Yosemite

Locat­ed in Cal­i­for­ni­a’s Sier­ra Neva­da Moun­tain range and cov­er­ing 1,170 square miles, Yosemite Nation­al Park is with­out doubt an unbe­liev­able loca­tion and we have designed this work­shop so that you will not miss out on any of the pletho­ra of places that offer breath-tak­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties to make amaz­ing land­scape photographs.

Dur­ing our pho­tog­ra­phy tour, we will vis­it many of the clas­si­cal loca­tions such as Val­ley View, Glac­i­er Point, Mir­ror Lake and Olm­stead Point as well as explor­ing the mead­ows of the val­ley floor beneath the tow­er­ing ver­ti­cal cliffs of Cathe­dral Spires, Sen­tinel Rock and the mighty El Cap­i­tan, 3000ft above the val­ley floor were the Merced Riv­er fol­lows. A trip to Yosemite would not be com­plete with­out expe­ri­enc­ing the raw pow­er of the water­falls which cas­cade down from the High Sier­ra above and we will stand at the base of Bridal Veil Falls and Yosemite Falls. In the qui­et of the evening we will wan­der along the banks of Tenaya Creek and expe­ri­ence the sun set­ting on the mas­sive face of Half Dome from Swing­ing Bridge.

Our time in Yosemite Nation­al Park will not be con­fined to the val­ley alone. We will ven­ture up the Tio­ga pass that ris­es to over 10,000ft to huge white gran­ite domes with errat­ic boul­ders and ancient Jef­fery Pines and views over to Tenaya Lake and the vast flats Tuolumne Mead­ows with its stands of pines and glacial lakes. We will of course be vis­it­ing Mari­posa Grove and the Giant Sequoias and spend time absorb­ing the majes­tic beau­ty of these trees, many of which that are over 1500 years old.

You will be spend­ing plen­ty of time out with your cam­era where you will get of 1 to 1 tuition that will include both tech­ni­cal aspects of dig­i­tal land­scape pho­tog­ra­phy as well as gain­ing a good ​‘eye’ for images along the way.

Of course we will be vis­it­ing all of the acclaimed clas­sic loca­tions that are an essen­tial part of a vis­it to Yosemite as a land­scape pho­tog­ra­ph­er, but we will also spend time in less obvi­ous loca­tions that can equal­ly reveal the true essence of Yosemite. It is impor­tant to try to put your own per­son­al ​’stamp’ on how you see this world renowned place and allow your­self the time to explore its inner beauty.