Chesapeake Bay Experience

Join Joe for the exclusive weekend workshop focused on capturing the charm and beauty of Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay

When: 10/20/2012 - 10/21/2012 (two full days)
Where: Easton, MD
Price: $650.00, Limit of 10

Join Joe for the exclusive weekend workshop focused on capturing the charm and beauty of Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay. We will also have extensive digital darkroom sessions and image critiques in the middle of the day and after diner on Saturday evening. While in the field we will discuss creative compositions, use of lenses and camera position for perspective and angle, seeing in a new way, use of light and mastering of filters and special capture techniques for expanding your creative potential. Joe will also discuss how to read your cameras histogram, exposing for the best results in the digital darkroom and special capture techniques and per-visualization for work in software.

A few of the areas we will visit on the workshop include The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge and fishing boats and docks of Tilghman Island. At night we will spend several hours discussing digital darkroom post processing workflow and image critiques. On Saturday or Sunday afternoon, we will have a three hour classroom focusing on developing images from capture to print.

This workshop begins one hour before dawn on Saturday Oct. 20 and ends after sunset on October 21.

Joseph Rossbach

Joseph Rossbach has been photographing the landscape for over fifteen years. Joe’s photographs and articles have appeared in a number of books, calendars and magazines including Outdoor Photographer, The Nature Conservancy, Digital Photo, Photo Techniques, Popular Photography, Blue Ridge Country, Mountain Connections and many more. Joe is also a staff course instructor for Nature Photographers Magazine, and writes a regular blog column for Outdoor Photographer Magazine online edition. Joe is also a co-author and contributing photographer two print books, The Ultimate Guide to Digital Nature Photography (Mountain Trail Press) and 50 Amazing Things You Must See and Do in the Greater D.C. Area, The Ultimate Adventure Guide. Joe continues to travel extensively producing new and exciting images of the natural world as well as leading several photography workshops and photo tours each year.

Features & Info

Highlights

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge ~ Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum ~ Wildlife ~ Lighthouse ~ Fishing Boats ~ Reflections ~ Maritime Villages ~ Image Critiques ~ Digital Software Training

In The Classroom

We will discuss developing and managing RAW Files ~ Basic Adjustments in Adobe Photoshop ~ Layers/Masks/Selections ~ Exposure Blending in PS ~ Dodging & Burning ~ Texture Layering ~ NIK Filters

Unlock Your Creative Vision

Advanced seeing: Learn to find new and unexpected compositions ~ Breaking through creative block and making great photographs in challenging situations

Additional Info & Sponsors

Additional Info

We will be lodging in Easton, MD. From this central location we will be able to access many locations with a short drive. All classroom session will take place in Easton, MD.