Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Has anyone on this list attended one of these sessions?? > > Thought some of you would be interested in this photo workshop info – it is > Leica oriented, but I’m sure all are welcome. They do have Leica equipment > that you can try, with extensive handbook and instructions. I’m not > affiliated with this group. Just waiting till I have the time and the money > to go to these workshops. > > Global Preservation Projects (GPP) had 1999 workshops in Big Sur, Las Vegas, > Slot Canyons, Monument Valley, Silverton & Durango, Bodie, Tonopah & Ely, > Nantucket and Death Valley. They get access to areas off limits to the > public. Workshop cost is between $500 - $700 (1999) and are between 3 to 6 > days. They choose the shoot times based on sun & moon angles for precise > effects. When I spoke to Tim Morse he described how they set up on > particular shoot – in the Slot Canyons they go in and are set up to > photograph the interiors of the canyons and when the moon rises they open > the aperture and leave it open for several hours. So as the moon moves > through the skies it “paints” with the reflected moon light the deep > interior of these canyons (just an example). Sounds very cool to me. > > I have not been able to go on one of the shoots yet – but I will. > > Global Preservation Projects > PO Box 30866 > SANTA BARBARA CA 93130 > > (805) 536-1234 > > TIMorse@AOL.COM <mailto:TIMorse@AOL.COM> > > Feedback? > > Thanks - gold > > > You may want to consider the annual 3 day Leica workshop put on by Park Square Camera in Maine in September with instructor Ted Grant. http://www.pksqcamera.com I went last year and it was great, have already signed up for this year. Steve Annapolis