Hello everyone,
this weekend we are excited to host our first ever Polaroid Portrait Project Workshop here at the VPW studios. Instructors David Ellingsen and Marc Koegel will take participants on a journey to produce high quality fine-art photograph using the just re-released Polaroid films by the Impossible Project.
To get us in the mood for this [...]

Hello everyone,
we just confirmed all the details for our upcoming Tofino Photographic Workshop. This Fall join us for an incredible opportunity to photograph the coastal landscape of the true west coast.

We ran this workshop 3 times in 2007 and 2008. After taking a break in 2009, we are excited to be travelling back to Tofino [...]

Hello everyone,
it has been some time since my last post – I was over in Germany with my family for the past few weeks. Needed to take a much deserved break. But, as most of you will likely understand, a ‘break’ or ‘vacation’ (as it is sometimes called) will ALWAYS include time for photography for [...]

I am nearing the end of my condensed 6 week intermediate class (crunched into 3 weeks), and on Monday night the weather and timing were on our side. This is one of the best times to take classes with VPW. Most of our classes are in the evening, so in the summer that means daylight, and in [...]

Hello everyone,
VPW is always looking to expand our pool of talented local and international instructors.
We are proud to announce that we have just added local Vancouver commercial photographer Christopher Morris to our instructor roster.
Christopher will be speaking as part of our Careers in Photography Lecture Series on Friday, May 28th, 2010. A week later, he [...]

Hello everyone,
Wow! What a great evening we had last night!
Arthur Meyerson gave his portfolio presentation to a sold-out house in our main studio space. Over 80 participants watched as he showed images from his career spanning some 40 years. Following the slideshow, Arthur showed 2 multimedia presentations and then opened the floor to questions and [...]

Hello everyone,
just ran into my good fiend Claude Biron. He is taking the Arthur Meyerson ‘Color Moment’ Workshop this week.
Claude has taken many workshops here at VPW. Recently, he took Marc Koegel’s Fine Art Black and White Long Exposure Workshop, and some of his work he shot during this workshop is being exhbited for the [...]

Hello everyone,
our popular instructor Wayne Hoecherl is currently teaching his 10 week long Creative Lighting for Editorial and Fashion Course.
Below are a few images from one of his recent classes. Some amazing lighting setups, great models and motivated students resulted in some amazing images. I’ve added a few behind-the-scenes images shot by one of the [...]

Hello everyone!
I’m out with my long exposure workshop group this afternoon.
One of the students graciously lend me his Nikon D70 that has been converted to infrared (check out lifepixel.com for more info).
Problem is, we didn’t have a cable release handy so I had to be inventive.
What you see below is a pretty inexpensive solution to [...]

Hello everyone,
Please join us for this rare opportunity to meet a true Master Photographer!
Arthur Meyerson is in town from Houston, Texas.

This evening presentation part of Mr. Meyerson’s stay in Vancouver, and in addition to his five day Workshop “The Color Moment” to be held from May 3rd – 7th, 2010
Use this opportunity to meet and [...]