Sitka by the Sea, Alaska

August 20-25, 2010

$4150, all inclusive*


Pro photographers:
Marc Muench
Andy Williams

The most beautiful city on the Alaskan Panhandle, Sitka is nestled on the side of Baranof Island between the mountains and the Pacific Ocean. With 18 hours of gorgeous sunlight in August, it provides endless shooting possibilities.

As with all the photography workshops our main purpose is to teach the concepts and techniques of how best to take unusually beautiful images in unusually beautiful places. Sitka will be no exception! The reason we have chosen this location is for its naturally dynamic and varied beauty. However, this place has more to offer than landscapes! Bears, whales and Eagles hang out here and are common amongst the trees and mountains, so we will be spending time pursuing the wildlife as well on this adventure. And through vantage points in the rain forest we will be looking for angles of distant glaciated mountains, and ascending Mt Verstovia towering over town. This will be a target rich environment where Marc and Andy can illustrate various techniques all day long!

Marc Muench and Andy Williams we will be joined by local professional photographer Dan Evans (in fact these are his photos on this page!) Dan has spent a life time exploring the surrounding wilds and is very excited to show us around.

*You are responsible for transportation to/from Sitka, but all transportation, food, lodging and services in Sitka during the workshop are covered by your tuition.

We'll be taking two boat trips out into the beautiful waters surrounding Sitka where we'll see eagles hanging out in spruce trees, waterfalls plunge into the ocean and, of course, incredible scenic beaches.

Realistic HDR

The best part of shooting in Alaska this time of year will be the long twilight hours, making for ideal HDR conditions. Marc will be focusing much of the instruction time on methods for creating high dynamic range composites with both software and manually within Photoshop. "Not all tone mapped or auto blended HDR images are created equal" says Marc. "This leaves much room for manual enhancements"

Fill Flash

We will be spending time demonstrating how to create soft light in the middle of the harsh mid day sun, or how to add some contrast to cloudy soft light all with the aid of a hand held flash. The perfect location and subject for this will be the incredible totems within walking distance of our hotel.

Summer days are very long in Alaska at this time of year, so we'll have plenty of time to enjoy ourselves in the afternoons. We'll be feasting on crab and salmon at Sitka's famous crab bakes. Good food, beautiful scenery and a little photography talk to go with it!

What To Bring

Note: You don't need to have all of this equipment, it's just what we recommend. If you have specific questions about equipment, please feel free to contact us.

Also:

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

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Schedule

This schedule may be change to accommodate the weather.

August 20

• 5pm Meet and greet at hotel
• 8pm Evening Shoot

August 21

• TBD Early morning shoot
• 8am Breakfast, followed by fill flash demonstration and exercise.
• 12pm Lunch fallowed by afternoon shoot
• 6:30pm Dinner followed by evening shoot

August 22

• 8am Breakfast
• 9am Critique in hotel
• 11am HDR lecture followed by HDR exercise
• 12pm lunch
• 3pm Afternoon shoot from boats
• 6pm Salmon Bake Dinner

7pm shoot August 23

• 5am Early morning shoot
• 9am Breakfast
• 10am Critique
• 12pm Lunch
• 1pm Photoshop lecture "blending layers"
• 3pm Afternoon shoot from boats
• 8pm dinner

August 24

• 7am Breakfast
• 8am Shoot
• 12pm Lunch
• 1pm Shoot
• 4pm Crab bake
• 6pm Evening shoot until dark

August 25

• 7am breakfast
• 8am Final critique and good-byes

Registration and Payment

After you fill out our registration form, you will be taken directly to our payment page.

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