Spring 2025
*(Spring) February-April 2025:
DRG 2025 Meet & Greet: Slowbody Beer Co.
Workshops Feb & April: Participation encouraged, take notes
Cultivating Creativity w Linda Cato ie virtual 1hr
WPHS Wet Plate Day w Mark Sawyer & Gene LaFord 10am-4pm
The art of Storytelling w Laura Porfirio 1hr
Wet Plate Day w P. Miro Gutierrez 11am-1:30pm
Wet Plate Day w Gene, Mark & Miro 10am-1:30pm
Participants Homework:
Join WHPS, attend meetings on Monday mornings
Attend Community events ie shows etc
Gallery tour (Etherton, CCP & Decode)
Studio visit (Mark Sawyer)
Studio visit (P. Miro Gutierrez)
*Mentor meetings: discuss Journal entries, brainstorm concepts
Savaya’s Coffee Market on Swan 2959 N Swan Rd @ 10am (optional)
February 2nd 2025 @ Slow Body Brewery
The DRG mentors and mentees meet!
February 16th 2025
This is called prepping for the shot! Ivy positions the subject (Sir) and makes sure that the camera is positioned correctly and that it’s clear before the shot.
Ivy capturing Sir’s image with Mark’s guidance.
Colleague portraits!!!
First images captured by Sir & Ivy!
For our 2nd round of wet-plate workshop meet-up, Stephanie and Jess are being instructed by Mark Sawyer prior to taking an image.
WHPS’s Monday Coffee Social, critique hour. The images received such great feedback*
March 2nd 2025, at the WPHS (Western Photographic Historic Society) Wet Plate Day, DRG (Deep Rooted Guidance) participants mingle with new WPHS members! Mark Sawyer’s home becomes a hub for new and existing photographers gathering for socials and wet plate workshops.
This image of Stephanie was taken by Jess and here it bathes in water where it helps to remove the remnants of chemistry.
Here’s Mark Sawyer’s portrait of Jess!
Images of the DRG participants! Here Ivy Ikay’s image was taken by Jess Sanchez*
March 30th, 2025 Prepping the camera and chemistry* Hosting the participants of DRG at Miro’s home studio in Tuxon, AZ
Using up ALL the space needed to get the shot, inside the pool*
Miro’s darkroom 1’s & 2’s to Lance*
Sir captures Lance
Lance captures Jes*
Stephanie prepping the shot with Jes’s help!
Stephanie’s pov
developed end shot!
on the drying rack!
April 27th 2025, Workshop!
Stephanie practicing her still life!
Gene teaching 101 Wet Plate to Aysia & Isabel
Ivy’s portrait of Jess with a skull
Jess’s portrait of Ivy with jaw bone
Isabel’s first tin!!!
Aysia’s first tin!
Stephanie’s shot!
