"Composition & Light
in Outdoor Photography”
July 25-29, 2011
Anderson Ranch Arts Center
Snowmass, Colorado
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Everyone loves a gorgeous landscape, beautiful wildflowers, sunsets and sunrises, trees, reflections, rainbows and even dramatic storms—not just us outdoor photographers. So, in addition to satisfying yourself, there's a near-universal audience for your work.
At my workshop this year at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center we'll focus on recognizing good compositions in nature, where they occur naturally and when we can improve on them by, a simple example, moving a little or a lot to the one side or the other, or up or down. In doing so we introduce something of ourselves, our unique way of seeing, into the image.
Compositions don't solely depend on where subject elements like a rock or a tree happen to fall within the scene. Something has caught your eye. Then, as photographers, you start some evaluations to best show what you're seeing. What's the main thing to feature? Are there any distractions to be kept out of the frame? Sometimes you have lots of time and sometimes whatever made you stop is so fleeting you've got to size it up and act fast. Things like ground to sky proportions; what's in direct light and what's in shadow and how much of each are within your visualized frame; what's significant and what's not, must be noticed.
These are only some of the many considerations that go into making successfully composed outdoor photographs.
This workshop will focus on shooting in the photographically rich Aspen/Snowmass environment—mountains, meadows, rivers, lakes— and we'll be shooting at the best times of day for the quality of light. Between those early morning and evening hours we'll be in the digital darkroom processing our images. Capturing the image and optimizing it are both necessary in digital photography, especially when shooting RAW files (the best for art photography).
Anderson ranch is excellently equipped with a Mac computer station for every participant as well as the most current software versions of Lightroom and Photoshop.
Come join me there during wildflower season.
cost: $1,145 plus $100 studio fee.
For more details & registration, please visit the Anderson ranch web site at...
www.andersonranch.org |
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2011 / 2012
Sept 30 – Oct 1 & 2, 2011
Telluride Autumn
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“Telluride Autumn—through the lens." In Telluride Colorado
October 30 – Nov 10, 2011
Victoria Falls & Zambia
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African photo adventure—the latest addition to my schedule of round-the-world photo workshops and tours.
March 14 – March 17, 2012
Composition & Light
in Outdoor Photography
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An intensive course in romantic Santa Fe New Mexico
April 16 – May 1, 2012
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Autumn in the Andes,
a
two-part photographic exploration of Chilean Patagonia
Part I, Unknown Patagonia
April 16 – 24, 2012
Part II, The Torres del Paine
April 24 – May 1, 2012
July 21– Aug 4, 2012
Extreme Landscapes
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Torres del Paine and the Atacama desert of Chile, a joint workshop with Jack Dykinga
Aug 12 – 22, 2012
Ireland with Bill Ellzey
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An in-depth photo exploration of Western Ireland with a native guide. |
