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Stalking the Wild Photograph - level 1, (two four-hour sessions for $300 INTRODUCTORY OFFER)

Do you want to get more out of your digital point-and-shoot camera? Are you wondering what else your digital SLR might let you do if you could turn off auto-pilot? Would you like to learn to better exploit the light and terrain? Would you like to see more and compose it better? The rivers and fields, farmsteads and villages, mountains and milltowns of northwestern Connecticut provide rich material for photographs. Take a "digital field trip," with Lenscapes photographers, Melissa Cherniske and Emery Roth, and learn how to exploit light and land for expressive photo images. Receive instruction, tips, and share your work to receive direct feedback.

SESSION 1: We assemble at a predetermined place for a pre-field trip workshop on camera technique and composition and to answer questions and share ideas. We then assess weather conditions and select the best site for the afternoon's shoot. Once there, participants will get individual assistance as we seek to get the most from what nature has provided. We will time our shoot and hope to catch golden hour and sunset.

SESSION 2: We begin with a workshop to answer questions and share work from the previous shoot. Participants bring 10 to 12 jpg image files from the SESSION 1 shoot. Our aim is to help each photographer find the strengths of his/her work and set challenges for future shoots. Once again, most of the day will be spent in the field. After sharing photos we decide whether we want a second chance at the site of the first shoot or if we want to explore one of the other sites. We will time our shoot and hope to catch golden hour and sunset.

*** specific agenda to be posted as we get closer to the workshops

Workshop A (limit of 6 people) Session 1: May 16th and Session 2: May 17th (with raindate May 23, 2009)

Workshop B (limit of 6 people) Session 1: June 12th and Session 2: June 19 (with raindate June 26, 2009)

The following skills will be addressed in this workshop:
• principles of photography and basics of camera operation, including, where appropriate, manual exposure settings (ISO, aperture, shutter speed, depth of field)
• useful compositional strategies
• selecting the best photo sites and understanding the many choices available before we click the shutter
• understanding and exploiting qualities of natural light
• selecting lenses and understanding their effects on composition
• guidelines for evaluating your own images

Earn "frequent stalker miles" sign up for any two workshops.

**** Weather and season will determine specific locations and final choices, but we will most likely begin at a pair of farms in Kent.

email us at lenscapes.photo@gmail.com for questions.