Summer Workshop 2025

Classes

Build A Strong Publications Program

Are you a photography teacher or publication adviser looking to refine your classroom strategies, streamline your workflow, and build a stronger community? Join us for a collaborative workshop designed to bring educators together to share ideas, troubleshoot challenges, and exchange best practices.

This session will cover essential topics such as classroom organization, project management, grading strategies, team building, and engaging assignments. Whether you’re seeking new ways to manage your staff, improve your students’ creative output, or simply connect with fellow educators who understand your challenges, this workshop is for you.

We’ll also take time for some sightseeing and get back to our roots. Enjoy some stress-free time to remind ourselves why we love what we do, by just taking time to be in the moment with our cameras.

Come ready to share, learn, and leave with fresh ideas and practical solutions to take back to your classroom. Let’s build a network of support and innovation in photography and publication education! Bring a laptop, a USB drive for files, a camera and any accessories and engaging ideas that have worked for you.

This class will be taught by Clint Smith, photography teacher and online media adviser at Texas High School in Texarkana, and Josette Coker, photography teacher and yearbook adviser at V.R. Eaton High School.

Mixed Media

Join us for a workshop elevating photography through mixed media. Paint, pen, fiber, collage, and transfer, we will work with several mediums to bring even more context, meaning, and depth to your images. Not an artist in these mediums? That’s okay. This style is about experimentation and enhancement, and a seasoned art teacher will be teaching you some of the greatest tricks and tips of the trade. Bring an assortment of images with you. We will be printing on site. If you prefer to edit on your laptop, please bring your preferred software for editing photos. If it is a school laptop make sure that the software will work off-campus. You will walk away with several pieces of completed and elevated art work.

This class will be taught by Laura Veno, art, honors art, AP art, art media and commercial photography teacher at Glen Rose High School.

The Art & Craft of Street Photography

To some photographers the idea of street photography can seem intimidating, yet, perhaps more than any other genre, it offers huge rewards in terms of capturing photographs that are unique, relatable, and that will grow better over time. Practicing street photography is a terrific way to hone skills that are vital for photojournalists, wedding photographers, travel photographers, and anyone who enjoys including people in their photos.

This class is designed to answer your questions, allay your fears, and provide the knowledge and tools you need to start making images on the street that will likely become some of your favorites.

We will cover: camera and lens selection; exposure modes; the legality and ethics of photographing in public and semi-public places; the legality of using and publishing images obtained in public; the right approach to taking photographs of strangers; how to anticipate photos; how to stay “unnoticed”; how to interact with strangers when you aren’t “unnoticed.” Then we will take those skills and put them into practice on the streets of Fort Worth.

Equipment:
A mirrorless or DSLR camera (smaller is generally better, a tilting screen is very handy)
A lens that’s a 28mm or 35mm full-frame equivalent (18mm or 20mm on an APS-C sensor) and a lens of about 85mm or 90mm full-frame equivalent (55mm on an APS-C sensor). Or a zoom lens that covers 28-90mm (18-55mm on APS-C).
Large lenses, long telephotos, and flashes are not recommended.
Extra batteries (fully charged)
Extra memory cards
Circular polarizing filter (optional)
Laptop and card readers for editing later

This class will be taught by Ian McVea, former photographer at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and a CTE photography teacher at Martin High School, and John Skees, director of media for the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools. Assisting in the class will be John Knaur, former product manager for Olympus America.

Hotel

Our hotel for the 2025 Summer Workshop is Springhill Suites Fort Worth University. The hotel is approximately two miles from Trimble Tech High School, where the workshop will take place. The hotel offers free breakfast, free WiFi and all rooms include a kitchenette. Reservations must be made by May 18. ATPI has reserved a block of rooms from June 8 to June 12.
The rate is $114/night plus local and state taxes. Make sure that you bring your Hotel Occupancy Tax Exempt Form with you to remove the state sales tax. Use this link to make your reservation.

Springhill Suites
3250 Lovell Ave
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Hotel Website