Workshops — 2026 and into 2027

This is what makes our workshops the best you can find:

• Dedicated instructors with decades of experience behind the camera and working with students. They are experts in film and digital and their workshop priority is creative growth for the students, true mentorship. They’ll prove it indoors with honest discussions and feedback; outdoors helping with anything from camera settings to composing an image. Whether you shoot film or digital; from large format to an iphone, it’s the imagery that counts.

• Field sessions that take you to spectacular, little-known locations, where you can apply your own creative seeing, rather than taking you to over-photographed photo-tour locations limiting you to replicate what has already been done by others.

• Our easy mixing of students at all levels of expertise and experience, as long as you have high enthusiasm to interact and learn. Teaching and learning is a two-way street, where we all learn from one another. (A truth that applies universally: if you’re not learning, you’re dead!) We create an atmosphere where everyone pitches in to help and support one another. Photography is a fine art, and a form of non-verbal communication, and we’ll help one another with both.

• Understanding the overriding importance of light, form and subject matter, and how they interact to produce powerful imagery. This works for all subject matter: portraits, landscapes, architecture, street photography, realism or abstraction, and even in your own home or back yard.

• We recognize “rules” as meaningless. Breaking rules often produces the most compelling images. We stress how to lead the viewer’s eye to what you want the viewer to see, ignoring rules that tell you to go left-to-right, up-to-down, or other silly cliches. You’ll soon be making photographs with greater depth, greater feeling, greater power.

• We do all this with a lot of humor, in a relaxed, fun-filled atmosphere. You can’t learn under pressure. Our instructors work with you closely and pleasantly, recognizing that as individuals you have your own goals; these workshops are geared to help you attain them (and not to push you where you don’t want to go).

Whether you're an amateur or professional photographer, whether you choose traditional, digital or alternative processes, and whatever type of camera you use, the real question is whether your images draw lasting attention. Our experienced instructors will help you achieve that.

Please review the one remaining 2026 workshop, and those into 2027. Look for additional workshops that will soon be added into 2027. Included are personal workshops offered throughout the year by direct arrangement with Bruce, plus “Virtual Workshops,” sending images to Bruce for review and evaluation.

Workshops for 2026 and into 2027

Workshop Registration and Payment

To register and reserve your space for the specific workshop(s) you are interested in, you have the option of paying a deposit or a full payment with Visa or Master Card via the website. To do so for each workshop you are interested in, click “add to cart” at the top of the individual workshop page. Please specify your option via the “pricing option” (“Deposit” or “Pay in Full”). After we receive your application via the website, an email will be sent to confirm your registration. If you register with a deposit, the remaining balance is due 6 weeks prior to the start of the workshop; please pay the remaining balance by specifying “ Pay Difference” in the “pricing option” on the workshop page.

If you do not use Visa or Master Card, or prefer not use credit cards as payment method, we accept registration with a check (deposit or full amount) and an application. Please download and fill out the application (Workshop-application.doc or Workshop-application.PDF), make the check payable to “Bruce Barnbaum” and mail the check with filled out application to the address below. We will notify you via an email to confirm your resignation.

Bruce Barnbaum Workshops

P.O. Box 1791

Granite Falls, WA 98252

Please note the following in regard to payment:

• If you register with a deposit, the remaining balance is due 6 weeks prior to the start of the workshop. The deposit is non-refundable.

• Deposit amount varies, ranging between $150 and $250. Please find details on the individual workshop page.

• If the workshop is canceled for any reason, your payment (deposit, remaining balance paid, or full amount) will be refunded in full.

• Visa and Master Cards are the only credit cards accepted for payment via website

If you have any questions in regards to registration or payment, please contact Bruce via email (barnbaum@aol.com) or call him directly (360-691-4105)

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