Why choose a workshop with Joel Tjintjelaar?

When it comes to the evolution of structured methods and techniques in digital B&W post-processing, post-processing styles, and theoretical approaches, Joel Tjintjelaar has been widely seen as one of those very few innovators and pioneers in digital B&W photography. Joel made significant contributions to the advancement of digital B&W processing methods and visual styles that are trending now or have become a global standard. Learning from Joel means learning from the original source. Where others emulate and consolidate, Joel always leads by improving himself first.

About My Teachings & Specialties

My workshops are customized towards the preferences of the students and cover in-depth knowledge of a broad range of topics and skills but my specialties for which I enjoy a worldwide reputation are the following:

• B&W photography and post-processing: Since 2011 I’ve been teaching my iSGM2.0 method of B&W post-processing that has since become the B&W method for many award-winning photographers. Today, this method has evolved and improved so much that the manual method has been automated in my B&W Artisan Pro plugin for Photoshop. The panel therefore plays an important role in my processing workshop to speed up the process but can also be replaced by a manual workflow. If you are a photographer who likes to be on the forefront of what is possible in digital B&W photography, then I will show you what’s there and beyond.
• Fine-art photography: Fine-art photography is more than just a beautiful B&W photo. It is also about intention, meaning and emotion: it is about communicating an authentic experience. My ideas on Fine-art are supported not only by personal motives but also by more scientifically based findings and the history of art. I can introduce you to the world of fine-art photography and to my personal ideas on what fine-art photography and what art in general is. With a few simple criteria, you will be able to separate art from everything else and are able to create art yourself.
• Architectural Photography, landscape photography and still life photography: These are the genres I’m specialized in but that I always approach from a fine-art point of view. When it comes to architectural photography, as a commissioned architectural photographer, I will teach you how to celebrate the design and everything else you won’t learn anywhere else, so potential clients will notice you for commissioned projects. Fine art architecture is far more than just post-processing. It’s a 3-phase process that starts with the architect’s idea, incorporated in a physical and cultural environment, then through interpretation and execution in the field, you will end with the processing.