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Photography Workshops with Wendy Shattil & Bob Rozinski 
Custom workshops and tours are arranged on an individual basis. Private or group workshops and tours are designed to your specific needs and interests. Whether you want to perfect a technique, become familiar with a new camera, or be guided to a once-in-a-lifetime shooting location, we'll tailor to your wishes. From one person to a dozen, Shattil/Rozinski Photography can provide a memorable field experience or thorough technical guidance. Contact us at info@dancingpelican.com 
Wendy Shattil and Bob Rozinski offer three new and exciting workshops in 2010. Each provides a very different experience in nature and wildlife photography. Early May is prime time to photograph tropical birds without leaving the United States. The Lower Rio Grande Valley in South Texas is the place to see kiskadees, caracaras, green jays and other remarkably colored gems. We'll photograph these and other marvelous animals on private ranches designed specifically for photographers by utilizing a series of blinds constructed adjacent to locations that wildlife regularly frequents. In June, we travel Alaska's Inside Passage in first class style on a 12 passenger boat, floating through spectacular fjords, tidewater glaciers, and old-growth forests. We'll look for whales, sea lions, tidal pools and bears while observing environmental changes occurring in that corner of the world. Included in the workshop is a photo book that we'll collectively create as we travel. The third offering is a wildlife photography skills workshop in conjunction with the Telluride Photo Festival during peak September fall color in Colorado. Our three day field seminar is followed by an extravaganza of events featuring a dozen top photographers in interactive symposiums, portfolio reviews, presentations and print exhibits. We invite you to join us for one or all of these unique adventures. September 21-23, 2010 - Telluride Photo Festival What? Something new and different in wildlife photography? You bet! Wendy Shattil and Bob Rozinski invite you to join them in gorgeous Telluride, Colorado September 20-26, 2010 for an innovative workshop and festival that will expand your perspective and photographic skills forever. Begin with Wendy and Bob's three day wildlife workshop and stay for a stellar lineup of the world's most renowned outdoor and adventure photographers. The weeklong event, geared toward professional and experienced amateur photographers, features photography workshops, seminars, symposiums, portfolio reviews and exhibits. Events will feature iLCP Fellows Robert Glenn Ketchum, Jack Dykinga, Wendy Shattil, and Bob Rozinski, plus numerous others. ILCP President, Cristina Mittermeier will be speaking at the festival, and an iLCP RAVE Retrospective exhibit will be on display. So what's different about Wendy and Bob's workshop? Well, wildlife photography encompasses more than just the showy megafauna such as bears, eagles, and wolves and many shooters seek out these subjects thinking that's all there is to being a wildlife photographer. Chances are, their images look just like the millions of other photos already in existence. Simply having one's own picture of an animal may be personally satisfying, but, every photographer has the potential to create a story and make a unique statement. This is what Wendy Shattil and Bob Rozinski will explore with you in the "Wildlife Photography Skills" workshop. We'll follow this concept from start to finish - from envisioning the idea, creating images with a purpose and transforming the story in a meaningful way to share with others. Wildlife includes everything from mosquitoes to mountain lions and the habitats they live in. This workshop will look at a diversity of species and fresh ways to capture their essence, approaching wildlife with a photojournalistic sensibility. Tight portraits only show how big your lens is. Subjects in context with their environment tell a far more meaningful story and can make a strong and purposeful statement. You will learn to express yourself in a broader context and through your photos, to develop an appreciation and understanding of the natural world in others. Think ILCP and National Geographic! Wendy Shattil and Bob Rozinski's workshop is designed to take participants to the next level of their wildlife photography. Expect to refine your skills and make a difference with your images. This will be an enjoyable 'hands on' workshop for those seeking to take full photographic advantage of the beautiful mountains, color and light surrounding Telluride. There will be daily mid-day discussions on field techniques, wildlife animal behavior, composition, shooting from blinds, as well as in-depth equipment demonstrations. Also featured will be media options for packaging wildlife stories through the creation of books online, multi-media programs, magazine submissions, blogs and eBooks. Students should bring their portfolios, DSLR camera, tripod, laptop and the corresponding digital software and cables to download for critique. Don't delay. While space remains, register and learn more at http://www.telluridephotofestival.com/ May 3-9, 2010 - Bird Photography and More in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas ** This workshop is now completed! ** 
Wildlife photography in South Texas is unlike any other location you've experienced, especially on private ranches that host small groups of photographers at shooting spots maintained year-round to attract wildlife on a daily basis. This trip includes five shooting days at two ranches plus partial day photo excursions to wildlife locations in the area. Our dates are selected to coincide with spring migration, which give us the chance for optimum plumage and even more beautiful species in front of our cameras. We will have the exclusive use of each ranch, with a resident guide preparing and maintaining the setting just for us. We'll utilize a variety of blinds so everyone in our small group will have multiple opportunities to photograph the diversity of subjects and settings. 
A 300mm or longer lens is certain to generate outstanding wildlife images. With the expertise from professional wildlife photographers, the ranches have developed habitat that's a magnet for wildlife and ideal shooting conditions for photographers. Wildlife is acclimated to water features and feeding stations situated adjacent to established blinds. Some blinds are recessed for a low level view and others are somewhat moveable. Shooting locations are optimized for the best lighting and backgrounds. Likely birds include colorful tropical species whose names roll off the tongue and are as beautiful as they sound: green jay, kiskadee, crested caracara, painted bunting, and pyrrhuloxia, as well as roadrunner, oriole, harris hawk, and turkey. Possible mammals are coyotes, rabbits, white-tailed deer, javelina and bobcats. We'll work to have reptiles, amphibians, butterflies and insects to photograph when away from the blinds. Overall, we'll maximize the number of shooting hours each day. 
At the first of our two ranches we will experience the full flavor of Texas hospitality with accommodations close to our shooting location. Generous ranch cooking, wireless internet, comfortable rooms, and big screen tv to view the day's images are features of our Texas home for three days. The second ranch we'll visit for the other two shooting days is within an easy drive of an established national motel chain and a variety of local restaurants. The Lower Rio Grande Valley attracts wildlife in a vast array of locations, and we'll get acquainted with several of them. On the coast of Laguna Madre, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge hosts wetlands, shallow lakes and coastal prairie along tour loops conducive to photographing wading birds, shore birds, raptors, white-tailed deer, passerines, javelina, and turkey. The largest population of ocelots in the United States lives here, and endangered aplomado falcons have been successfully reintroduced. To inquire about this trip, contact wendy@dancingpelican.com June 18-27, 2010 - Conservation in Focus: A Photographic Workshop in Southeast Alaska ** This workshop is now completed! ** 
Few places in North America rival the scenic beauty and wildlife diversity of Southeast Alaska's Inside Passage. These magical land and seascapes - the spectacular fjords, tidewater glaciers, and old-growth forests of Frederick Sound, Thomas Bay, Endicott Arm, and Ford's Terror - provide the perfect setting for our inaugural "Conservation in Focus" workshop. Wendy and Bob lead this 7-day voyage aboard the M/V Catalyst, a 76-foot classic wooden boat built in 1932 as the floating laboratory for the University of Washington. The ultimate "classroom," Catalyst carries 12 passengers in superb comfort and is equipped with a full complement of sea kayaks and a motorized inflatable to enable explorations both near and far. The use of sea kayaks allows us a more intimate, seal's-eye view of the marine world-the perfect platform for aspiring conservation photographers. 
Bob and Wendy have dedicated their careers to portraying not only the inherent beauty of the natural world but also the environmental dramas that threaten the fragile fabric of life. In contrast to the traditional "how to" workshop, this unique seminar is designed to help participants move to the next level, mastering the creative and technical skills required to make visual media a more powerful conservation tool in projects close to home or in the remotest corners of our changing world-wherever participants wish to be actively engaged in conservation work. In addition to learning about the natural history of Southeast Alaska, we'll explore and discuss the impacts that global warming is having on the region's glaciers, the threats facing marine and land-based wildlife, and the effects of marine pollution on animal and human life-ways. 
Most importantly, we'll learn how to shoot images that truly tell a story and have the strongest possible impact on the viewer. Workshop activities will emphasize image context, perspective, originality, composition, the use of light, and technical quality - honoring photographic integrity and the environment throughout the creative process. Working singly and collectively, we'll produce a custom photo book that truly captures the trip's observations and discoveries - the "essence" of Southeast Alaska as well as the environmental challenges that it faces. In addition to an overview of image presentation techniques, the production of a photo book provides each participant with a workable template suitable for other conservation projects. The only "prerequisite" for this workshop is a strong desire to use photography as a tool for achieving your own conservation goals. Don't miss this rare opportunity to refine your skills and make a difference with your images! Price: $4,100 (includes a $500 deposit)
The price quoted is per person based on double occupancy; a single supplement of $450 is required of participants preferring non-shared hotel accommodations. Does not include your round-trip airfare from your point of departure to Petersburg, Alaska or your return from Juneau. To register for this trip, contact Audrey Benedict, Cloud Ridge Naturalists email: cloudridgeadb@earthlink.net or website, http://www.cloudridge.org/ Comments from workshop participants: "They are the best photography instructors I have taken classes from.""Highlights were the friendly, helpful attitudes of Bob & Wendy, their willingness to work with each student at our level of experience." "I've never come away with so much knowledge from a single photo workshop." "Bob and Wendy's enthusiasm about nature is contagious, making every landscape and close-up seem fresh and unique." |
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