Instructors: Rachael Sokolowski
& Suz Karchmer
Thursday, August 8
1:00 - 4:00pm
1 session
The iPhone contains a camera that is a fantastic tool for the artist to ‘make’ images rather than just ‘take’ them. In this session, we will explore the native iPhone camera and all it has to offer. We will create interesting close-up shots, create wide and long panoramas, use different techniques for slow shutter images in live mode and explore low light photography. We will put your newly found tools to work in the field and shoot. After our photo shoot, we will explore the various editing capabilities that the native camera has to offer including adding filters, adjusting light and colors, and using the different drawing and text tools. The native camera and editor are already on your phone! You will not need to purchase any apps, but be aware that some of the features we will discuss are only available on later iPhone models. iPhone 13 Pro and later models are recommended but not necessary.
This workshop takes place at the Main Campus, 10 Meetinghouse Road.
Rachael Sokolowski was an early adopter of the iPhone as her camera of choice. She works with photography, video and mixed media, often adding text and different filters from various iPhone apps. She prints to a variety of different media, often adding to the images with ink, pastel and water-based oils. Her images have been shown at juried and group shows at different locations on the Cape Cod and has won awards in the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, the Creative Arts Center in Chatham and first place in the 2020 National Association of Digital Artists Resilience Competition. Rachael lives year-round in North Truro, Massachusetts.
Suz Karchmer lives a dual life as a photographer. Partnering with her husband, Michael Karchmer, they specialize in photographing theater performances and special events. They are the company photographer for Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater. Their images regularly appear in local newspapers and magazines. They were both early adopters of the iPhone for their other photographic pursuits and have taught workshops and written magazine articles advocating the art and joy of iPhone photography.
In her individual work, Suz uses a wide variety of apps. Her continuing series, Unfurling, which was photographed with her iPhone, was exhibited for two years at Acadia in Provincetown’s West End. One of those images was used as the cover of Cape Cod Magazine’s annual garden issue. Another of her iPhone images was made into a banner and flew over Commercial Street for the summer season. Suz is a member of the National Association of Digital Artists, the Cape Cod Digital Art Group, and Cape Cod Viewfinders Camera Club.