Our State Magazine - Master Series Mountain Photography Workshop

We just wrapped up a couple of firsts last Month. Among them, Our State Magazine had approached me about doing a photography workshop for them. They already host travel trips all over the World, so of course I was in 100%.

My job was to build the Itinerary and guide the trip, incorporating photography training throughout the Workshop. And of course, I supplied the images for There’s was to handle the booking, website and coordinate all other functions of the trip and be the host. AAA handled all bookings for this trip. Everyone involved was just top notch and the trip ended up being a huge success. We’ve had nothing but glowing reviews and that was a goal of mine, so I was happy to see that through.

Our trip started out with a short presentation on composition and how to “see” in the landscape, followed by a sunset shoot at Price Lake. The golden light was scarce this night, but we all had a great time and landed some beautiful blue hour stuff. All I can say about the rest of the weekend is that we hit every opportunity from mountain streams to wildflowers and a few big sweeping views with fog and magnificent light. A very special part of this trip was an after hours sunset shoot hosted by Grandfather Mountain. On the way up there I began to notice that the thick fog was only on our side of the Mountain. As we entered Grandfather Mountain I noticed the other side was lightly clouded with full sun. Shortly upon arrival, my friend on co-instructor Leslie Restivo began yelling at me and immediately I knew something special was going on. As I approach the bridge I began to notice a light and fog anomaly called a Broken Spectre. I had seen several in my time and knew this was about to get really special. For over an hour, the anomaly came and went. The entire crew got some really special images, including a magnificent sunset. It was truly amazing.

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