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Intermediate Photography with photographer Andrew Pielage

The Taliesin buildings and rolling hills of the 800-acre estate will be your backdrop for a weekend of iconic architecture and photography. Thursday afternoon arrival time will allow workshop participants ample free time to explore the local community, natural attractions of the Driftless region and the Taliesin Estate and will include an evening lecture in the Taliesin Hillside Theater with the instructor (included in workshop fee).The workshop will then officially begin on Friday afternoon and include an evening tour of Wright’s home, and a meet and greet with the instructor. Begin your artistic exploration the next days at sunrise, with time built in to take sunset photos as well. Dive deeper into understanding changing light, how to properly scout a location and how to shoot architecture with any lens. The workshop will also include an introduction to the powerful editing software of Adobe Lightroom, and peer photo critiques. You don’t have to be a pro but participants should be familiar with using Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO.

Participants must have a fully manual camera/lenses, tripod, flashlight or headlamp, good walking shoes, and a laptop with Adobe Lightroom preinstalled.

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About the Instructor

Andrew Pielage is an internationally published architecture and travel photographer based in Phoenix, Arizona. Born to an adventurous mother and a geologist father, his childhood was spent exploring the dusty backroads of the American Southwest. This constant desert travel rooted his artistic soul in landscape photography. In his hometown, Pielage discovered the beautiful relationship of landscape and design in the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright inspired his passion for this relationship and his mission to photograph all of Wright’s remaining designs. With over 20 years of experience, including international ad campaigns and publications, television features, exhibitions and workshops, Pielage continues to do what he loves: capture the soul of his subjects and inspire imagination through photography and education.

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About Your Stay

This one-of-a-kind weekend experience is designed to allow you to disconnect, immerse and explore. “Taliesin works like a charm on everybody that comes within its atmosphere,” writes Wright to his friend and client Darwin Martin in 1929. To experience Taliesin in its fullest, you will access a variety of historic spaces and the pristine rural landscape of Driftless Wisconsin; complementary housing is included in the workshop experience.

Please note that we are not aiming at being a hotel or resort, but focus on carrying out the timeless elements of the Taliesin Legacy - connecting people, architecture, and the land.

Each of you will be housed in a single room across the Taliesin estate in rustic Taliesin Fellowship dwellings, with shared bathrooms, access to a kitchenette, and living space.

Each workshop includes a welcome reception in the main residence and a tour of the buildings. Classroom instruction will be held in the world-renowned Hillside Drafting Studio, and in other designated space across the Taliesin estate. Lunch and breakfast will be served at the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center, while dinner is a wonderful opportunity to explore the local artisanal community individually or as a group - stay tuned for details.

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Location

The workshop check-in will begin Thursday afternoon at 3 pm. Please arrive at the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center at 5607 County Rd C Spring Green, WI 53588, and walk into the building. Staff will welcome you upon arrival and usher you to your rooms.

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Rates

Adult (Ages 18+): $1,800 per person Includes breakfast and lunches, workshop instruction, materials, guided tour, guestroom for three nights on the estate, lecture in the Hillside Theater and welcome reception in the main house

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Testimonials

A Marriage Made in Heaven: An Interview with Gregg Rutter

Capturing Taliesin’s Essence: An Interview with Lynn Hill

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About Taliesin Preservation

VISION

Taliesin is acknowledged as the embodiment of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright's commitment to the creation of exceptional environments that harmonize architecture, art, culture, and the land.

MISSION

As stewards, Taliesin Preservation's mission is to preserve the cultural, built, and natural environments that comprise the Taliesin property and to conduct public educational and cultural programming that provides a greater understanding of Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture and ideas.