Overview

Truly a photographer’s playground, the sublime, dramatic, and moody Pacific coast around Bandon, Oregon, will be our outdoor classroom for this landscape- and seascape-oriented photo workshop, presented by renowned photographers and workshops leaders Justin Black and Jerry Dodrill.

Ever-changing light and the beautiful interplay of sun, waves, towering sea stacks, tide pools, wind-sculpted clouds, and marine fog mean that every day offers a different mood, even when we revisit our primary location, the sprawling Bandon Beach. Just down a wooden stairway from our hotel, it’s the perfect setting for a workshop focused on developing creativity, honing skills, and refining your personal vision. Justin and Jerry will teach you to take control of the finer points of composition, exposure and tonal control, and specialized techniques for capturing this amazing coastal landscape.

A SPECIAL GIFT TO PARTICIPANTS: Each participant in this workshops is entitled to have two free fine exhibition prints up to 20″x30″ in size made by the master printmakers at West Coast Imaging one of the very best digital fine art photography labs in the world. These print packages include all the expert digital prep work of your original image file, based on your wishes and input as the artist, to make the best possible print. This special offer is cumulative, so you get two prints for each workshop you take.

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Field sessions begin the evening of the first day. Each day, we’ll be out to photograph first light before breakfast and evening light after dinner. During mid-day hours, Justin and Jerry will make presentations on light, composition and creativity, digital workflow, and maximizing image potential. Critique sessions will follow before we return to the field for photography in afternoon and evening light. Friday morning will be the final field session, followed by critique until we adjourn at 2:00 pm.

Scheduled during the rhododendron bloom and during mid-week to avoid weekend crowds, we will spend our morning and evening field time among locations along the coast as far north as the harbor of Charleston and as far south as Cape Bonito lighthouse. This workshop deals heavily with composition, working with changing light, exposure control, using long shutter speeds and multiple exposures to create mood, essential gear and creative tools, fundamentals of digital workflow, digital exposure blending and panoramic stitching, and lots of photography in the field followed by constructive group critiques.

Any enthusiastic photographer will feel right at home in this workshop. Jerry and Justin have nearly thirty years of combined experience at successfully accommodating a range of experience levels in photography workshops. We supply materials in advance of the session to get newcomers up to speed with basics having to do with digital camera set-up and techniques, essential equipment recommendations, and other guidelines to ensure that everyone is ready to make the most of the experience.

The workshop includes field sessions, classroom lectures and ample hands-on instruction, critiques, single-occupancy lodging (prorated fee available for double-occupancy or for those who do not require lodging), all meals – including gourmet dining with emphasis on excellent regional seafood – snacks, and drinks. As always, both instructors will be present to teach and assist students throughout the workshop.