With Rod Barbee and Don Mammoser
April 18-22, 2010
$795
Moab, UT
(price does not include lodging or transportation)

Limit 12, minimum 6

Arches and Canyonlands are two of the premier National Parks for the landscape photographer. Here's a chance to fill your portfolio with icons of the American Southwest: Landscape Arch, Delicate Arch, Balanced Rock, and Mesa Arch, to name just a few. The area is so diverse that we certainly won't run out of subjects.

As light is often the key to great landscape photos, we'll be spending much of our time at the edge of light during the minutes surrounding sunrise and sunset.
And during the time before the light starts getting really good, we'll help you fine tune your compositions, we'll demonstrate landscape techniques such as hyperfocal focusing, and we'll show you how to use graduated neutral density filters or to expose your images for later blending in the computer. We can also show you how to set up for a stitched panoramas and much more. We'll also offer some of our time tested suggestions to help improve photographic quality as well as show you some tricks in the field to help make your tripod more user-friendly.

We'll use the middle of the day for classroom and critique sessions, scouting for more sunrise and sunset shots, resting, or just plain exploring.

One of the most famous sites in the park, Turret Arch through the North Window, will definitely be on our list of places to photograph.

This is a field workshop, therefore we'll be spending much of the time in the field and that's where we'll do the majority of teaching. We do try to get in at least one or two group critique/classroom sessions as time and facilities allow.

Since there are so many opportunities and so many great scenes with easy access, this workshop won’t involve too much hiking. But never fear, we’ll employ other means to exhaust you. We do plan on visiting Delicate Arch. This hike is about 3 miles round trip with 480 feet of elevation gain. And we'll probably also make the short hikes to places like Landscape Arch and Sand Dune Arch.

About traveling spouses

Non-photographing spouses and companions are more than welcome at any of our workshops. Occasionally we won't be able to accommodate them in all activities due to space constraints.
 

Sign up

Our goal is to help you create photographs that are uniquely your own and to help you develop your own style. To that end, we’ll be encouraging you to stretch beyond what you’re used to doing and to look for perspectives, angles and compositions that are expressions of your own view of the world.
 
The Price for this field workshop is $895. This includes personalized instruction from two professional nature photographers, honest evaluation of your work, location expertise, and of course, ample teasing.

The workshop begins the evening of the 18th for introductions and orientation. The workshop ends after the morning shoot on the 22nd.

To sign up, first visit our policies and payment page and read our payment and cancellation policies.

Then  call or email Don to make sure there's still space. After that send deposit or full payment by check or money order to:

Donald Mammoser Photography
12816 Ironstone Way #301
Parker, CO 80134

(Prices do not include lodging, meals, or transportation)

For tips on what to bring, click here

For instruction on preparing images for critique, click here

Lodging:

We've made a group arrangement at the Best Western Canyonlands Inn in Moab (435-259-2300).
Room costs will  be in the range of $130-160/night + tax.

Upon registration your name will be added to the hotels list. All you'll need to do is pay upon arrival.

There are other options in town including a Motel 6.
 

If you're camping, there are a couple of RV campgrounds right in Moab:
http://www.moabkoa.com/
http://www.canyonlandsrv.com/

If you choose another lodging option, please let Don know.

Trip Insurance:

We understand that sometimes folks need to make last minute cancellations due to illness, family, or business matters. Unfortunately, we are unable to make last minute refunds or provide credit to future workshops due to these last minute cancellations. We therefore highly recommend trip insurance.

If anyone signing up for this workshop is interested in sharing rental car expenses (or rooms, for that matter), let Rod know. He'll set up a private web page for those who are interested and post your contact information. You can then get in touch with each other to set up sharing and coordinate travel.