location workshops - online courses - private instruction
Visual Artistry
Photography Workshops
with instructors Tony Sweet and Susan Milestone
"Getting you to the right place at the right time
to help you get the images that you imagine"
2010 Workshop Schedule
contact Susan with any registration/workshop questions
when registering for a waiting list Please e-mail Susan - your name - address - phone number where you can be reached - and the workshop you are intersted in.
2009 Schedule
Workshop Details at bottom of page
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March 28-April 1 - Charleston, SC
$1050, limit 10
This is a wonderful historic city with numerous photo venues. We'll be spending our time photographing Magnolia Plantation, where explosions of colorful flowers, huge oak trees draped with moss, and bald cyprus swamps signal the beginning of spring time. Historic Charleston architecture and the famous White Point Park full of azalea, along the waterfront. And various other locations.
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Charleston Image Gallery
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April 7-11 - Digital Edge Elite Software/HDR
Charleston, SC with Tony
$1650, limit 5
Join Tony in Charleston, SC for this exclusive shooting & software workshop. We will be out photographingevery day, but will reserve ample class time to work on images using NikSoftware plug-ins, Alien Skin, Lucis Pro, Topaz, and Photomatix HDR software. There will be ample individual heip with raw processing and workflow. Discussions will be conducted at each location on how to "shoot for the software" and pre-visualizing the final results, which may not be readily apparent when viewing a scene.
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Charleston Software Image Gallery
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May 2-6 - Badlands, SD
$1050, limit 10
This Place is like shooting on the moon. Incredible, colorful, graphic, easily accessible, and wide open to interpretation from stitched pans to HDR. There are many outstanding venues for first and last light. The Sheep Mountain area is particularly graphic at sunset, (be aware Sheep Mountain is very remote and there are no bathrooms for 40 miles) The terrain goes from full frame sand stone teepees to soft rolling hills populated by cottonwood trees. Buffalo may be seen in the area, as are prairie dog towns. As with all of our workshops, there is ample field instruction and daily critiques. We'll touch on the various software that we use on images supplied for the critique sessions and they'll be compositional and software presentations.
Full
Bandlands Image Gallery
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May 25-28 - Palouse Scouting workshop, Colfax WA
$450, limit 6
limited to previous workshop clients only
The rolling green hills of early summer are exquisite in this wonderful venue. The large cumulous clouds permeate the landsape. Farms and rolling plow fields abound, and if we're lucky, we'll run across bright yellow rapeseed fields! Photographic old barns are plentiful. Aside from the natural scenic beauty, this is a great venue for infrared photography. This is a scouting workshop, so we'll be a little more freewheeling and spontaneous moving around to see what's up to enable us to plan an official workshop in 2011. There is very minimal field instruction and no classroom instruction or presentations, but we'll certainly hang out and have discussions.
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Palouse Image Gallery
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June 20-24 - Digital Edge Elite Software/HDR
Delaware Water Gap, PA with Tony
$1650, limit 5
Join Tony in the Delaware Water Gap, PA for this exclusive shooting & software workshop. We will be out photographing everyday, but will reserve ample class time to work on images using NikSoftware plug-ins, Alien Skin, Lucis Pro, Topaz, and Photomatix HDR software. There will be ample individual help with image processing and workflow. Discussions will be conducted at each location on how to "shoot for the software" and pre-visualizing the final results, which may not be readily apparent when viewing a scene.
Full
Delaware Water Gap Software Image Gallery
e-mail Susan to register for the waiting list |
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August 20-22 Eastern State Penitentiary HDR-Philadelphia, PA with Tony
$450, limit 10
Full
August 27-29 Eastern State Penitentiary HDR-Philadelphia, PA with Tony
$450, limit 10
Full
Eastern State Penitentiary is a national monument, a wonderful and graphic venue, and the location used in our new HDR DVD. This location provides texture and detail perfect for HDR: the colorful, cracked paint, rusty prison cell doors, towering guard towers, even Al Capone's "lavish" cell. The photo ops are tremendous and subject to interesting compositional and software driven interpretations. There will be an opening evening presentation on HDR to get you ready to hit the ground running the next day. We'll shoot from 10 am until mid-afternoon on Saturday, and Tony will be working with everyone individually on location. After dinner, we'll have class time to work on processing and technique. Sunday morning we'll critique the images and have final Q & A.
Price includes location instruction, software training, critique session, admission fees, motel prkg fee,and special access area fee.
ESP HDR Image Gallery
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September 12-16 - Great Smoky Mountains, TN
$1050, limit 10
This is a great time to be in the Smokies. Although it's not quite fall, the greens are very full and slightly over grown, creating a sense of wildness not apparent when the park is more "manicured". There can be ample fog, gentle rain, flowing streams, dewy spiderwebs, and some wildflowers are still with us. The skies can be quite dramatic and the changeable weather lends the Smokies to ever changing scenic possiblilities. Since sunset opportunities are limited, we'll spend at least one evening in the class discussing and illustrating workflow and software used to punch up and/or transform your images.
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September Smokies Image Gallery
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October 3-7 - Fall Photo Tour - White Mountains, NH
$1050, limit 10
The White Mountains in NH isone of the best fall venues in the country, featuring briliant reds and golds, colorful flowing streams, overlooks, birch forests, and numerous macro opportuities. This is a tour where class instruction will be plentiful, but field instruction will be minimal. We will be visiting our favorite locations, some very specific and generally not well known. The color window is very short and we'll be shooting along with the class, but will always be available for field help when needed.
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White Mountains, NH Image Gallery
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October 13-17 - Acadia, ME
$1050, limit 10
Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, Maine has the most rugged coastlines on the east coast, but very accessible: pink granite, cliffs, ponds, lakes, fall color, and overlooks. As with all of our workshops, there is ample field instruction and daily critiques. We'll touch on the various software that we use on images supplied for the critique sessions and there will be compositional and software presentations.
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Acadia Image Gallery
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November 17-21 - Digital Edge Elite Software/HDR
Cape May, NJ with Tony
$1650, limit 5
Join Tony in Cape May, NJ for this exclusive shooting & software workshop. We will be out photographing everyday, but will reserve ample class time to work on images using NikSoftware plug-ins, Alien Skin, Lucis Pro, Topaz, and Photomatix HDR software. There will be ample individual help with image processing and workflow. Discussions will be conducted at each location on how to "shoot for the software" and pre-visualizing the final results, which may not be readily apparent when viewing a scene.
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Cape May, NJ Image Gallery
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Details
Prerequisites:
Participants are expected to have a working knowledge of exposure (f/stop and shutterspeed) and should know how to operate their equipment.
Bring a laptop computer with RAW processing and image editing software in order to prepare images for critique.
Any film shooters are encouraged to borrow a digital SLR to make images for critique sessions in order to maximize the workshop learning experience.
The Program:
This is a general itinerary; Each day's schedule varies due to which location we visit that day, how long we shoot, and can change depending on the weather. We could photograph all day if conditions are right, then have more class time the following day.
Sunday* night 5 pm - (except DWG which starts at 6:00) - Opening night presentation, Q&A's, orientation
(Please note that it would be a good idea to have dinner on your own before the opening meeting)
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday - Photograph sunrise and/or early morning, and late afternoon and/or sunset, and whenever the light is right. There will be presentations and critiques during the day.
Thursday - Photograph in the morning or class time, discussion and final thoughts over breakfast. We should be finished by checkout time.
* except Charleston Digital Edge Sofware, Acadia, & Cape May Digital Edge Software, which begin on a Wednesday and end on Sunday
Questions and problems will be addressed in the field whenever possible, which is the most effective way to learn nature photography.
Personal Critique Service:
All participants have the option to add 3 months of personal critiquing for an addtional charge of $450. This service includes a professional verbal critique (delivered on CD) of up to 20 images a month for 3 months for a total of 60 images and liberal email support for questions and advice.
Frequent Attendee Discount: For more than one workshop taken in the same workshop year -
2nd workshop - 10% discount
3 or more workshops - 15% discount
Payment/Refund Policies
Payment Policy: The workshop fee is for instruction only. All other expenses including transportation, accommodations, and meals are the responsibility of the participant.
A $250 deposit is required to confirm your registration after receiving your registration forms.
The full balance is due 60 days prior to the start of the workshop.
Cancellation Policy: Deposit and balance paid will be fully refunded if cancellation is made prior to 60 days before the workshop start date. No refunds will be given if cancellation is made less than 60 days before the workshop start date.
Rain refund policy: Presentations and critiques will continue as usual if it should rain. NO discount for one rain day. Two rain days = 10% discount on next workshop. Three rain days = 15% discount on next workshop. Only applies if rained in for the full workshop day, not including the opening night presentation or the final half day of the workshop.
NOTE: Only ONE discount per workshop
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