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Hummingbirds
of SE Arizona - Using our High Speed Flash at our Set-ups
(.........) April 13-18and (..........) April 27-May 2, (.........)May
8-13 Participant Limit: Seven Non-photographic spouses welcome!
Photograph several species of beautiful hummingbirds at one of
the premiere locations in the US, the Santa Rita Mountains of
southeastern Arizona. No equipment is necessary other than your
own camera and a hotshoe flash to trigger our High Speed Flash
setups. Return with spectacular images of Broad-billed and Magnificent
Hummingbirds, as well as numerous species of song birds attracted
to our special natural light feeders. Bridled titmice, black-headed
grosbeaks, acorn woodpeckers, Mexican jays, and more. Lodging,
lunches and some dinners are included. Fee: $2,095
Hoot Hollow West!
The DIGITAL Complete Nature Photo Course - Maximize Your Photographic Potential with a Digital
Camera -
in Southern Arizona at the Santa Rita Lodge,
Madera Canyon
(........) April 6-12 and 20-26,
2008 - Digital Imagery is revolutionizing photography.
While many of the same concepts taught in the CNPC apply -- EXPOSURE,
composition, proper camera and lens techniques, and the art of
seeing, DIGITAL provides and demands much more. In this course
we'll explain exposure via Histograms and White Balance, using
RAW and other formats, and the information - and ONLY the information
-- a digital nature or landscape photographer needs to know. Our
course will be divided into Class time for traditional photographic
instruction, in-th-field digital photography, and in-Lab computer
time. Students will learn to maximize the potential of their digital
cameras as they learn how to composite for panoramas, for images
of varying exposure, and more. Our Arizona location is spectacular
for subjects, and you'll have an opportunity to photograph hummingbirds
at our High Speed Flash setups, a variety of birds at our natural
light sites, as well as varied wildlife found in the Canyon and
on field trips to the wonderful Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
If you are a serious digital photographer -- be that a novice
who wants to start right or a aspiring professional who wants
to polish up the loose ends, the DCNPC is the course. Plan on
doing a photo tour or safari with us? Serious about your shooting?
Do the DCNPC!
Price includes great food, lodging, computer supplies, and a wonderful
portfolio of photographic subjects.
Each course is Limited to 10 students and
with TWO INSTRUCTORS.
Fee: $2,245. NOTE: This course
is immediately followed by our Hummingbird High Speed Photography
Shoots.
PHOTOSHOP I:
INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOSHOP - Optimizing the Digital
Darkroom.
(........) June
22-28
Learn the basic but essential aspects of Photoshop, including
the ways to import images, working with files, and MOST IMPORTANTLY
the tools and techniques you need to know for mastering Photoshop
at a beginner's level, but at a competent level as well. Although
this is a beginner's level course, you will be learning techniques
like Masking and using Layers that are often only discussed in
intermediate-level courses. This PS course is the absolute foundation
for your Photoshop skills. Limit: 10, with
TWO instructors present during all Lab hours. All the courses include FOOD and LODGING
and all materials necessary for the course. Fee:
$1,695 NOTE: these two workshops follow our June and August Digital
D-CNPC courses.
OUR MOST POPULAR COURSE:
The DIGITAL
Complete Nature Photo Course - Maximize
Your Photographic Potential with a Digital Camera
-
(........) June 1-7, and July 6-12, and
August 17-23, 2008 - Digital Imagery is revolutionizing
photography. While many of the same concepts taught in the CNPC
apply -- EXPOSURE, composition, proper camera and lens techniques,
and the art of seeing, DIGITAL provides and demands much more.
In this course we'll explain exposure via Histograms and White
Balance, using RAW and other formats, and the information - and
ONLY the information -- a digital nature or landscape photographer
needs to know. Our course will be divided into Class time for
traditional photographic instruction, in-th-field digital photography,
and in-Lab computer time. Students will learn to maximize the
potential of their digital cameras as they learn how to composite
for panoramas, for images of varying exposure, and more. . If
you are a serious digital photographer -- be that a novice who
wants to start right or a aspiring professional who wants to polish
up the loose ends, the DCNPC is the course. Plan on doing a photo
tour or safari with us? Serious about your shooting? Do the DCNPC!
Price includes great food, lodging, computer supplies, and a wonderful
portfolio of photographic subjects. All
the courses include FOOD and LODGING and all materials necessary
for the course. Each course is Limited
to 10 students and with TWO INSTRUCTORS. Fee:
$1,595. NOTE: This course is immediately followed by
our Intro to Photoshop - Optimizing the Digital Darkroom.
NEW OFFERING! Digital Workflow using Adobe LIGHTROOM
and Photoshop
( ..........) August 24-30, 2008
Digital workflow can be the digital photographer's nightmare,
but new software, like Adobe's LIGHTROOM, is expediting this workflow,
making image management, and photographer's lives, much easier.
We'll show you step-by-step how to use LIGHTROOM to manage and
edit your digital files, and to make global adjustments to these
images, especially with RAW images. You'll be surprised to see
how quick and easy it is to make most adjustments. LIGHTROOM isn't
replacing Photoshop, however, and we'll show you when and why
you still need to use Photoshop for certain tasks, like targeted
adjustments with layers, and we'll also show you how to do the
most commonly needed tasks in Photoshop as well.
This class will also include shooting time in the field so that
we can help you apply your new skills in a real-time, very practical
way.
Limited to TEN students. Fee: $1,695
Predators
of the Northern Hemisphere (Animals of Montana)
(..........) Sept 8-13, 2008 Shooting days are 11,12, and13 with
an optional weather day 14
We'll be shooting mountain lions, Siberian tigers, snow leopards,
gray wolves, red foxes, lynx, and other animals found in the Northern
Hemisphere. This is an incredibly exciting shoot - imagine filming
a tiger or puma or wolf running straight at your camera! We'll
have unlimited shooting possibilities, based upon the light or
the weather. Limited to EIGHT participants. Includes Lodging,
some Meals, and Transportation during the Tour.
Fee: $2,395 Note: Yellowstone's Tour immediately follows
this for those who wish to maximize their shooting opportunities.
Yellowstone
National Park - The Mammals of Fall
(........) Sept.14-20 and September
21-27, 2008
Yellowstone is the premiere wildlife photography destination
in the US, and Fall is the ultimate time of year to visit. Our
trip should coincide with the fall rut and courtship activity
of pronghorn antelope, moose, and elk. We're likely to also film
bighorn sheep, mule deer, bison, and coyote, as well as the great
scenics the area is world-famous for. This has always been one
of our most popular and exciting shoots. Fee:
$1,745. Limit: 10 participants
Kenya PHOTO
SAFARI - Samburu, Nakuru, and the Masai Mara
(.........) October 11-25 (2 week safari)
November 2-20. and November 22-Dec. 11 (3 week safaris)
These are among our most popular,
and difficult to get into, tours. Contact our office for final
dates.
We'll be visiting the three best
game-viewing and photography destinations in Kenya, and probably
in all of Africa. Each locale is unique, with the endemic species
of semi-arid Samburu -- gerenuk, reticulated giraffe, beisa oryx,
Gunther's dik-dik, and of course great elephants and a wonderful
chance of leopard. Samburu's bird photography is extraordinary,
too. Lake Nakuru is famous for its flamingos -- sometimes numbering
in the millions, but it also has a candy-store variety of mammals,
including great white rhino, Rothschild's giraffes, and baboons,
vervet monkeys, leopards, various antelopes, and many species
of birds. The crown jewel is the Masai Mara, and our tours are
virtually the only photography tours that visit three distinct
locations within this incredibly rich park. By staying at three
different camps -- in the south, the west, and finally the east,
we'll maximize our game-viewing with minimum driving, concentrating
on the rich game of the region. Our subjects -- the best! Including
wonderful cheetah opportunities, great lion prides, hyenas, jackals,
leopards, all the plains game, crocs, hippos, elephants, and many
species of birds, both song and birds-of-prey. Our trips are limited
to 3 photographers per vehicle! Price is from Nairobi, and includes
all food, lodging, fees, and ground transportation.
Fee: TBA
Rwanda's MOUNTAIN GORILLAS
(.....) October -25-November 2.
Rwanda's mountain gorillas are perhaps the premiere and most spectacular
wildlife encounter any wildlife photographer and wildlife lover
can have.
Participants Limit: 5 Fee: TBA
Predators of the Northern Hemisphere
(Animals of Montana)
(..........) Because of the Tanzania trip we will not be able
to offer this trip in 2009.
We'll be shooting mountain lions, Siberian tigers, snow leopards,
gray wolves, red foxes, lynx, and other animals found in the snow-country
of the Northern Hemisphere. This is an incredibly exciting shoot
- imagine filming a tiger or puma or wolf running straight at
your camera! Limited to EIGHT participants.
Fee: $1,995
Tanzania -the Incredible
Gnu Wildebeest Migration and Birthing, and Ngorongoro Crater
(...........) late-January-thru February, two safaris of two weeks
duration each
There are almost 2 million wildebeest, or gnu, in the Serengeti ecosystem, and each February virtually all the females give birth. Vast numbers of animals, including all the major predators, congregate on the plains, offering an unsurpassed wildlife spectacle. Besides the gnus, you'll shoot common zebras, elephants, lions, cheetahs, various gazelles, many bird species, landscapes, and you'll probably photograph black rhino, hippo, leopard, and numerous other mammals as well.
Rwanda's MOUNTAIN GORILLAS
(.....) Following our Tanzania Wildebeest migration safaris..
Rwanda's mountain gorillas are perhaps the premiere and most spectacular
wildlife encounter any wildlife photographer and wildlife lover
can have. This trip will mark our 50th trek for mountain gorillas
- a very, very special event!
Participants Limit: 5 Fee: TBA
Ethiopia's Mountain Mammals
(.........) March
Ethiopian wolves, ibex, hamadryas baboons, lammagyer vultures,
and spectacular landscapes. This safari will be devoted to the
exotic wildlife of the incredible highlands of Ethiopia.
Hummingbirds
of SE Arizona - Using our High Speed Flash at our Set-ups
(.........) Dates to be announced. This is one of most popular
and photographically productive US tours!
Participant Limit: Seven Non-photographic spouses welcome!
Photograph several species of beautiful hummingbirds at one of
the premiere locations in the US, the Santa Rita Mountains of
southeastern Arizona. No equipment is necessary other than your
own camera and a hotshoe flash to trigger our High Speed Flash
setups. Return with spectacular images of Broad-billed and Magnificent
Hummingbirds, as well as numerous species of song birds attracted
to our special natural light feeders. Bridled titmice, black-headed
grosbeaks, acorn woodpeckers, Mexican jays, and more. Lodging,
lunches and some dinners are included. Fee: $2,095
Hoot Hollow West!
The DIGITAL Complete Nature Photo Course - Maximize
Your Photographic Potential with a Digital Camera
-
in Southern Arizona at the Santa Rita Lodge, Madera Canyon
(........) Contact our office if you are
interested. We may not offer this course in Arizona in 2009. -
Digital Imagery is revolutionizing photography. While many of
the same concepts taught in the CNPC apply -- EXPOSURE, composition,
proper camera and lens techniques, and the art of seeing, DIGITAL
provides and demands much more. In this course we'll explain exposure
via Histograms and White Balance, using RAW and other formats,
and the information - and ONLY the information -- a digital nature
or landscape photographer needs to know. Our course will be divided
into Class time for traditional photographic instruction, in-th-field
digital photography, and in-Lab computer time. Students will learn
to maximize the potential of their digital cameras as they learn
how to composite for panoramas, for images of varying exposure,
and more. Our Arizona location is spectacular for subjects, and
you'll have an opportunity to photograph hummingbirds at our High
Speed Flash setups, a variety of birds at our natural light sites,
as well as varied wildlife found in the Canyon and on field trips
to the wonderful Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
If you are a serious digital photographer -- be that a novice
who wants to start right or a aspiring professional who wants
to polish up the loose ends, the DCNPC is the course. Plan on
doing a photo tour or safari with us? Serious about your shooting?
Do the DCNPC!
Price includes great food, lodging, computer supplies, and a wonderful
portfolio of photographic subjects.
Each course is Limited to 10 students and
with TWO INSTRUCTORS.
Fee: $2,245. NOTE: This course
is immediately followed by our Hummingbird High Speed Photography
Shoots.
PHOTOSHOP I:
INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOSHOP - Optimizing the Digital
Darkroom.
(........) Several
dates will be offered in 2009.
Learn the basic but essential aspects of Photoshop, including
the ways to import images, working with files, and MOST IMPORTANTLY
the tools and techniques you need to know for mastering Photoshop
at a beginner's level, but at a competent level as well. Although
this is a beginner's level course, you will be learning techniques
like Masking and using Layers that are often only discussed in
intermediate-level courses. This PS course is the absolute foundation
for your Photoshop skills. Limit: 10, with
TWO instructors present during all Lab hours. All the courses include FOOD and LODGING
and all materials necessary for the course. Fee:
$1,695 NOTE: these two workshops follow our June and August Digital
D-CNPC courses.
OUR MOST POPULAR COURSE:
The DIGITAL
Complete Nature Photo Course - Maximize
Your Photographic Potential with a Digital Camera
-
(........) Several dates will be offered
in 2009. - Digital Imagery is revolutionizing photography.
While many of the same concepts taught in the CNPC apply -- EXPOSURE,
composition, proper camera and lens techniques, and the art of
seeing, DIGITAL provides and demands much more. In this course
we'll explain exposure via Histograms and White Balance, using
RAW and other formats, and the information - and ONLY the information
-- a digital nature or landscape photographer needs to know. Our
course will be divided into Class time for traditional photographic
instruction, in-th-field digital photography, and in-Lab computer
time. Students will learn to maximize the potential of their digital
cameras as they learn how to composite for panoramas, for images
of varying exposure, and more. . If you are a serious digital
photographer -- be that a novice who wants to start right or a
aspiring professional who wants to polish up the loose ends, the
DCNPC is the course. Plan on doing a photo tour or safari with
us? Serious about your shooting? Do the DCNPC!
Price includes great food, lodging, computer supplies, and a wonderful
portfolio of photographic subjects. All
the courses include FOOD and LODGING and all materials necessary
for the course. Each course is Limited
to 10 students and with TWO INSTRUCTORS. Fee:
$1,595. NOTE: This course is immediately followed by
our Intro to Photoshop - Optimizing the Digital Darkroom.
Digital Workflow using Adobe
LIGHTROOM and Photoshop
( ..........) Dates TBA
Digital workflow can be the digital photographer's nightmare,
but new software, like Adobe's LIGHTROOM, is expediting this workflow,
making image management, and photographer's lives, much easier.
We'll show you step-by-step how to use LIGHTROOM to manage and
edit your digital files, and to make global adjustments to these
images, especially with RAW images. You'll be surprised to see
how quick and easy it is to make most adjustments. LIGHTROOM isn't
replacing Photoshop, however, and we'll show you when and why
you still need to use Photoshop for certain tasks, like targeted
adjustments with layers, and we'll also show you how to do the
most commonly needed tasks in Photoshop as well.
This class will also include shooting time in the field so that
we can help you apply your new skills in a real-time, very practical
way.
Limited to TEN students. Fee: $1,695
The ADVANCED
DIGITAL Complete Nature Photo Course -
(........) TBA 2009 - Contact our office
if YOU are interested in a flash course for 2009! Demand will
dictate whether or not we will offer this course.
For all of our graduated of the D-CNPC, here's the perfect follow-up
-- a course that takes what you've learned one BIG further step.
In this course we'll delve further into both TTL and manual flash
exposures, where you'll actually do a few setups yourself to master
electronic flash lighting indoors or out. We'll be spending more
time shooting -- working on compositions in the field, mastering
exposure in real-time, and difficult to shoot subjects, including
macro photography, panning, and exposure/focus/contrast composites.
Once again, we'll cover Digital Workflow, and specific Photoshop
tasks that will allow you to maximize your images' digital potential.
We anticipate this Special course filling quickly, so contact
our office ASAP!
Price includes great food, lodging, computer supplies, and a wonderful
portfolio of photographic subjects. All
the courses include FOOD and LODGING and all materials necessary
for the course.
Each course is Limited to 10
students and with TWO INSTRUCTORS. Fee:
$1,695.
Jaguars and the Wildlife
of the Pantanal
(.........) Late August-early September, 2009
In August, 2008 I'll be doing a scouting trip to the world's largest
wetlands, Brazil's Pantanal. On my scouting trip I'll be devoting
most of my time in searching for jaguars, the New World's largest,
and the world's third largest, cat, and from this experience I'll
set up the trip to maximize our chances for photographing wild
jaguars while still photographing the Pantanal's other incredibly
diverse wildlife. Other species we can expect include giant otters,
jabiru storks at the nest, hyacinth macaws, other parrot species,
a variety of song, perch, and water/wading birds, birds of prey,
kingfishers - the best location in the world, pootoos, caimens,
anacondas, and other reptiles, amphibians, and insects. I expect
this to be one of our most exciting destinations in 2009, so if
you're interested, get on to our first-contact list ASAP.
Predators of the Northern Hemisphere (Animals of Montana)
(..........) Because of
the Pantanal trip we may not be able to offer this tour this fall.
We'll be shooting mountain lions, Siberian tigers, snow leopards,
gray wolves, red foxes, lynx, and other animals found in the Northern
Hemisphere. This is an incredibly exciting shoot - imagine filming
a tiger or puma or wolf running straight at your camera! We'll
have unlimited shooting possibilities, based upon the light or
the weather. Limited to EIGHT participants. Includes Lodging,
some Meals, and Transportation during the Tour.
Fee: $2,395 Note: Yellowstone's Tour immediately follows
this for those who wish to maximize their shooting opportunities.
Yellowstone
National Park - The Mammals of Fall
(........) mid-September. This
is an extremely popular tour, but because of our Pantanal and
Kenya trips, we will only be offering ONE tour in 2009. Contact
our office ASAP if you are interested.
Yellowstone is the premiere wildlife photography destination
in the US, and Fall is the ultimate time of year to visit. Our
trip should coincide with the fall rut and courtship activity
of pronghorn antelope, moose, and elk. We're likely to also film
bighorn sheep, mule deer, bison, and coyote, as well as the great
scenics the area is world-famous for. This has always been one
of our most popular and exciting shoots. Fee:
$1,745. Limit: 10 participants
Kenya
PHOTO SAFARI - Samburu, Nakuru, and the Masai Mara
(.........) Mid-October (2 week safari)
early November (3 week safaris)
These are among our most popular,
and difficult to get into, tours. Contact our office for final
dates.
We'll be visiting the three best
game-viewing and photography destinations in Kenya, and probably
in all of Africa. Each locale is unique, with the endemic species
of semi-arid Samburu -- gerenuk, reticulated giraffe, beisa oryx,
Gunther's dik-dik, and of course great elephants and a wonderful
chance of leopard. Samburu's bird photography is extraordinary,
too. Lake Nakuru is famous for its flamingos -- sometimes numbering
in the millions, but it also has a candy-store variety of mammals,
including great white rhino, Rothschild's giraffes, and baboons,
vervet monkeys, leopards, various antelopes, and many species
of birds. The crown jewel is the Masai Mara, and our tours are
virtually the only photography tours that visit three distinct
locations within this incredibly rich park. By staying at three
different camps -- in the south, the west, and finally the east,
we'll maximize our game-viewing with minimum driving, concentrating
on the rich game of the region. Our subjects -- the best! Including
wonderful cheetah opportunities, great lion prides, hyenas, jackals,
leopards, all the plains game, crocs, hippos, elephants, and many
species of birds, both song and birds-of-prey. Our trips are limited
to 3 photographers per vehicle! Price is from Nairobi, and includes
all food, lodging, fees, and ground transportation.
Fee: TBA
Rwanda's MOUNTAIN GORILLAS
(.....) Because of our planned trip to Antarctica, we probably
will not offer this trip in the fall of 2009.
Rwanda's mountain gorillas are perhaps the premiere and most spectacular
wildlife encounter any wildlife photographer and wildlife lover
can have.
Participants Limit: 5 Fee: TBA
Ultimate Antarctica - The
Falkland Islands, South Georgia, and the Antarctic Peninsula
(........) Late-November-early December, 2009
At this time we're planning on joining Joe Van Os photosafaris
for our third wonderful tour to this incredible region. Dates
and itineraries are not yet scheduled, but the dates should be
roughly what is listed above. I'll have a direct link to the Antarctic
tour site, and exact dates, as soon as they become available.
(......... ) Personalized
Sessions - in
macro, electronic flash, and wildlife photography covering the
topic or topics of your choice. This session is designed to accommodate
people who have special interests that are not covered in other
workshops and tours, or to cater to participants with special
interests with limited time available. It allows each individual
to pick and choose topics as well as deciding on the length of
the courses. We will limit this to four people which enables us
to offer more of a one on one session. Fee: $500/per person/day.
Half-day session: $250, including lunch .
Hours: 9-5 formal classroom and in-field instruction. Optional
sunrise or evening session.
Half-day session: 9-1PM. Same. Sunrise and evening sessions are
not an option.
......... ) Personalized
Sessions in Adobe Photoshop
- Learn the basics or address your individual needs in
learning this powerful, exciting, and creative program. Fee: $500/per
person/day. Half-day session: $250, including lunch. Lodging and
meals are not included but can be arranged.
Hours: 9-5 formal classroom.
Half-day session: 9-1PM. Same.
PHOTOSHOP II: UNLEASHING THE POWER OF PHOTOSHOP - An Intermediate-Level
Course to Unleash Your Creative Potential.
(........) Please contact our office about this course.
Master the essentials of Photoshop while working with the
more advanced, but useful features of this powerful program..
You'll learn the steps for making fine prints, incorporating images
into Power Point Programs for slide shows, and producing sales/promotional
material including sample portfolio sheets, cards, and notecards.
Limit: 10, with
THREE instructors present during all Lab hours. All the courses include FOOD and LODGING
and all materials necessary for the course.
PHOTOSHOP II: CS3 Refresher Course
with Applied Digital Photography
(............) Please contact
our office about this course.
We'll be reviewing all of the important aspects of CS2 as it applies
to your photography, or CS3 if it is released by then! More importantly,
this workshop will include plenty of time for photography, shooting
assignments that we'll work on, together, in the computer lab.
If you need a brush up on Photoshop, or added insight into digital
photography, this is the course for you.
If you are interested in any of the above, please return this gold schedule and we'll send you our brochures. Thank you.