Wild Utah with Marc Muench

May 17-21, 2007

$2500, all inclusive, excluding airfare.*

Workshop is limited to 10.

Join Marc Muench as he explores Wild Utah. This 5 day intensive photography workshop will lead you to remote and beautiful areas of Utah where Marc will teach you his secrets of landscape photography. Combining shooting out in the field with Photoshop tutorials and quided critiques of your photography, Marc will create a learning experience that you will never forget.

Marc is a landscape and sports photographer who specializes in incorporating people within the landscape. Marc was designated by Kodak in 2003 as a Kodak Photo Icon. His photography has appeared on covers or inside Time, National Geographic, Traveler, Arizona Highways, Ski, Skiing, Outside, and Sierra Magazine. In addition, he recently published his 9th book.

Marc combines his experience with the drama of nature and the art of creating images, and he strives to "make his own luck" by arranging the subjects, lighting, and landscape elements into stunning compositions.

Marc Muench will create a limited edition 8 x 10 print of one of his images taken during the trip. The prints will be signed and shipped to each participant as a memory of the workshop.

*What does all inclusive mean? It means that your hotel, food, transportation (excluding airfare) and other miscellaneous costs associated with the workshop are covered by your tuition. Once you get to the hotel, you're done spending money -- unless you want to.

Marc will be assisted by Andy Williams. Just think, you get two pros for the price of one!

Andy is a professional photographer out of New York, focusing on portraits, and landscapes. Andy is also General Manager and House Professional at SmugMug.

The workshop meets in Grand Junction, CO at the Doubletree Hotel, where we will start with dinner and an introductory workshop in one of the meeting rooms.

We will start the following day off early with a trip to one of Marc's favorite view points in Colorado N.M. to shoot the sunrise.

Then we are off to Goblin Valley for a preliminary scout in the day light. After checking in to our hotel in Hanksville and an early dinner we will travel back out to Goblin Valley to shoot the sunset.

Hanksville is located close to the three areas that we will be exploring on this trip: Goblin Valley, Cathedral Valley, and the rock paintings of the area.

Goblin Valley is one of the most unique collections of "hoodos" in the west outside of Bryce Canyon. This is a great location to explore shooting many different styles of photography from panoramics to black and white. The shapes lend themselves to solving compositional problems by forcing the photographer to view the forms. In addition we will be visiting the same location two or more times allowing us to photograph in different light.

Cathedral Valley is a remote section of Capitol Reef National Park very few have visited due to the rough roads. However, we will venture into the valley with four wheel drive vehicles and a local guide full of information to share. The plan is to spend the full day in the valley ending it with a hot meal provided by the guide in the location where we will shoot the late light on the cathedrals. Lets hope the weather allows us such fortune!

One of the more enchanting elements of the southwest is the rock art. We will spend another day with our guide seeking out remote panels of rock art. Once again we will plan on spending the entire day out on the road with a hot meal out in the bush before photographing one panel of rock art at dusk. I plan on using lights to paint with light in the evening light. Once again lets hope the weather allows us such fortune!

For the last day of the workshop we will have many options for shooting sunrise. Following sunrise photography we will travel back to Grand Junction where we will consume mass amounts of food and most likely take long naps dreaming of all the incredible photos we just took.

Our farewell lunch will be over by 3pm Mountain Time on the 21st, and we'll be at the Doubletree Hotel, which is near the airport. You can schedule your departure for after 3pm.

Our schedule is subject to change, but here's the plan:

Thursday, May 17
Travel to Grand Junction
5 PM Everyone gather for wine and cheese and introductions
6 PM Dinner
7 PM Slide show/lecture following dinner

Friday, May 18
4 AM Check out and drive to Colorado N.M. for sunrise shoot
7 AM Drive to breakfast in Fruita
12 PM Arrive in Goblin Valley for location scout to shoot sunset
1 PM Eat bag lunches from Double Tree or drive into Hanksville for lunch
4 PM Check in to Whispering Sands Hotel in Hanksville
6 PM Sunset shoot at Goblin Valley
8 PM Evening Critique/Dutch Oven Dinner (Duke's)

Saturday, May 19
7 AM Breakfast
8 AM Drive to Cathedral Valley, shoot
6 PM Cook out in Cathedral Valley. Stay in Cathedral Valley and shoot through sunset
9 PM Critique


Sunday, May 20
7 AM Breakfast
8 AM Drive to rock art: many diff rock art sites all day
6 PM Cook out with guides at Shamen Panel, followed by night
shooting, campfire, maybe some beers. We'll be shooting rock art with long, timed exposures (good time to use your film camera), will have some time to critique out in the field.

Monday, May 21
5 AM Possible sunrise shoot at Goblin Valley
8 AM Breakfast
10 AM Drive to Grand Junction
1 PM Farewell Banquet
3 PM Workshop concludes

Payment

This workshop is only open to 10 people. So sign up soon if you're interested.

A deposit of $1250 is due at sign up, and is non-refundable.

The balance of $1250 is due no later than April 30, 2007. Failure to pay the balance by the due date could cause you to forfeit your spot in the workshop.



Registration is through David Rosenthal.
YOU MUST CONTACT HIM first to verify that there is room in the workshop.
You can contact him at dsrphoto at mac dot com.

Once he's confirmed that space is available, you can make your deposit by selecting "Deposit" from the Google Checkout below.

Registration/Release Form

Please download, complete and sign the Registration/Release Form. You can enter the information on your computer and then print it out, if you'd like. You must sign and date it by hand, and mail it in to the address on the form.

Equipment list

• Sturdy tripod
• Digital camera
• Wide angle lens (full size sensor - 24mm or wider)!
• Telephoto lens 200mm or more!
• Extra media cards
• Camera battery charger
• Zip lock bags come in handy for stuff during the rain or sandy conditions.

Also:

• Hat
  
• Sunscreen
• Water bottle
• Rain coat
• Boots
• Hiking shorts
• Bug spray
• Travel coffee mug
• Flashlight

Optional

• For those diehards, this would be a reason to bring a film camera, if you still have one as we will try some very long exposures during the dusk hour while painting the rock art with light, and film is still better due to lack of noise.
• Laptop computer will come in handy for viewing your files in the field.
• Camera flash with off camera extension.
• Marc will bring his Really Right Stuff pano equipment and demonstrate how it all works. He will also bring his 24mm tilt shift lens and demonstrate how he combines two exposures of the same scene in photoshop to turn his 16megapixel camera into a 22megapixel camera.
• He uses a camera backpack that also holds several items for short hikes, such as a sack lunch and water. the longest hike planned would be two miles both directions if we decide. However, most shooting will be within a half mile of the cars.

Questions? You can discuss this trip or ask questions on Digital Grin.