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World-class instruction, incredible Adirondack beauty...
Adirondack Winter Weekend
January 29-31
Inlet, New York
with Mark Bowie
Overview
Winter in the Adirondacks is a beautiful, magical time. Snow quiets and simplifies the landscape, accentuating lines and form. Photographing it requires special attention to composition and exposure. Through both indoor instructional sessions and outdoor field sessions, we’ll explore strategies to take advantage of different lighting conditions, and compositional and digital techniques to create expressive wintertime images that resonate with emotional impact and meaning. Weather permitting, Mark will lead a nighttime field session, demonstrating tips and techniques to capture diverse and otherworldly images of this little-explored facet of the Adirondack landscape. Possible field destinations include the Fulton Chain of Lakes and nearby woods, Old Forge, Raquette Lake, and Buttermilk Falls.
Digital capture offers photographers more creative possibilities than ever before. Our indoor sessions will cover digital cameras and features, efficient image database management, RAW conversion and image optimization in Lightroom and Photoshop, panorama stitching and High Dynamic Range image making. Indoor sessions will be held at the Woods Inn in Inlet.
Instructor
Who Should Attend
All skill levels are welcome.
Amateur
You can find your way around the camera, but there are features you don't understand or know how to use. You don't feel that you can adequately capture what you see. You're hoping that the instructor can give you guidance on the when and how of using specific camera features, while also helping you to understand how to compose a good photograph.
Description of skill levels - click here
Beginner
You are new to photography and have so many questions you're not even sure where to start. You are not comfortable with your camera. You're not sure what makes some photographs look great and others not so great. You're looking to the instructor to help bring some order to the confusion and set you on a path.
Amateur
You can find your way around the camera, but there are features you don't understand or know how to use. You don't feel that you can adequately capture what you see. You're hoping that the instructor can give you guidance on the when and how of using specific camera features, while also helping you to understand how to compose a good photograph.
Intermediate
You feel pretty comfortable with most of your camera features, although you may have questions about some of the details. You've taken some photos that you're quite pleased with. You are mostly looking to the instructor for new ideas and constructive help with your compositions.
Advanced
You know how and when to use your camera features. You are pleased with many of your images. You might be looking to work in some new locations. Or maybe you’d like to tap the energy of a group of talented people to add to your creative toolbox.
Computer Skills
A basic understanding of digital workflow will be helpful.
Other Considerations
Group Size
15 max.
Registration Fees
$395 includes tuition and all meals beginning with dinner on the first evening.
Full amount must be paid at time of registration. There is a 5%
discount if you register before December 1, 2009. Click
here for
information on any other discounts that may be available.
Itinerary
Day 1
Participants gather at the Woods Inn. Welcome dinner and opening presentation by Mark Bowie. Night shooting if weather permits.
Day 2
Morning field trip followed by breakfast. Instructional presentation by Mark. Group critique of participant's images. Evening field trip. Night shooting if weather permits.
Day 3
Morning field trip followed by breakfast. Presentation by Mark and/or group critique. Workshop wrap-up.
Note - The actual itinerary may vary considerably from this due to weather and other conditions that cannot be anticipated.
