Create Surreal Art: From Lens to Masterpiece

Join award winning photographer Mati Gelman for an intimate, hands-on workshop designed to elevate your creative process. Whether you’re capturing portraits, conceptual photography, or editorial work, this class, which is designed for all levels, will teach you how to transform your photos into works of art.

Saturday October 4th 2025

What You’ll Experience & Learn

1. Concept Development: Turning an idea into a visual story

2. Shooting Techniques: Working with lighting, models, and composition to capture the concept in impactful way

3. Editing Workflow: Selecting our "hero" image and compositing techniques to build the world around it.

4. Artistic Vision: How to combine technical skills with creativity to make your work stand out.

Who Is This For? This workshop is perfect for photographers and digital artists who:

1. Have experience using a camera and basic editing tools

2. Want to learn how to bridge photography and Photoshop to create unique art

3. Are ready to push their creativity to the next level

(Note: This is not for complete beginners to photography or Photoshop, but basic level of both is great)

SCHEDULE

10:00–10:30 - Welcome & goals check-in

10:30–11:15 - Introduction to Mati's world

11:15–13:00 - Live demo shoot

13:00–14:00 - Lunch break

14:00–17:00 - Participant shooting rounds

17:00–18:30 - Editing walkthrough

18:30–19:00 - Critique & wrap-up

WHAT TO BRING

Your camera (DSLR or Mirrorless)
Empty memory card
Two fully charged batteries
50mm or 24mm-70mm lens (preferred)
Laptop for editing photos
Preferred image editing software (I’ll be using Capture One and Photoshop, which I’ll guide you through)
Notebook and pen

Workshop Details:

Date: Saturday October 4th - the whole day!

Participants: Limited to 5 - 7 participants

Special Note: This workshop will be filmed. If you do not wish to appear in the video, please specify that in your note to us when you sign up.

Spaces are limited, so reserve your spot today!

The Studio

Location

The workshop will be held at Mati's studio in Manhattan - Flatiron district. You will get an email with full address and access details closer to the date!

cancellations and transfers

Cancellations

Full refund if you email us 7 days or more before the workshop.
50 % refund 6–3 days before the workshop.
No refund inside 72 hours (you’re welcome to transfer your seat – see below).

Transfers

You may give or resell your spot to someone else up to 24 hours before start time.
Simply forward your original confirmation email to the new attendee and cc us so we can update the roster.
No fee to transfer.

Early Bird Pricing - LIMITED SPOTS

Sign up now - price increases to $399 after September 10th

Creative Photography Workshop

$299.00

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