Transportation
& Itinerary
Unlike most of our guided expeditions where lodging & transportation are provided as part of the workshop fee, being centrally located in Sedona gives participants the opportunity to book their own lodging at a variety of luxury resorts. Our workshop fee is less and you have the freedom to choose your own accommodations. Students will have to provide their own transportation.
Day 1 - Thursday, June 21
We’ll meet at 1PM to introduce ourselves, discuss individual participants’ workshop goals and briefly outline our daily schedule, safety issues and group dynamics. Derek will give a multi-media presentation on the variety of locations we’ll be shooting and we’ll begin our workshop-long discussion of composition and creativity. We’ll go over the basics of the technical aspects of shooting like a professional landscape photographer and outline our approach to instruction.
At 4PM, we will proceed to our sunset shoot location determined by weather and lighting conditions. There we’ll begin working on the basics of field photography—composition, focus & exposure. With sunset at 7:45PM, we’ll most likely work until 8PM.
Day
2 - Friday, June 22
We will begin our day at 4:45AM shooting the delightful waterfalls, reflecting pools, and sandstone cliffs of Slide Rock State Park in Oak Creek Canyon with emphasis on long exposures of flowing water as we take advantage of the magnificent early morning reflected light that characterizes this section of Oak Creek.
Following breakfast at Indian Gardens, we'll return to Derek's studio for participant portfolio critiques. We’ll critique images based on composition, exposure, focus, lighting and creativity.
We'll spend the rest of the afternoon getting started with Lightroom, with a focus on file organization, archiving and RAW workflow.
Sunset will be spent at Red Rock Crossing further refining our field techniques.
Day 3 - Saturday, June 23
Starting at 4:45AM, we'll head into Oak Creek Canyon for early morning at the West Fork Trail. Mid-morning will find us shooting Sedona vistas from Schnebly Hill.
After a late breakfast, we will continue our work in the digital darkroom beginning with Photoshop. We’ll outline the digital workflow process through to the final edits focusing on using non-destructive, layer-based adjustments in Photoshop.
After working through most of the afternoon, we'll choose a sunset location based on weather conditions and student feedback.
Day 4 - Sunday, June 24
Our morning will begin again at 4:45 AM with a morning shoot that will be determined based on conditions, followed by a short stop for breakfast.
After breakfast we will continue our digital darkroom work by processing participants’ photographs from the workshop using Lightroom & Photoshop. We’ll go through the entire workflow process from beginning to end, preparing each photograph for the day’s printing session.
We’ll break for Lunch around 1PM and reconvene to continue processing photographs until it is time for our sunset shoot.
What's
Included (and what's not!)
Unlike
most of our guided expeditions where lodging is provided
as part of the price, this workshop gives participants the
opportunity to book their own lodging at a variety of world-class
Sedona resorts. The workshop fees reflect this. Students will have to provide their own transportation.
While
some early morning and mid-day snacks (yogurt, breakfast bars,
trail mix, etc) and water will be provided to tide you over
on our long days, all formal meals and drinks are the responsibility
of participants.
Participant's Physical Fitness
Requirements
As there
is always an element of risk in any adventure associated with
the outdoors, participants must be physically fit and capable
of participating in outdoor photography in field locations and
aware of any associated risks created by field locations and
weather. Workshop instructors will take considerable time to
familiarize participants with safety precautions, almost to
a fault. It will be the responsibility of each participant to
listen and follow precautions carefully. Your safety is our
#1 priority and if necessary insuring your safety will take
precedence over ruffled feathers!!
All participants
are required to provide on our Registration
form current and accurate medical information.
Where applicable, participants will be required to provide medical
release forms from their supervising physicians to participate
in the outdoor physical activities associated with workshop
photography.
Policies
Southwest Perspectives Photographic Workshops, Derek von Briesen, Kim Hoshal, all guides, and cooperating agents aim to provide every participant a safe, educational, and enjoyable experience. We act solely as agents for you regarding accommodations, special activities, and travel, by any means, and assume no liability for any act, error, omission, injury, loss, delay, mishap, or damage to persons or property arising from any cause during the course of the workshop or in transit thereto.
We can accept no responsibility for losses or additional expenses due to delay or changes in the services to be provided. We reserve the right to change our arrangements should conditions necessitate, or to cancel any aspect of the workshop due to exceptional circumstances.
In the event that we deem it necessary to cancel the workshop we will provide a full refund which the participant(s) acknowledges as full and final settlement. In the event of a workshop cancellation airline tickets, car rentals and hotel reservations associated with participation in this workshop will not be refunded. We recommend you purchase refundable airline tickets and make refundable car and hotel reservations. We strongly advise purchasing some form of trip insurance. We also recommend you carry travel and camera equipment insurance.
At the time of Registration, a 50% deposit is required. Payment in full must be made thirty days prior to the workshop. In the event that a participant cancels their workshop reservation, the cancellation must be at least sixty days prior to the workshop to receive a full refund. Cancellations less than sixty days prior to the workshop will be subject to $100 lost booking fee.
As there is always an element of risk in any adventure associated with the outdoors, participants must read the liability release form carefully. Participant's signed/dated release will certify that said participant is physically fit and capable of participating in outdoor photography exercises in field locations, and is fully and completely aware of any associated risks created by field locations and weather.
Meeting times, meeting places and itinerary are subject to changes dictated by the weather, the road conditions and other imponderable variables that are part of doing landscape photography. We will be carrying cell phones but reception is not always possible. You are responsible for being at the meeting place at the designated time and have your photographic & camping equipment with you.
