Landscape Workshops
Landscape Workshops
Landscape Workshops cover a wide range of subjects from understanding the importance of "light" to identifying the optimum camera gear and learning how to use it.
About Light
Light is the single most important thing when shooting landscapes. There is no camera in the world that can fix "bad lighting". Whether shooting in black & white or color, light makes all the difference. Learn how to look at a scene and analyze the light, without a camera.
Angles & Time Of Day
Learn how to maximize the best times of the day and locate the best shooting angles. Learn about depth-of-field and how it can help or hurt a picture. Learn about long-lenses and how lens compression can work to your advantage. There is so much more to know.
The Camera & You
A camera is simply a tool used to capture an image. What's behind the camera is much more important. Landscape Workshops will teach you how to get the most from any camera. Don't ever forget that the best camera in the world is the one in your hand at the moment.
You could not pick at better place than the Tetons to learn all about landscape photography. The weather in the mountains is constantly changing. The light is always on the move. In one day it can be soft and subdued and then harsh and contrasty. The same subject can be front-lighted in the morning and backlit in the afternoon, all in a matter of hours. Someone once said if you don't like the light, give it a few minutes. Once you begin to understand light, then you can begin to use your camera to capture it.
More landscape images can be seen at the Jackson Hole Photography Gallery.
Tripod or no tripod, that is the question.
Learn when a camera tripod is necessary and also learn when that tripod can be a detriment. Discover other types of camera supports and how they work. Learn about lens speed (fast-glass) and image stabilizers and their benefits. Learn about High Dynamic Range and how it can improve and also how it can degrade a good photo. All these things and more are discussed in a Landscape Workshops out in the Tetons using hands-on experiences.
Sunrise & Sunset
Often the best times of the day are at sunrise and sunset. The light will take on hues and textures that just don't happen other times of the day. Learn how to master back-lighting to enhance the mood of an image. Learn effective ways of bracketing images for that perfect exposure. Learn about White Balance and exposure compensation and how they affect everything in the shot. A Landscape Workshop will teach you all of this and more.
A thousand pictures could be posted on this website, but that won't improve your landscape photography skills. Looking at wonderful images in a book is nice, but does not teach you how to do it. Come to the Tetons. Come and learn how to get pictures like you see in those books. Attend a Landscape Workshop and get started.