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Weekend Workshops 2011


Wine region in Paso Robles
Meet in charming Atascadero                                October 28-30       $675

Picture yourself photographing the lush vineyards, farms, animals, and people through the beautiful quality light over this great wine region.   Our goal is the help you expand your photographic skills and vision with hands on experience & direct feedback.   This workshop is lead by two professional Photographers and Teachers Tracey Landworth and Santino Zafarana. This photographic weekend is designed for anyone interested in improving his or her digital photography. All participants must bring a digital SLR camera, a laptop computer, and software for organizing and presenting images.  The workshop is limited to 10 students.


Itinerary  3 Days

Friday Oct 14th
Meet at 4:00 pm in Atascadero, CA at the charming Historic Carlton Hotel  www.the-carlton.com for late afternoon wine (optional) before dinner.* We recommend the Carlton Hotel for your weekend stay but you can stay at any hotel in the area.   for late afternoon wine (optional) before dinner.* We recommend the Carlton Hotel for your weekend stay but you can stay at any hotel in the area.
 (please book Hotel by 9-22 to guarantee a room, held under Creative Photography Workshops)
 
6:00 pm – Welcome Dinner * in Atascadero followed by a night photography session of the Historic down town area. (Bring flash & tripod) 


Saturday Oct 15th  
Morning After breakfast meet at 9:00am in the Carton Hotel conference room to review the activities of the day.   We start our day in West Paso Robles Area Vineyards, farms, rolling hill changing light in big vistas are your subject matter as we start out in the morning. 


1:00pm (est.) Lunch * at Mondo Cellars up on a tranquil hill over-looking the vast Paso Robles Valley. We will have stunning views and 360 photographic opportunities.  

Afternoon East Paso Robles Area Late afternoon – venture off to Pear Valley Winery for Photography of the vineyards, grounds, and a tasting tour of the cellars by the owner, Tom.  


Evening  Dinner at Shockley's * in the Carlton Hotel. Meeting after dinner in the conference room to exchange ideas, answer technical questions, and prepare for Sunday mornings review/crit.

Sunday After breakfast, 9:00 gather for a final edit and critique session, discussion and presentation of the weekends edited images.  

The workshop ends at noon.  

Workshop prices are per person; hotel and transportation are student’s responsibility. Meals with * are included in workshop fee.




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Photo by David Meltzer

The Salton Sea                                              December 2- 4       $675
The Salton Sea is a dramatic, luminous photographic gem of a lake set in a desert full of rich visual photographic opportunities.  With harsh and subtle tones of light, giving way to extreme landscape in hard contrast to social development gone awry as subject matter. Our goal is the help you expand your photographic skills and vision with hands on experience & direct feedback.   This workshop is lead by two professional Photographers and Teachers Tracey Landworth and Santino Zafarana. This photographic weekend is designed for anyone interested in improving his or her digital photography. All participants must bring a digital SLR camera, a laptop computer, and software for organizing and presenting images. The workshop is limited to 10 students.     The following is our planned itinerary; however, our schedule is flexible to allow for spontaneous photographic opportunities.  


3-Day Itinerary  

Friday

We will be staying at the INDIAN WELLS RESORT, Indian Wells , 20 mins from Salton Sea. (please book hotel by 11-2 to guarantee a room). Check in by 6 or stay at accommodations of your choice. Meeting at 6:30 for a welcome dinner* at La Quinta Resort. We will discuss the history of the Salton Sea & our schedule/maps for Saturday’s shoot.  After dinner we will have a nighttime photography session on the beautiful grounds of La Quinta. Please bring your tripod & flash (if you have one).  


Saturday Morning:
Meeting at 8:30 am at the Desert Shores beach area, Salton Sea. (Drive time is 30 min.) Just south on route 86 from our hotel. Lunch: At 1:00pm, location to be announced Afternoon: continue discovering the area & photographing Bombay Beach, Salvation Mountain, Geothermal Pipeline, Mud pots


Evening Dinner & Day In-Review   Dinner at the La Quinta Resort restaurants * (Twenty 6 or Adobe Grill) Meeting after dinner in the conference room to exchange ideas, answer technical questions, and prepare for Sunday mornings review/crit.  

Sunday
Morning 6:15 am (for early raisers) catch the morning sunrise After breakfast, 9:00 gather for a final edit and critique session, discussion and presentation of the weekends edited images.   The workshop ends at noon.   Workshop prices are per person; hotel and transportation are student’s responsibility. Meals with * are included in workshop fee.