Walker Bay Nature Reserve, De Kelders, 3-5 August 2012

WALKER BAY NATURE RESERVE
-DE KELDERS-
PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
with KOBUS TOLLIG & LIESEL KERSHOFF


INTRODUCTION:
With special permission from Cape Nature to enter before and after gate closure, we will be able to fully appreciate this beautiful reserve with sunsets and sunrises. During this workshop Kobus and Liesel with teach a variety of techniques – both in the field and in the classroom – that will allow you to advance both your technical skills and artistic vision.
We focus on a number of professional field techniques to help you create dramatic and powerful nature images, including:

• Working with dramatic light, including sunrise and sunset;
• The fundamentals of powerful compositions; and
• Abstract techniques for creating artistic photographs.

We’ll also teach you a number of professional “digital darkroom” secrets as well. Our hands-on intensive seminars—held during the middle of the day when the light is not conducive for photography—will teach you the fundamentals of image processing, and allow you to master important techniques including working with adjustment layers, layer masking and image blending, and other techniques used for artistic expression.

Lodging:
We are booked in at the Saxon Lodge, Gansbaai:

www.saxonlodge.com
1 Muller Street
Gansbaai
028-384 0853
saxonlodge@mweb.co.za

Getting there:
The entrance to Walker Bay Nature Reserve is in De Kelders, 3km from Gansbaai, where we will be staying for the weekend. Gansbaai is 160km from Cape Town International Airport, 43km from Hermanus and 164km from Worcestor.

Transportation:
You are responsible for getting to and from shooting locations. We will however try to limit our impact and car pool with each other during the workshop. We will be traveling on tar and gravel roads.

Fitness level:
There will be some hiking on this workshop, although many destinations are accessible by road. Moderate hiking may be required. A standard liability release form will be required with registration.

Standard equipment:
• tripod
• DSLR Camera and lens(es)
• Laptop with Adobe Photoshop CS3, 4 or 5. Elements 8 should be ok but might short some features.

Other Recommended equipment:
• warm clothing, hat and gloves.
• waterboots and raingear including rain pants (also for your equipment – a normal plastic sheet should be enough to cover against unexpected showers)
• water bottle
• flash light
• Equipment manuals
• Polarized filter
• ND grad filters
• Shutter release cable
• Extra Battery’s
• Memory cards
• Memory card reader to download images
• Laptop with Adobe Photoshop CS3, 4 or 5. Elements 8 should be ok but might short some features.

Pricing and what's Included:
* R 3 800 per photographer sharing
or
* R 4 600 per photographer not sharing
(All above includes meals, accommodation, tuition, permits)

or
* R 2 500 non photographer spouse (meals, accommodation)
or
* R 2 300 (tuition & permits only)

Deposit:
A 50% deposit (per person) will be required with registration and the balance to be redeemed no later than 30 June 2012.

Schedule
We'll meet on Friday in the afternoon at 14:00. After a short lesson, we'll head out to start some photography, staying out until sunset. We'll rise early the next day for sunrise, and then spend the day discussing various techniques, taking a break for lunch in between. We'll photograph again in the afternoon, staying out once again for sunset. Sunday morning, we'll rise early for sunrise. The workshop concludes after breakfast with a last class room session.

Please use the CONTACT section on this web page if you have any questions or wish to register.