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North Island -

Coromandel - New Zealand - Landscape Workshop - Friday 3pm-April 30th - 7pm Monday 3rd May 2010 $790

About the Landscape Workshop

Through-out the workshop you will be encouraged to take risks, to be inspired and energized, to be more open and expressive in your photography. We aim to help you improve your personal vision as well as discover new ways of seeing and making photographs. We consider the process of making images to be more important than in some cases than the product. You should leave this course knowing yourself a little better; great photography comes from the heart, passion and commitment.

Maximum group size 12 students to two tutors, Mike Langford and Jackie Ranken

Above all enjoy yourself and your photography

This all starts with a good understanding of what photography is, how your camera operates, and pre-visualizing what you want to photograph.

To confirm your attendance: Please send us your full contact details;
Name, address, phone numbers.
We will send you our direct credit bank details for you to make your deposit NZ$395. Refunds are possible up to two months prior to the workshop starting date and are transferable up to one month in advance. Full payment is due one month in advance. We will reserve accommodation for you at Kuaotuna, Waikato. Friday Saturday and Sunday evenings. Payment for accommodation is made at the end of the workshop. Approximately $100per night. + food.

Please let us know if you will be staying the night at Karangahake Lodge, this is optional, as some people may opt to travel back to Auckland the Monday evening.

The Critique process ...
All students will need to edit their images from each photographic session down to around twelve files. These edited images will be downloaded onto our computer and will be data projected for the group to see. The edited images will become part of a book we will make on the Monday of the Workshop. Copyright of the images remains with the photographers at all times. If you don’t have your own laptop or downloading devise then please let us know, we can facilitate by using our computers. You will need to be shooting jpegs for this process.

What you should bring:
Five landscape photographs for the first gentle critique session on the Friday afternoon, prints or digital files. Clothing for cold / wet weather as well as sunny weather including a hat, waterproof walking boots. Insect repellent. Umbrella or rain coat for your camera, small hand cloth to dry down gear. Your camera gear, sturdy tripod, camera charger, spare memory cards, or if your shooting Raw files a transportable hard drive to download to.

Schedule-
This is a guide to what happens, each workshop is unique in that the group has it’s own dynamics. After the Friday night’s session, the schedule maybe modified to suit the group. The workshops are about enjoying photography, and enjoying the company of other like-minded people, I encourage you to be open and relaxed.

Friday

3pm-7pm –Introduction to the course, bring along five landscape photographs or digital files to introduce yourself to your fellow photographers. These will be discussed in terms of composition, so consider bringing images that you want feedback on.
Sunset shoot

Saturday

6.30 sunrise shoot
8.00 Breakfast
9.00am Revision on the use of the creative controls in your camera: exposure, shutter speed, aperture, white balance, picture styles, preventing camera shake..
10 .00am Composition lecture, what makes a ‘great’ photo great.
11.00am Morning tea
11.30am Excursion with packed lunch
5.00pm Download and critique
6.30pm Dinner
7.30pm audiovisuals by Mike and Jackie. This is an evening of inspirational photographic journeys and photographic tales.

Sunday

6.30am sunrise photography
8.30 Breakfast
9.30am Review of Saturday pm and Sunday am images.
10.00am Lecture on making ‘art prints’ or preparing prints for an exhibition or framing.
11.00am Excursion with packed lunch
4.00pm Download and Critique
6.00 pm. Dinner out, pay as you go.

Monday
Book out of your room.

9am Travel to Karangahake Gorge for a days photography, with packed lunch.
Finalizing 4pm or for those who want to stay the night.
Let me know and I will reserve accommodation for you.

Stay the night at—Karangahake Lodge- $60pp-$100pp +dinner and breakfast @$ 30pp
Bringing our own food and wine, bedding can be hired or bring your own, see their web site or travel onto Auckland.

Payment: 50% deposit $395 at the time of booking, refundable up to one month prior to the workshop commencing. Finale payment at the start of the workshop or by direct credit. sorry no credit cards. Direct deposit, cash or cheque or Paypal, Westpac Queenstown / Creative Photography 030675 0435520 00
Full payment=$790 includes GST. Please use your name as reference when paying and send Jackie an email once payment has gone through.

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Waiver of Liability:
"QCCP" shall take no responsibility or liability for personal or property damage during the duration of the Workshop, or be liable for non- refundable Airline tickets. "QCCP" reserves the right to cancel Workshops one month prior to it's commencement if numbers are insufficient or due to unforeseen circumstances.