry into techniques and ideas.