Fall Fandango

November 4-8, 2009
Santa Barbara, CA

Pro photographers:
Marc Muench








Fall is a fantastic time in Santa Barbara! The air is clear, the weather is cool, the sea is calm and the sun rises and sets over the Pacific Ocean, making this an ideal location to shoot all day long. Enjoy everything this beautiful location has to offer with this two-part workshop:

• Shoot Santa Barbara: November 4-6: $650
  
• Print Workshop: November 6-8: $650

Or, you can put both parts together for the Full Fandango!: $1200

From pre-visualization to post-processing, you'll have an opportunity to launch all aspects of your workflow to a new level.

Part One:
Shoot Santa Barbara

The first two days of this workshop will focus specifically on composition. Because Marc has spent his life in Santa Barbara there is no better location to discuss one of the most important aspects of photography then in this target rich environment. Because composition requires so many different disciplines, Marc and Andy will be working with everyone in the field about the following topics:

• pre-visualizing your work
• creating depth and scale
• utilizing different aspect ratios, 2x3, 2x4, panoramic etc. etc.

Schedule

November 4

6pm Meet at Muench Studio, for dinner.

November 5

6am Meet for sunrise shoot
9am Breakfast
10am Review and Critique
12pm Lunch
2pm Composition
5pm Shoot sunset
8pm Dinner and review the day

November 6

6am Meet for sunrise shoot
9am Breakfast
10am Review and Critique
12pm Lunch
2pm One on one pre-visualization discussion for sunset shoot
5pm Shoot sunset
8pm Dinner followed by review of the day's images. We'll be joined by those attending the Print Workshop.

What to bring:
Shoot Santa Barbara

Also:

• Hat
  
• Sunscreen
  
• Water bottle
  
• Rain gear
  
• Boots
  
• Hiking shorts
  
• Bug spray
  
• Flashlight

What's Included: Shoot Santa Barbara

This workshop includes all meals in our schedule and transportation during workshop hours. You'll also get lots of group and personal instruction. Marc makes sure to spend time with everyone on a one-on-one basis.


Lodging is up to you and you'll need to get yourself to Muench Studio each morning. Once you're there, we'll travel together to our destinations each day.

Part Two:
Print Workshop

In the second portion of the workshop, Marc will demonstrate the proper workflow to turn your vision into stunning reality. Held at Muench Studio in Goleta, he'll cover:

• Using Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom to process RAW files.
• Using Masks and Layers in Photoshop to create localized corrections to your images.
• How to use Sharpening, Luminosity and Sizing to prepare your files for Inkjet Printing.
• Accurately blending tonal values to manually and automatically create HDR images.
• Utilizing Photoshop to create a style of your own.

Schedule

November 6

730pm Meet at the Muench Studio for dinner transportation.

November 7

9am Morning Session

• Explain source, monitor and output profiles
• Show efficient methods to test the accuracy of both monitor and printer profiles
• Demonstrate different types of paper and coatings

12pm Lunch
2pm Afternoon Session

• Editing workflow
• File preparation from Adobe Camera RAW to masking in Photoshop

6pm Dinner

November 8

9am Morning Session

• Workflow
• Final file preparation

12pm Lunch
2pm Afternoon Session

• Choosing the right paper
• Proof printing and paper coatings
• Gallery wrap canvas demonstration

6pm Dinner and our goodbyes!

What to bring:
Print Workshop

• Each participant should bring a minimum of 5 RAW files. (If you shoot film, you could bring scanned TIFF files that are at least 60megs each). If you feel adventurous bring more, but remember that we will not have much time for editing through many images. Our goal is to master at least one file for printing large.
  
  
• Laptop with Photoshop CS4. If you don't own it, download the demo shortly before coming to the workshop.

Everyone will have the opportunity to make multiple Muench Certified Prints up to 40 inches. We will ship your prints to you. Printing and shipping are included in the cost of the Workshop.

Matting and framing are extra, as is the shipping for framed prints.

What's Included: Print Workshop

• All meals listed in your schedule.
  
• Printing materials (paper, ink, coatings, etc.)
  
• Group and personal instruction. We will make sure to spend time with each of you one-on-one.
  
• Follow-up help with proofing. Once you get home and are working on your own set-up, you can mail in proofs for Marc to critique! (limited to 3 per participant)

The Full Fandango!

The true value of our Fall Fandango shines when you put both parts together. From pre-visualization to post-processing, you'll have an opportunity to take all aspects of your photography to a new level.

Registration and Payment

Your deposit will hold your space in the workshop. Your balance payment is due by September 30, 2009. If you are registering after that date, please make full payment for the workshop.

You can register here.

After you've registered, you can make your payments here.

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

This Workshop is sponsored in part by the good folks at LexJet who will be offering all participants 20% off on their first purchase of LexJet branded media.