This adventure takes place in Rocky Mountain National Park when everyone is gone
and the park sleeps in its winter blanket of snow. Like our fall Wildlife &
Photoshop workshop, this workshop focuses on how to bring out the best in your photographs by
applying the techniques Ansel Adams used in making his classic black and white
images.
According
to Adams, “The negative is the equivalent of the composer’s score, and the
print the performance.”
The
images we make in the field with our cameras are the score. During this
workshop, you will learn how to take that score and produce the performance.
The
true artistry of Adam’s prints was the result of his work in darkroom. In
order to produce similar works of art, we too, must take our photographs into
the darkroom ─ the Digital Darkroom.
Using
Photoshop, participants will learn the digital equivalent of the techniques used
by Ansel Adams during this hands-on, all-day workshop.
The
Making of a Symphony
where
You
will learn the digital equivalent of the techniques used by Ansel Adams
to
transform your images from the composer's score into a visual symphony.
Itinerary
Day
1 (Friday) - Arrive in Estes
Park, Colorado, no later than 5 PM, at which time we will gather for dinner.
Afterwards, you’ll receive instruction and a briefing on what to expect the
next day.
Days
2 (Saturday) - Sunrise will
find you in Rocky Mountain National Park, immersed in quietness, while images of
the Park's winter beauty fill your viewfinder. Sometime around
mid-morning, you will head into town where you will have the opportunity to
feast on a breakfast of chicken fried steak, eggs, and grits, along with a
generous helping of hot biscuits, gravy, and coffee at the Bighorn Restaurant,
an eating establishment known for its good vittles Afterwards, you will
return to the hotel and begin your classroom session.
In
the Classroom . . .
First
on the agenda will be the task of downloading your images from the morning shoot
and selecting the best for transformation in Photoshop.
Afterwards,
your instructor will spend the afternoon demonstrating the various Photoshop
techniques he incorporates in transforming his images. You will follow along,
using Photoshop and the same techniques, on your laptop.
The
techniques demonstrated by your instructor will be projected, real-time, onto a
large projection screen via digital projector in order that everyone may easily
see what he is doing, as he demonstrates and explains each step, stopping to
answer questions as the work progresses.
Your
classroom session, and the workshop, will end at 5 PM,
In
order to receive the most from your workshop, it is
recommended
that you bring a digital camera
and
a laptop computer with Photoshop installed.
This
itinerary is meant as a guide.
Weather
conditions will dictate when, and if, we visit certain locations.
Weldon
Lee's Rocky Mountain Photo Adventures
is
authorized by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior,
to
conduct photography workshops in Rocky Mountain National Park.
