Fashion Week in Digital Photography
June 3rd, 2010The senior Digital Photography students have just finished their Fashion Photography course with some really great results. Students had 4 full-day workshops where they had the opportunity to photograph some beautiful models from the Lizbell Agency, Mode Models and Next Models. Professional hair and make-up for every shoot was provided by Ashley Gesner, Negar Nooshmand and Marlayna Pincott, with every look styled by professional stylist and instructor Heidi Farnola. Photographer Greg Swales guided the students in capturing contemporary and marketable images.
Student photographer Madhava Musterer did such a great job during the workshops, his best image is now on the Lizbell Agency models homepage!
www.lizbellagency.com/models/index.htm
VanArts acquires New Campus
May 27th, 2010VanArts has moved!!! Ahead of schedule, we are in our new space and preparing to ring in the Fall term with our new campus. VanArts has acquired over 22,000 square feet of the top three floors at 570 Dunsmuir Street. The building is conveniently located in the heart of Downtown Vancouver. Every program now benefits from new classrooms, labs and support facilities. Stay tuned as we will be blogging the updates on all renovations to our new space throughout the summer. Better yet, come join us for the Grand Opening in September!
View of the new Dunsmuir Campus (Photo by Jeff Bell)
View of the new Dunsmuir Campus lobby (Photo by Janine Armstrong)
Panoramic view from the new Dunsmuir Campus (Photo by Janine Armstrong)
Photography Show at Havana by DP7 Students
May 12th, 2010The Digital Photography Department is proud to announce a Group Show at the Havana Gallery by the senior photography students. The Opening Reception is on Sunday May 2nd from 4:00 to 7:00 pm and the show will run until May 15th.
Blog Article by DP Lead Instructor David Ellingsen
February 22nd, 2010The newest member of the Digital Photography faculty, David Ellingsen, recently participated in the portfolio review panel for the graduating class and was inspired to write an article about his experience at VanArts. Check out his posting here:
www.davidellingsen.com/blog/2010/02/class-of-2010/
Digital Photography Students in Action
February 19th, 2010The last couple weeks of class leading up to spring break had DP7 out shooting at some fabulous locations. The first was Britannia Heritage Shipyard - a fantastic location with lots of different spots to photograph our amazing models.
Christopher Morris explains a lighting technique called "key shifting"
Students photograph a model in the dry dock of the shipyard
Our models were troopers, braving the elements to get the perfect shot
The Britannia Shipyard was so accommodating...allowing the students full access to get the shots they wanted.
In the afternoon the rain cleared up and everyone had a really fun day with these awesome models in this inspiring location!
Digital Photography announces new Lead Instructors
February 17th, 2010The Digital Photography Department is proud to announce our new panel of Lead Instructors:
David Ellingsen - Lead Instructor for Commercial Photography
www.davidellingsen.com
Mary Jensen - Lead Instructor for Consumer Photography
www.artisanphotography.ca
Ian McGuffie - Lead Instructor for Fine Art Photography
Christopher Morris - Lead Instructor for Editorial & Media Photography
www.christophermorris.com
These instructors will be leading Open Critique sessions twice per term for students interested in their specialized area of the photographic industry. We are extremely privaleged to have these professionals as an integral part of the Digital Photography Diploma Program.
DP Alumni Bill Braden visits graduating class
January 28th, 2010
Bill Braden, who graduated from VanArts Digital Photography in February 2009, was down from his home base of Yellowknife NWT last week and paid a visit the DP6 class who will be graduating in a few short weeks. Bill described the biggest contributing factors to his success in his first year as a freelance photographer, with anecdotes, words of advice and lots of encouragement.
Bill's business is thriving in Yellowknife and across the north of Canada and we are extremely proud of all his acheivements over the past year.
Gautam Modkar joins as Admissions Advisor for India
November 26th, 2009VanArts is pleased to welcome Gautam Modkar as our new Regional Admissions Advisor for India.
Gautam, who hails from New Delhi, is a graduate of the VanArts Visual Effects program and has worked in India with Image Foundry as a compositor for the last year. He has a Bachelor of Arts as well as an MBA and we are pleased he has returned to VanArts with his experience and enthusiasm.
If you are from India and are considering enrolling with us for the March 2010 batch, NOW is the time to apply!
For more information: see our Admissions India page.
VanArts Photography Grad shooting PGA Tour in Dubai
November 16th, 2009Krystal Calver, graduate of DP4, is literally "taking off" as a sports photographer! Krystal is currently in Dubai to shoot the Dubai World Championship European PGA Tour and the Dubai Rugby 7s for the Arabian Gulf men and women teams.
Although we are not surprised by Krystal's success, we are extremely proud of her and can't wait to see the great photographs she's creating while overseas.
Digital Photography Grad joins Lululemon Staff
October 27th, 2009Congratulations to Digital Photography graduate Patrick Young, who just got hired by Lululemon Athletica as their in-house staff photographer!
