Grand Staircase - Escalante
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Overview
The majestic Grand Staircase descending toward the Grand Canyon and the canyons of the Escalante are a creative photographer’s dream come true. Boulder Mountain rises to the west of Capital Reef National Park in the picturesque Aquarius Plateau of South Central Utah. It is the highest timbered plateau in North America, with over 50,000 acres of rolling forests of aspen, pine, spruce, and fir, as well as expansive meadows. The area features the dramatic red rock canyons and sculpted formations for which southern Utah is famous, but it is a little known and refreshing alternative to more heavily trafficked southwestern locations.
The author and desert wilderness advocate Edward Abbey once astutely observed of this area:
There are more hills, holes, humps and hollows, reefs, folds, domes, swells and grabens, buttes, benches and mesas, synclines, monoclines, and anticlines than you can ever hope to see and explore in a lifetime.
We’ll add that the quality of light and atmosphere here are superb.
Based out of the beautiful Boulder Mountain Lodge, and with first-class dining at the famous Hell’s Backbone Grill, this is a superb landscape photography workshop scenario, which helps explain why Visionary Wild clients often repeat this experience. We hope you’ll join us!
Note: Visionary Wild, LLC operates this workshop under a Commercial Use Permit issued by the Bureau of Land Management at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
Itinerary
The workshop will start with an orientation and introductory session at 1pm. The first photo excursion will take place that afternoon. Each morning and evening, we’ll be out to photograph first light before breakfast and out for evening light before dinner. During midday hours, Jerry Dodrill will make presentations on advanced seeing, composition and creativity, digital workflow, and maximizing image potential. Critique sessions will follow each day before returning to the field for photography in afternoon and evening light. Monday morning will be the final field session, followed by critiquing until we adjourn at 3:00pm.
Instructors
Jerry Dodrill
- Jerry Dodrill has been an award-winning professional photographer and highly regarded photography teacher for more than two decades. A protégé of the late legendary adventure photographer Galen Rowell ...
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All costs are per person.
ROOM TYPES
Standard. One queen bed. One Space
Superior. One king or two queen beds. Sold Out
Deluxe. King bed, separate living room, large master bathroom and separate powder room, full kitchen. Sold out
PAYMENT SCHEDULE
- 50% deposit due to confirm registration
- 50% final payment due June 15, 2022
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INCLUSIONS
Package includes lodging for four nights (checking in on Oct 13 and checking out on Oct 17) and all meals from dinner on October 13 through lunch on October 17 (including wine and beer with dinner). A prorated rate is available for those who do not require lodging.
Highlights
- Small group of just six participants
- Eight field photography sessions, morning and evening
- Refine your personal vision and composition
- Working the scene to capture its essence
- Using various qualities of light to best effect
- Exposure and tonal control
- Essentials of digital workflow
- Optimizing images in post-processing
- Constructive group critique sessions
Accommodations
Boulder Mountain Lodge is an oasis of calm, comfort and luxury in the middle of Utah’s scenic red rock canyon country and mountain forests. It is perfectly located for quick access to the unparalleled natural wonders of the Boulder-Escalante region, and as if that weren’t enough, it features a superb restaurant on its premises – Hell’s Backbone Grill.
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Grand Staircase - Escalante
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