2012 Green Mountain Nature Photography Workshop

Dates:   May 25 – May 30, 2012
Cost:     $895.00 pp

Abstract: In the Green Mountain Nature Photography Workshop Gustav W. Verderber provides a thorough overview of the use of single lens reflex (SLR) equipment (digital or film) to produce top quality natural history images for illustration, publication, education, and exhibition.  Aspiring nature photographers, educators, interpretive naturalists, and anyone interested in learning the professional field techniques of nature photography will find this course invaluable.  While the course employs natural history as its primary subject, the instruction also serves as a basic introduction to the use of SLR equipment for most any application.

This affordable workshop provides four full days of instruction and fieldwork in the heart of Vermont’s Great Northern Forest. You’ll have a delightful experience in the company of fellow nature photography enthusiasts learning and applying the techniques that will enable you to photograph wildlife, close-ups, and landscapes like the pros.  You’ll also have the opportunity to photograph several of most photogenic waterfalls in all of New England. 

The Green Mountain Nature Photography Workshop now also includes a primer in digital photography and the digital workflow.  We’ll show you how to get your image files out of your camera and into a computer and how to use image editing software to produce gallery-quality prints from your digital images. 

The workshop is based at the Lakeview Campground on the shore of picturesque Lake Eden in Eden Mills, Vermont.  Short drives take us to a wilderness pond where we’ll hunt moose, to a glacial bog for carnivorous plants and rare orchids, and to a nature preserve for spring wildflowers.  We’ll also photograph three of the most picturesque waterfalls in all of New England!

Deborah Godin and her daughters will be our hosts.  Deb provides excellent home-cooked meals, hot showers, and the warmest hospitality you’ll find outside of your own family.  Accommodations are comfortable, heated RVs with bathrooms.  (Double occupancy.)

Itinerary

Friday, May 25

Arrive at the Lakeview Campground and check in by 3:00 p.m. Become acquainted over wine and cheese. Evening field trip to Belvidere Pond for moose and sunset photos. Dinner.

⁽¹⁾ D

Saturday,  May 26

Breakfast. Morning field trip. Lunch. Classroom session: SLR fundamentals; landscape and wildlife techniques. Download images. Afternoon field trip. Dinner.

B, L, D

Sunday, May 27

Breakfast. Morning field trip. Lunch. Classroom session: overview of the digital workflow. Download images. Afternoon field trip. Dinner.

B, L, D

Monday, May 28

Breakfast. Morning field trip. Lunch. Classroom session: lenses & macro techniques. Download images. Afternoon field trip. Dinner.

B, L, D
           
Tuesday, May 29

Breakfast. Morning field trip. Lunch. Classroom session: image processing. Download images. Afternoon field trip. Dinner.

B, L, D

Wednesday, May 30

Depart after breakfast.

B

Important Notes

⁽¹⁾ B = breakfast, L = lunch, D = dinner

Price includes: accommodations (double occupancy), meals as indicated in the itinerary, instruction, and use of all Lake Eden facilities.
Price excludes: local transportation, items of a personal nature such as snacks, souvenirs, telephone, and alcohol. 

Participants must provide their own local transportation. Accommodations are RVs with showers, kitchens, heat, and electrical hook-ups . If you would prefer motel accommodations, these are available 15 miles from the workshop site. Contact the Sunset Motel in Morrisville, VT at (802) 888-4956.

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Interested? Please contact Sojourns In Nature for more information.