Photographing Ceramics
1 Day Workshop | Registration opens 2026-04-14 12:00 PM
This beginner photography workshop is geared towards practicing ceramic-based artists and anyone using clay, enamel, glazes or translucent material in their artwork. This one day workshop will show you the basics of photographing your pots, vessels, tiles and clay objects using a camera, tabletop backdrop setup and simple lighting. Some more advanced techniques will be covered including using digital SLR camera, combating glare and reflection, some editing techniques in Lightroom and Photoshop and digital workflow/output. Students should bring their own cameras (or smartphones) and one example of a ceramic they would like to photograph during class.
Base Tuition: $96 + Material Fee: $10 = $106 Total _____________________________________________________________________________
- What You Will Learn:
- Learn how to use their cameras or smartphones to photograph and document ceramic objects in tricky lighting scenarios.
- Understanding the basics of lighting using studio lights or natural daylight and tabletop setups with seamless backdrops.
- Understand how to combat reflection and glare while photographing enamel, metal or highly reflective material.
- Investigate the ways artists construct, use and maintain support communities.
- *Students should bring their own cameras (or smartphones) and one example of a ceramic they would like to photograph during class.
Jessica Thalmann
Jessica is an artist and educator currently based in Toronto and New York City. She received an MFA in Advanced Photographic Studies from ICP-Bard College and a BFA in Visual Arts from York University. Thalmann has taught at the International Centre for Photography, Akin Collective, MacLaren Art Centre, Toronto School of Art, Gallery 44 and City College of New York. She has been an artist in residence at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Alberta, Canada, and at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is a recipient of grants from the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council. Her work has been shown in group exhibitions at Aperture Foundation, International Centre for Photography, Camera Club of New York Baxter St, and Humble Arts Foundation (New York), VIVO Media Arts Centre (Vancouver), Museum of Contemporary Art, Harbourfront Centre, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Varley Art Gallery of Markham, Angell Gallery, Gallery TPW, Art Spin, and Gales Gallery at York University (Toronto).