Santa Barbara Spring Fling!

April 17-19, 2009
$750

Pro Photographer:
Marc Muench


Santa Barbara -- There's nothing quite like it! The unique combination of coastlines, stunning mountains and Mediterranean climate make this a great destination and in the spring it's bursting with flowers. We'll be enjoying the full range of what Santa Barbara has to offer, from the land to the sea and everything in-between. This beautiful city is home turf for your host and pro photographer, Marc Muench. He'll be sharing a lifetime of experience in Santa Barbara and provide you with an insider's tour of the treasures of the area.

Limited to 10 participants, this Workshop offers a great opportunity to deepen your understanding of landscape photography. Marc's casual style makes learning fun and will leave you with a new appreciation of photography and the beauty of the landscape.

We'll be going from sunrise beaches to the rose garden of Santa Barbara Mission and finally La Cumbre Mountain for sunset. This is the time of year when the California state flower is in full bloom and fields of poppies are only a short drive over the mountains into Santa Ynez Valley -- where we might stop for wine tasting at the local vineyards!

Due to popular demand we present this "Weekend Warrior" workshop, an opportunity that is shorter and easier for you to accommodate into your busy schedule.

This workshop includes dinner on Friday and Saturday nights, breakfast and lunch on Saturday and Sunday and transportation during workshop hours.

Lodging is up to you and you'll need to get yourself to our meeting point each morning. Muench Photography's studio is located at 142 Santa Felicia Drive in Goleta, close to Santa Barbara Airport. Once you're there, we'll all travel together to our destinations each day.

After a lifetime in beautiful Santa Barbara, Marc has a long list of favorite shooting locations and he'll be sharing as many as possible with you during these two days. This opportunity coupled with his generous expertise in digital photography makes this an event not to be missed.

Marc will be teach us how to build successful compositions, specifically how to use natural elements in our images to create depth and scale. As a print specialist he will also be helping you create exposures that will look gorgeous on display.

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Schedule

Friday, April 17

• 6pm Meet for dinner and orientation

Saturday, April 18

• 5am Leave for sunrise shoot at La Cumbre Peak
• 9am Breakfast
• 11am Shoot Santa Barbara Mission and Rose Garden
• 12:30pm Lunch
• 2pm Shoot Santa Barbara Harbor
• 5pm Dinner
• 6pm Shoot Sunset at Marc's favorite beach
• After sunset we'll go to Marc's studio and review the day's images. This will be a combination of critique and post-processing instruction.

Sunday, April 19

• 5am Leave for Santa Ynez Valley sunrise shoot
• 9am Breakfast in Danish town of Solvang
• 10am Drive up to Figeuroa Mountain poppy fields
• Sack lunch in the field
• Dinner in Solvang
• 6pm Sunset along Gaviota Coast
• Return to studio for final review of images and goodbyes.

Lodging

This workshop does not include lodging, but we have a list of hotels in the area that we recommend. If you do not have transportation we recommend the Pacifica Suites as we will be making this our one and only stop to and from scheduled meetings. A second choice would be the Hampton Inn as it is only a 3 min walk from the Pacifica Suites.

Registration and Payment

Simply fill out our registration form and then make your deposit on our payments page here.





If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.