State Arboretum of Virginia - June 9th - 2012 - Saturday - The Explosion Of Spring Wild Flowers And The Full Awakening Of The Arboretum's Powerful Trees Are The Subjects Of This Workshop
Your Instructors:
Tim Farmer -
Elliot Stern -
Registration Right Here $135.00
Every Spring nature renews herself with beautiful new growth of flowers and trees and we have set up the perfect class for you to grow your skills in both macro and scenic photography. Your chief instructor will be Tim Farmer who is not only an incredible teacher but has the advantage of working at the at the Arboretum and is on top of the greatest photo ops. Tim's many years as a professional photo journalist and photo editor and teacher will guarantee you of one of the best educational experiences.
The arboretum is actually a part the Blandy Experimental Farm. It is a 700-acre University of Virginia research facility. There are more than 8,000 trees and woody shrubs. The collections include nearly half the world’s pine species, the Virginia Native Plant Trail, the Boxwood Memorial Garden, a spectacular grove of more than 300 ginkgo trees, an herb garden featuring culinary, medicinal and ornamental herbs, and hundreds of spring native spring flowers.
We are going to be teaching you how to use your macro, telephoto and wide angle gear together with our light modifiers and fill flash to get beautiful, creative and dimensional images.
We will meet by the library at the State Arboretum of Virginia, and spend hours photographing native Virginia spring wildflowers. The short loop trail offers three distinct habitats – woodland, meadow, and wetland -- within its ½-mile length. This is a great opportunity for macro photography as well as overall scenics of the landscape. Bring a macro lens if you have one, we will have some extra cameras and lenses, focusing rails and other tools to share. Knee pads are a great idea for this workshop.
